Vice President of Software Engineering

Our client, an award-winning, growth-stage healthcare fintech company, is hiring a VP of Software & Data Engineering to lead the technology behind its patient platform. This hands-on leader will own engineering and data strategy, scale the team, lead enterprise AI deployment and modernize a highly regulated platform that serves health systems and patients nationwide. What You'll Do Set the software and data roadmap and lead engineering, data, QA and DevOps teams Modernize the patient engagement, payments and provider platforms toward a cloud-native, API-first architecture Own integrations with health system EHR and revenue cycle systems, lending partners and payment processors Build a modern data platform that powers risk, collections and client reporting Lead AI strategy and deployment, taking ML and generative AI from pilot to production in areas such as payment propensity, patient engagement, servicing automation and engineering productivity Set responsible AI governance, including model monitoring, explainability, bias testing and HIPAA-safe data use Drive engineering excellence through CI/CD, automated testing, observability and clear delivery metrics Maintain security and compliance (HIPAA, HITRUST, PCI DSS, SOC 2) and platform reliability Manage the engineering budget, vendors and build-vs-buy decisions What You Bring 10+ years in software and/or data engineering Deep experience with .net and SQL. Experience scaling platforms in healthcare, payments, lending or revenue cycle management Deep knowledge of cloud (Azure or AWS), microservices, APIs and modern data stacks (e.g., Snowflake, Databricks, Fabric, dbt) Track record in regulated environments (HIPAA, HITRUST, PCI DSS or SOC 2)\ Hands-on experience deploying ML or generative AI solutions into production, including MLOps and LLM platforms (e.g., Azure OpenAI, AWS Bedrock) Proven ability to hire, develop and retain strong engineering teams Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related field Affinity Search Partners