VP of Engineering

Position Title

VP of Engineering

Job Type

Full-Time

Location

Hybrid/NYC

Sevaro is a physician-founded and physician-led tele-neurology company on a mission to transform neurological care delivery through innovative technology, actionable data, and compassionate service. Our teams partner with hospitals and health systems across the country to deliver timely, high-quality stroke and neurology care.

We are seeking an experienced Vice President of Engineering to lead our product engineering organization and deliver best-in-class digital experiences for hospital users, physicians, and clinical ops teams. This role will oversee engineering teams building and scaling solutions such as hospital-facing apps, mobile apps, physician care coordination tools, and clinical ops systems.

The VP of Engineering will define the technical vision, organizational strategy, and culture for a growing engineering team. This leader must balance speed and innovation with security, scalability, and reliability, while championing modern engineering practices and leveraging AI-driven development to improve productivity and quality.

This role is both strategic and hands-on, guiding architecture and technical direction, scaling distributed teams, and fostering a culture of accountability, collaboration, and excellence.

Engineering Leadership & Strategy

• Define and drive the engineering vision, strategy, and roadmap in alignment with product and organizational goals.
• Oversee engineering across provider experience, hospital systems, clinical quality, scheduling, licensing & credentialing, and internal operations.
• Lead adoption of Dev Ops, CI/CD, and infrastructure-as-code practices for rapid and reliable releases.
• Establish engineering standards, best practices, and architecture principles to ensure scalability, security, and maintainability.
• Champion the use of AI-driven development tools (e.g., code assistants, automated QA, intelligent CI/CD) to accelerate delivery and improve quality.

Product Delivery & Ownership

• Ensure end-to-end ownership and delivery of high-quality software across web, mobile, and internal tools.
• Drive close collaboration with Product, Data & AI, and Clinical teams to define requirements and ship impactful solutions.
• Oversee the full product lifecycle: prototyping, development, testing, release, and ongoing maintenance.
• Lead the development of video communication solutions (e.g., video carts for patient consultation, mobile apps with real-time calling and chat functionality).
• Ensure implementation of federated single sign-on (SSO) applications to enable secure and seamless access across platforms.
• Leverage AI-powered tools to accelerate prototyping, debugging, testing, and deployment.

Team Building & Management

• Build, mentor, and scale a high-performing, distributed engineering organization (U.S.
  
  - based and offshore).
• Define career development paths and foster a culture of ownership, excellence, and accountability.
• Partner with HR and recruiting to attract top engineering talent aligned with the company’s mission.
• Provide coaching and mentorship to engineering leaders and tech leads.

Hands-On Contribution

• Stay engaged with code, architecture reviews, and key technical tradeoffs.
• Encourage experimentation with emerging tools, frameworks, and AI-powered engineering workflows.
• Drive adoption of strong practices in testing, observability, security, and performance optimization.
• Ensure best-in-class developer productivity through modern workflows, automation, and infrastructure.

Stakeholder Collaboration & Representation

• Represent engineering at the executive leadership level, aligning priorities across functions.
• Partner with Product and Data & AI leadership to align strategy, foundations, and innovation.
• Clearly communicate engineering priorities, challenges, and successes to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Serve as a visible technical leader in the healthcare innovation space.

QUALIFICATIONS AND SKILLS:

Experience & Expertise

• 10+ years in software engineering, including 5+ years in senior leadership (VP or Director level).
• Proven success in leading teams to deliver scalable SaaS applications (web and mobile).
• Must have hands-on experience building video communication platforms (video carts, mobile calling, chat functionality).
• Must have expertise in implementing federated single sign-on (SSO) applications in enterprise healthcare environments.
• Deep technical expertise across modern web/mobile frameworks, backend systems, and cloud infrastructure.
• Strong background in Dev Ops, CI/CD, and AWS cloud.
• Demonstrated experience with AI/ML engineering tools (e.g., Git Hub Copilot, ChatGPT, Cursor) integrated into workflows.
• Experience in healthcare technology is required.
• Track record of managing and scaling distributed engineering teams (local + offshore).

Leadership & Collaboration

• Strategic thinker who balances long-term platform goals with near-term delivery needs.
• Strong communication skills and…