Director of Software Engineering

Job overview

The Director of Software Engineering role is onsite in Coralville, IA; compensation is not specified. VIDA develops AI-powered biomarker intelligence and medical imaging solutions to support life sciences research, clinical trials, and therapy development. This player-coach leads engineers while remaining involved in architecture, design and code reviews, debugging, and project execution. The role helps scale the company’s AI orchestration and cloud platform capabilities while improving delivery, software quality, and production reliability in a regulated SaaS environment.

What you'll do

• Lead, coach, and develop software engineers and technical leads
• contribute hands-on through architecture discussions, design and code reviews, debugging, and technical problem-solving
• lead engineering initiatives through production
• improve planning, delivery, validation, and release readiness
• guide AI orchestration and cloud platform implementation
• partner with cross-functional teams
• promote responsible AI-assisted development and secure, reliable software practices.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

director of software engineering

coralville ia

vida diagnostics

software engineering

cloud-native platforms

ai orchestration

medical imaging

saas

engineering leadership

production reliability

regulated technology

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Why this role

Player-coach leadership role; 10+ years of software engineering experience and 5+ years leading, managing, or mentoring engineers required; experience with cloud-native platforms and AI-assisted development required; healthcare, medical imaging, clinical research, or life sciences experience preferred.

About the employer

VIDA Diagnostics is hiring for this role. Industry: Research and Development in Biotechnology (except Nanobiotechnology). Sector: 54.