Director of Engineering, Lantern

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience
• 10+ years of software engineering experience, including 4+ years leading engineering managers or senior technical leads
• Track record of standing up or restructuring engineering teams around new delivery models, such as pod-based or iterative, loop-based development
• Deep experience partnering with Product and QA to ship complex, customer-facing software at scale
• Strong technical judgment across modern architecture, cloud infrastructure, and CI/CD practices
• Experience operating in a regulated or healthcare-adjacent environment is a plus
• 7+ years of experience in software development, with a strong proficiency in .NET Core, C#, Typescript, and/or Python
• Proven experience leading software development teams specializing in web applications and integrations
• Experience in modern JavaScript frameworks, NET Core, C#, Typescript, Python, REST APIs, SQL, etc
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and Cloud-based development (Azure preferred)

Desirable

• Lantern Care is looking for a Director of Engineering to lead our Product Engineering organization.
• This role owns feature delivery across multiple engineering pods, partnering closely with Product and business stakeholders to translate roadmap priorities into shipped, high–quality software.
• You will report to the VP of Engineering and play a central role in maturing how our engineering teams plan, build, and iterate
• This is a hands–on leadership role for someone who has run engineering teams before and wants to build the next chapter of Lantern’s delivery model – standing up new pods, championing iterative, loop–based development practices, and raising the bar on execution across the organization
• Manage the delivery for multiple product engineering pods, ensuring predictable, high-quality releases against roadmap commitments
• Stand up and scale new engineering pods structured around iterative, agentic, loop-based development, defining team composition, cadence, and ways of working
• Partner with Product Management and business stakeholders to translate business requirements into executable work with clear context and constraints
• Maintain hands-on technical expertise in design, code, and deployments
• Coach and develop engineering managers and senior engineers, building a strong bench of technical leadership
• Drive engineering rigor and architecture standards via platform tools across the pods, including code quality, testing discipline, and architecture alignment, in partnership with QA and Architecture
• Drive scaled hiring, performance management, and career growth for the Product Engineering team
• Report on delivery health, velocity, risks, and escalations to senior leadership
• Champion adoption and experimental scale of Lantern’s AI-assisted SDLC tooling and practices within your pods