Director of Engineering (Data Products)

Join Counterpart Health as the Director of Engineering for our Data Products pillar. You will lead the technical strategy and execution for our Data Products roadmap, manage the clinical data ingestion pipeline, and drive the adoption of an AI-powered Software Development Life Cycle. This role requires a deep focus on building high-scale data platforms and a passion for improving patient outcomes in the healthcare sector.

• Own the technical strategy and execution for the Data Products roadmap, encompassing clinical data ingestion, canonical data modeling, and ingestion scalability.
• Manage and optimize the clinical data ingestion pipeline, oversee the scaling of customer data onboarding processes, and drive the adoption of an AI-powered Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).
• Successfully achieve improved clinical data coverage and freshness targets across all patient populations, and ensure broad adoption of the Data Products platform and its capabilities.

• Demonstrated experience building and managing engineering systems in highly regulated healthcare environments, with a strong operational understanding of HIPAA and SOC 2 compliance requirements
• Thrives in dynamic, high-growth environments, demonstrating the ability to navigate ambiguity and align technical priorities with overarching strategic objectives
• Action-oriented leader who assumes full ownership of system sustainability, willing to address operational gaps to ensure the team achieves its delivery milestones
• Motivated by intricate technical challenges and dedicated to architecting pragmatic, high-quality engineering solutions through continuous intellectual exploration
• Experience implementing and scaling AI-assisted development workflows (e.g., AI code assistants, automated testing, or AI-driven SDLC) to improve engineering productivity
• Passionate about the healthcare sector and committed to utilizing technical expertise to drive meaningful improvements in patient outcomes
• You possess 10+ years of engineering experience with a deep focus on building high-scale data platforms, distributed systems, and interoperability standards (e.g., FHIR, CCDA)
• Proven experience leading cross-functional teams of engineers to deliver complex software in regulated environments
• Proven track record in managing and scaling engineering teams that handle data-heavy workloads and complex clinical data pipelines
• Deeply familiar with the inherent complexities and lack of standardization in clinical datasets, with a proactive focus on enhancing data integrity
• Strong proficiency in strategic resource allocation, capacity planning, and managing technical debt in a fast-paced product environment
• Experience leading organizational change, including structural re-orgs and process evolution
• Demonstrated ability to cultivate a high-performance engineering culture focused on velocity, quality, and psychological safety
• Proven track record of directly hiring, mentoring, and developing engineering managers, Tech Leads (TLs), and Principal Engineers (PELs)
• Exceptional stakeholder management skills, with the ability to translate complex technical constraints into clear, actionable business strategies (e.g., impact on HEDIS/RADV outcomes) for non-technical leadership