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Director – Engineering – Clinical Products

Director – Engineering – Clinical Products

CompanyHeartFlow
LocationSan Francisco, CA, USA
Salary$220000 – $290000
TypeFull-Time
Degrees
Experience LevelSenior, Expert or higher

Requirements

  • Proven experience managing managers and leading multiple engineering teams in a fast-paced, mission-driven environment.
  • Track record of successful planning, consistent execution, and on-time delivery of complex software projects.
  • Strong leadership and organizational skills with an ability to align engineering outcomes to business priorities.
  • Experience in turning complex data and algorithms into intuitive, interactive visual experiences.
  • Strong background in UI/UX-driven development, data visualization, or real-time rendering.
  • Practical experience of turning research-developed algorithms into production-grade software.
  • Solid understanding of MLOps, cloud-native development, and scalable architectures.
  • Deep knowledge of software development best practices: testing, CI/CD, DevOps, agile methodologies.
  • Excellent communication and collaboration skills across cross-functional teams.
  • Experience with medical applications or other regulated industries. Direct experience with Software as a Medical Device (SaMD) is highly desired.
  • Experience with cloud-based infrastructures (Amazon Web Services or equivalent).

Responsibilities

  • Lead and grow multiple engineering teams through engineering managers, setting clear goals and ensuring alignment to strategic objectives.
  • Drive successful quarterly and long-range planning efforts, balancing innovation with execution, and ensuring engineering teams consistently meet delivery commitments.
  • Ensure engineering teams are executing with high quality, predictable velocity, and attention to operational reliability.
  • Hire, develop, and retain strong engineering and management talent; build an inclusive, high-performance team culture.
  • Manage and grow an organization of engineering teams that span algorithm development, visualizations, results and report generation.
  • Mentor and guide engineering managers in their career development and technical growth.
  • Provide technical leadership across medical device software, including visualization, UI architecture, cloud services, algorithm development and integration.
  • Collaborate with product, clinical, design, and research teams to build seamless and effective user experiences that translate complex data into actionable insights.
  • Partner with other engineering leaders to evolve our system architecture and ensure cross-team alignment and technical coherence.
  • Contribute hands-on to design when appropriate, especially in areas of high impact such as architecture, rendering pipelines, or clinical data visualization.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Nice-to-have: experience with medical imaging or 3D visualization.