Senior Director, Data & Integrations Engineering

Cedar

. Report directly to the CTO .

Posted 11/3/2026full-timeRemote • United StatesSenior💰 $280,500 - $330,000 per yearWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates extensive experience in engineering leadership, particularly in managing large teams and ensuring system reliability and performance. Proficient in integrating data architecture and fostering cross-functional collaboration to meet business priorities.

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Engineering LeadershipIntegration Systems ManagementSLA Performance OwnershipCross-Functional Stakeholder ManagementHealthcare Domain Experience

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Hard Skills

Software EngineeringData IntegrationIncident ManagementOperational Risk AssessmentArchitecture Trade-Off AnalysisData Architecture MigrationIntegration Framework ImprovementOn-Call Program ManagementMTTI ReductionMTTR Reduction

Soft Skills

Effective CommunicationCoaching and MentoringAdaptability to AmbiguityNegotiation SkillsExecutive Presence

Tools & Technologies

Agentic Developer ToolingEHR Data ModelsHL7FHIR

Industry Keywords

Healthcare InteroperabilityRevenue Cycle ManagementData-Intensive DomainsPlatform Domains

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Report directly to the CTO
Lead approximately 35 engineers across Data Engineering, Integration Engineering, and Integration Support Engineering through three experienced engineering managers
Establish processes, rituals, and accountability structures to ensure predictable, timely, high-quality delivery across platform work, client implementations, and production operations
Develop engineering managers and build high-performing, engaged teams
Own integration-system reliability and SLA performance
Reduce MTTI, MTTR, and systemic incident rates
Build observability, on-call discipline, and postmortem rigor
Partner with the Principal Data Architect on migration from legacy systems and adoption of new data architecture
Ensure product engineering, data science, analytics, and AI/ML teams have trusted, accessible data
Improve integration frameworks and patterns to scale client onboarding and new product lines
Build intake processes, prioritization frameworks, and escalation paths to reduce organizational thrash
Coach managers to operate with increasing autonomy and maintain roadmaps under pressure
Partner cross-functionally with Product, Data Science, Commercial, and Delivery Engineering
Represent team capacity and priorities, negotiate trade-offs, and resolve issues before they become crises

Requirements

What you’ll need

12+ years in software engineering or technical implementation, with meaningful experience in data-intensive, integration-heavy, or platform domains
8+ years in engineering leadership
4+ years managing managers
Ideally, direct experience overseeing an organization of 30+ engineers
Solid technical grounding in integration systems and data
Ability to engage credibly on architecture trade-offs, operational risk, and build-vs-buy decisions
High tolerance for ambiguity and demonstrated ability to reduce it
Experience thriving in organizations with shifting priorities and imperfect asks
Experience owning SLAs, on-call programs, incident management, or client-facing reliability commitments
Experience building systems and culture to sustain operational commitments
Effective cross-functional stakeholder management, including executive presence
Ability to translate between engineering realities and business priorities
Experience navigating trade-off conversations with product, finance, and executive audiences
Comfort representing team work, priorities, and risks to C-suite leadership
Healthcare domain experience, revenue cycle management, EHR data models, or healthcare interoperability (HL7/FHIR) preferred
AI-forward mindset and experience adopting agentic developer tooling preferred

Benefits

Comp & perks

Equity eligibility
Competitive benefits and wellness package
Flexibility to work from home or in the office
Unlimited PTO for vacation, sick, and mental health days for exempt employees
Encouraged minimum of 20 vacation days per year
16 weeks paid parental leave with health benefits for all parents
Flexible re-entry schedules for returning to work
Diversity initiatives and employee resource groups
Competitive pay
Health benefits
Fertility and adoption assistance
401(k) matching: 100% of contributions up to 3% of annual compensation
Hands-on mentorship
Employee and management coaching
Team discretionary budget for learning and development resources