Lead Engineer, Software (Platform) (Remote)
Lead Engineer, Software (Platform) Experience Level 7–10 years of relevant software engineering experience People management: Not applicable (Senior IC role) Role Purpose At Ensemble, we are redefining what’s possible in healthcare through customer obsession, innovation, and engineering excellence. As a Lead Software Engineer, you will be a senior individual contributor responsible for shaping and executing the technology strategy across software delivery teams. You will focus on solving the organization’s most complex technical challenges by building reusable components, defining engineering standards, and influencing architectural direction. Through hands-on design, code reviews, and collaboration with business and delivery leaders, you will help deliver scalable, secure, and high‑quality platforms that support Ensemble’s long‑term strategic goals. Position Summary The Lead Engineer, Software is a senior technical role with cross‑team impact. This position is responsible for solution design, technical delivery, engineering quality, and platform reusability. The role influences multiple teams through platform engineering, reference architectures, shared tooling, and best practices, while remaining hands‑on with code and design.
Key Responsibilities
Evangelize, influence, and implement technology and platform strategy across software delivery teams Design and deliver reusable components, architectural patterns, and engineering tooling Lead hands‑on design sessions and participate actively in code reviews to elevate engineering quality Partner with business and delivery leadership to conceptualize and deliver solutions for complex business needs Drive engineering best practices including test automation, CI/CD, telemetry, DevOps, and iterative delivery Define and document scalable, secure, and maintainable system architectures aligned with future‑state design Enable platform reuse and consistent developer experience across teams Support production systems through strong operational practices including incident response, RCA, and runbooks Ensure secure‑by‑design solutions appropriate for sensitive healthcare data environments Required Technical Skills & Experience Core Engineering 7+ years of hands‑on coding experience in JavaScript or Python (with willingness to learn new languages) Strong experience with Object‑Oriented and Functional Programming Strong Experience with Node, React. 7+ years working with OLTP and/or OLAP systems Solid understanding of engineering fundamentals: testing automation, code reviews, observability, DevOps, and iterative delivery Architecture & Platform Engineering Experience delivering componentized and distributed architectures Strong software architecture skills, including designing and documenting scalable and secure systems Deep understanding of formal architecture principles, design patterns, and best practices Platform engineering experience, including:Internal developer platforms Self‑service workflows Templates, scaffolding, and reusable libraries Cloud, Data & Integration Experience with public cloud platforms (preferably Azure) Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using tools like Terraform, including policy‑as‑code and guardrails Experience with five or more of the following:CI/CD tools REST API development Serverless architectures Containerization Application observability Messaging or streaming architectures Experience with polyglot storage architectures (relational, columnar, key‑value, graph) Familiarity with data engineering and Lakehouse patterns, including pipelines, orchestration, data quality, metadata, and lineage Experience with PaaS/SaaS and multi‑cloud integrations Security & Operations Understanding of data security and privacy concepts:Least privilege access Secrets management Encryption Auditability Experience operating production systems:Incident response Root cause analysis On‑call practices SLIs/SLOs and reliability measurement Communication Proven ability to communicate effectively with both technical and non‑technical stakeholders Experience working with globally distributed teams Core Competencies Customer Obsession: Delivers exceptional outcomes by deeply understanding user and business needs Embracing New Ideas: Continuously explores emerging technologies and fosters innovation Striving for Excellence: Maintains high engineering standards and quality Technical Leadership: Influences through design, reviews, and shared standards rather than people management Systems Thinking: Designs with reuse, scalability, and future‑state architecture in mind Job Evaluation Parameters Delivery of incremental, high‑quality technical outcomes Ownership and accountability for technical quality and maintainability Alignment of designs with enterprise and future‑state architecture Impact through mentoring, reviews, and architectural influence Operational excellence in production reliability and incident management Adherence to security and compliance standards for healthcare data Apply To This Job