Director, Software Engineering

Somatus

Somatus

Software Engineering
Virginia, USA · McLean, VA, USA · United States
Posted on Jul 7, 2025
Overview

As the largest and leading value-based kidney care company, Somatus is empowering patients across the country living with chronic kidney disease to experience more days out of the hospital and healthier at home.

It takes a village of passionate and tenacious innovators to revolutionize an industry and support individuals living with a chronic disease to fulfill our purpose of creating More Lives, Better Lived. Does this sound like you?

Showing Up Somatus Strong

We foster an inclusive work environment that promotes collaboration and innovation at every level. Our values bring our mission to life and serve as the DNA for every decision we make:

  • Authenticity: We believe in real dialogue. In any interaction, with patients, partners, vendors, or our teammates, we are true to who we are, say what we mean, and mean what we say.
  • Collaboration: We appreciate what every person at Somatus brings to the table and believe that together we can do and achieve more.
  • Empowerment: We make sure every voice gets heard and all ideas are considered, especially when it comes to our patients’ lives or our partners’ best interests.
  • Innovation: We relentlessly look for ways to improve upon the status quo to continuously deliver new solutions.
  • Tenacity: We see challenges as opportunities for growth and improvement — especially when new solutions will make a difference for our patients and partners.

Showing Up for You

We offer more than 25 Health, Growth, and Wealth Work Perks to help teammates learn, grow, and be the best version of themselves, including:

  • Subsidized, personal healthcare coverage (medical, dental vision)
  • Flexible Paid Time Off (PTO)
  • Professional Development, CEU, and Tuition Reimbursement
  • Curated Wellness Benefits supporting teammates physical and mental well-being
  • Community engagement opportunities
  • And more!

The Director of Software Engineering will be responsible for developing and executing the software engineering strategy in accordance with the organizational goals. Additionally, this role will lead initiatives that enhances the quality and effectiveness of software and technical services to ensure…. This position will report to the SVP of technology and will manage software engineering team.

This is a remote role with preference to work EST hours.


Responsibilities

  • Drive the vision, strategy, and execution for developing and implementing…

  • Provide leadership and strategic direction to software engineering onshore and offshore teams, guiding the analysis, design, development, and delivery of solutions that align with the organization’s data and software objectives.

  • Collaborate with business owners, product managers, and other technology teams to define roadmaps, set priorities, and execute strategies effectively.

  • Partner with cross-functional teams to assess risks, remove roadblocks, and deliver technology solutions aligned with business objective.

  • Lead and oversee engineering teams to ensure alignment, collaboration, and delivery excellence.

  • Lead and manage large-scale, complex projects with broad organizational impact and long-term business implications.

  • Maintain alignment with internal and external stakeholders, crafting clear and impactful communications across all levels of the organization.

  • Build, mentor, and retain top technical talent while fostering a culture of innovation, growth, and inclusion.

  • Drive the adoption of best practices in engineering design, architecture, and development, ensuring all solutions are scalable, resilient, and high performing.

  • Evaluate and manage technology relationships with vendors, integrators, and third-party service providers to deliver high-quality solutions.

  • Act as a thought leader and advocate for Agile practices, promoting continuous improvement in delivery and operational processes.

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.


Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree, Master’s degree preferred
  • 15+ years of engineering experience developing software products, with 7+ years of management expertise. Health care product development experience will be plus.
  • Minimum 5 years of experience leadership role, managing high performing onshore and offshore teams.
  • Minimum 5+ years of experience with hands on coding in Microsoft technology.
  • Experience implementing automation and monitoring tools.
  • Experience building product using Azure cloud native services.
  • Solution Architecture experience in AWS or Azure cloud.

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Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

  • Experience overseeing the new product development lifecycle from ideation to sustaining.
  • Possess strong leadership, communication and collaboration skills, with an ability to influence and partner with management and leadership at all levels of the organization.
  • Demonstrated ability and willingness to think creatively to find simple, innovative solutions to reduce costs with no impact on quality and reliability
  • Ability to influence.
  • You have a balanced understanding of business and technical objectives, and your guidance is sought out because your decisions drive the best outcomes for both…
  • Strong technical skills and ability to think strategically through high level projects and competing priorities.
  • Strong business acumen, with proven ability to understand business objectives and translate them into departmental goals.
  • Excellent communication skills, including written, verbal and presentation skills are top notch

Other Duties

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Somatus, Inc. provides equal employment opportunity to all individuals regardless of their race, color, creed, religion, gender, age, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by state, federal, or local law. Further, the company takes affirmative action to ensure that applicants are employed, and employees are treated during employment without regard to any of these characteristics. Discrimination of any type will not be tolerated.