Manager, Software Engineering
MerativeAbout the role
Merative is a data, analytics, and technology partner for the health and government sectors, formerly known as IBM Watson Health.
Our Merge portfolio is a recognized leader in enterprise medical imaging, trusted by 6 of the 10 largest U.S. health systems.
The Merge Imaging Suite is a modular, cloud-native platform — including Merge PACS, the Merge Vendor Neutral Archive (VNA), and the zero-footprint, regulatory-cleared Merge Universal Viewer — that consolidates DICOM and non-DICOM images across radiology, cardiology, and other service lines to create a single source of truth for imaging data.
We are looking for an experienced, hands-on Software Development Manager to lead a team building and evolving these mission-critical imaging products used every day by clinicians to diagnose and treat patients.
The Role
As a Software Development Manager on the Medical Imaging team, you will lead a team of software engineers responsible for the design, development, and delivery of components within the Merge enterprise imaging ecosystem. This is a working manager role: you are expected to remain close to the code, participate in architecture and design reviews, and set a high bar for engineering quality — while also growing engineers, running an effective delivery process, and partnering across product, QA, regulatory, and clinical stakeholders.
You understand that this is regulated medical device software, where reliability, security, interoperability, and patient safety are not negotiable, and you know how to move a team quickly without compromising them.
What You'll Do
Lead and grow the team
Manage, mentor, and develop a team of 6–10 software engineers — hiring, coaching, career development, performance management, and day-to-day support.
Foster a culture of ownership, technical excellence, code quality, and continuous improvement.
Set clear goals and priorities, remove blockers, and hold the team accountable for outcomes.
Stay hands-on and technical
Participate directly in architecture, design, and code reviews; contribute code and prototypes where it accelerates the team and keeps you close to the product.
Guide technical decisions on scalability, performance, security, and maintainability of imaging services and applications.
Drive engineering best practices: CI/CD, automated testing, observability, secure coding, and technical debt management.
Troubleshoot complex production and clinical-environment issues alongside the team when needed.
Own delivery in the imaging domain
Deliver features and releases across enterprise imaging components — PACS, VNA, viewers, and related services — on time and at a high quality bar.
Ensure solutions correctly implement medical imaging standards and workflows, including DICOM, DICOMweb, and radiology/cardiology reading workflows.
Advance cloud-native and hybrid deployments, and standards-based interoperability with EHRs, PACS, VNAs, and hospital systems (HL7, FHIR, IHE profiles, XDS).
Uphold quality, safety, and compliance
Ensure development follows medical device software processes and quality management practices (e.g., IEC 62304, ISO 13485, FDA design controls).
Partner with QA, regulatory, and product teams to support verification & validation, risk management, and audit readiness.
Champion security and privacy (HIPAA and protected health information) across the software lifecycle.
Collaborate across the organization
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