VP / Director of Engineering

Position Overview

Persivia is seeking an elite engineering leader to join our team. This role is for someone who builds exceptional teams, delivers flawlessly, raises the bar every quarter, and refuses mediocrity. The VP/Director of Engineering must be a force multiplier: someone who can scale teams, eliminate blockers, modernize architectures, and push the organization toward operational excellence with urgency and discipline.

Required Qualifications

• 12+ years engineering experience, including leading large multi-team organizations.
• Proven record of building elite, high-output teams.
• Deep expertise in cloud-native systems, microservices, AI/ML, and DevOps.
• Strong architectural judgment and decision-making discipline.
• Experience delivering healthcare SaaS under strict regulatory controls.

Preferred Traits (Culture Fit)

• Operates with extreme ownership.
• Drives urgency and high tempo across teams.
• Thrives under pressure and ambiguity.
• Expects excellence — demands it from self and others.
• Eliminates silos, blockers, and excuses.
• Sets aggressive goals and hits them.

Success Indicators

• A high-performance engineering team with strong morale and zero tolerance for mediocrity.
• Faster delivery cycles, fewer production issues, higher-quality releases.
• A modern, scalable, AI-native platform powering Persivia’s next decade of growth.
• Reduced technical debt and accelerated modernization.
• High confidence from executives, clinicians, and clients.