Reports To: CEO
Department: Engineering / ProductAbout Steer Health
Steer Health is an AI-powered growth and automation platform transforming how healthcare organizations engage patients, streamline operations, and drive measurable outcomes. Our solutions including Digital Front Door, AI-driven scheduling, intake automation, and care coordination workflows help hospitals, medical groups, and specialty clinics grow revenue, reduce costs, and deliver exceptional patient experiences through intelligent automation.
Role OverviewWe are looking for a Director of Engineering to lead and scale our engineering organization as we continue to build and evolve next-generation healthcare AI products. This role is both strategic and hands-on, responsible for technical leadership, execution excellence, and building strong engineering teams aligned with Steer Health’s mission and business goals.
As Director of Engineering, you will be a key partner to the CEO, Product, and GTM leadership, owning the engineering roadmap, delivery, and technical standards across the platform.
RequirementsWhat You’ll Do
- Drive execution of engineering initiatives from ideation through production release
- Lead, mentor, and grow high-performing engineering teams
- Partner cross-functionally with Product, Design, and GTM to align technology with business outcomes
- Ensure high standards for quality, performance, security, scalability, and compliance
- Strengthen engineering processes, tooling, and culture to support rapid growth
- Lead, coach, and scale teams across backend, frontend, data, platform, and infrastructure
- Translate product strategy into clear technical plans, milestones, and delivery metrics
- Establish engineering best practices, accountability, and operational excellence
- Collaborate closely with executive leadership on priorities, risks, and long-term vision
- Own the architecture, delivery, and evolution of Steer Health’s AI-powered platforms
- Ensure systems are scalable, secure, reliable, and compliant (including SOC 2)
- Drive modern engineering practices such as CI/CD, automated testing, code reviews, and observability
- Provide technical guidance on design decisions, tradeoffs, and system integrations
- Hire, retain, and develop top engineering talent
- Establish clear growth paths, performance feedback, and mentorship frameworks
- Foster an inclusive, collaborative, and high-trust engineering culture
- Partner with Product, Design, GTM, Customer Success, and Product Marketing teams
- Communicate technical plans, dependencies, and risks clearly to stakeholders
- Translate customer and market feedback into engineering priorities
- Strong hands-on and leadership experience with Node.js
- Experience working with MongoDB and SQL databases
- Practical experience building or integrating agentic AI systems (OpenAI or similar LLM platforms)
- Frontend experience with Next.js and modern web architectures
- Deep understanding of CI/CD pipelines and automated deployment workflows
- Experience running production systems on Kubernetes
- Cloud experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
- Strong understanding of SOC 2 compliance, security controls, and audit readiness
- Experience with Python (data pipelines, AI/ML, or backend services)
- Exposure to Azure cloud environments
- Experience with Kafka or event-driven / streaming architectures
- 15+ years of engineering experience, with 7+ years in senior technical leadership roles
- Proven ability to build, lead, and scale high-performing engineering teams
Strong architectural judgment with experience scaling SaaS or cloud-native platforms
Excellent communication skills and ability to influence at the executive level - Track record of close collaboration with Product and cross-functional partners
- Experience in healthcare, AI, automation, or B2B SaaS platforms
- Familiarity with AI/ML-driven products and data-heavy systems
- Exposure to healthcare integrations, security, or compliance standards
Startup or high-growth environment experience
BenefitsWhy Join Steer Health?
- Impactful Mission: Build AI-driven technology that improves patient access and healthcare operations
- High Ownership Role: Shape engineering strategy and execution at a growing healthcare tech company
- Collaborative Culture: Work closely with leadership, product, and GTM teams
- Competitive Compensation & Benefits
Top Skills
What We Do
Steer Health helps healthcare organizations thrive by ensuring revenue generation, cost savings and exceptional patient experience.
Our AI-powered growth and automation platform connects the marketing, growth, access, operational, clinical, and financial pathways to attract, guide, and retain patients.
With Steer, hospitals and medical groups achieve higher patient volumes, cost savings, superior patient experiences, and happier staff and providers.
