Director of Software Engineering

Director of Software Engineering

Only candidates local to the Chicagoland area will be considered
Hybrid:
In office in Elmhurst on Thursdays

Join Med Speed and help deliver health! We’re a healthcare logistics company partnering with organizations nationwide to transport vital medical supplies and specimens. At Med Speed, teamwork, integrity, and growth drive everything we do. If you’re passionate, driven, and ready to make a real impact, we want to hear from you. Today, we have a nationwide presence with locations across the U.S., yet we’ve never lost the entrepreneurial spirit and close-knit culture that defined us from day one.

Our people are at the heart of what we do and how we support our customers.
We work as one team, we keep our promises, and we get better every day
. These aren’t just words; they shape how we support each other, grow together, and deliver real impact.

We’re hiring a Director of Software Engineering to serve as a senior leader responsible for defining and executing on the organization’s product engineering plan. This role ensures that software infrastructure, platforms, tooling, and engineering practices support organizational goals of rapid innovation and scalability. The Director also provides leadership and technical expertise across software development, systems engineering, Dev Ops, and enterprise architecture.

• Define and maintain a modern Dev Ops infrastructure that supports continuous delivery, infrastructure as code, observability, and high availability.
• Oversee system design decisions to ensure scalability, maintainability, and security.
• Serve as the organization’s key technologist, evaluating emerging technologies and integrating the right technologies into the toolbox and proactively retiring technologies that no longer serve a purpose for the business.

• Partner with Product team and stakeholders to deliver on roadmap commitments with high quality and predictable timelines.
• Ensure the overall health and stability of all products and platforms through testing, proactive monitoring, and maintenance practices.
• Define and measure key engineering metrics (e.g., deployment frequency, defects, incident response, uptime, technical debt).

• Develop a rubric to measure high performance and build a team that meets the criteria
• Directly manage engineering leads, providing mentorship, guidance, and performance management.
• Identify and nurture a strong succession pipeline for the team. Champion continuous learning and professional development across the engineering organization.
• Foster collaboration and knowledge-sharing across cross-functional teams.

• Anticipate and evaluate opportunities to drive digitization, automation, and innovation to build a competitive advantage for Med Speed.
• Build and deploy a long-term IT engineering strategy aligned with corporate objectives and digital transformation goals.
• Cultivate a culture of ownership, accountability, and technical excellence across teams.
• Communicate technical direction, risks, and opportunities clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or equivalent experience.
• 10+ years of software engineering experience with at least 5 years in engineering leadership roles.
• Proven success managing multiple technical teams and technical leads.
• Strong background in system architecture, application security, and operational resilience.
• Proven experience as a full stack developer on the Azure platform (C#, ASP.NET) with experience in Salesforce and Flutter as an added benefit.
• Deep understanding of Dev Ops principles, CI/CD, cloud-native architectures, and infrastructure automation.
• Strong grasp of emerging technologies (AI, automation, data analytics).
• Exceptional communication and leadership skills with a track record of aligning diverse teams around common goals.
• Experience in mentoring, coaching, and scaling high-performing engineering organizations.

• Excellent communication, negotiation, and…