Vice President, Application Development

Summary

Join EnableComp as their VP of Application Development and lead engineering teams in developing, maintaining, and delivering the platform used for processing complex healthcare claims. You will oversee all application development, manage a team of 25 engineers across onshore/offshore locations, and manage a dual-platform strategy encompassing AI-powered systems and legacy .NET infrastructure. The role demands ensuring 99.9% uptime for high-volume claim transactions, driving a technical roadmap aligned with business objectives, and establishing development standards. You will also be responsible for recruiting, developing, and retaining senior technical talent, implementing performance management systems, and executing a migration plan from legacy .NET to a modern cloud-native AI platform. Finally, you will report directly to the CTO on technical strategy, team performance, and delivery metrics.

Requirements

• 10+ years senior management experience reporting to C-level executives
• Proven track record managing hybrid onshore/offshore development teams
• Experience scaling engineering organizations
• Production experience with agentic AI frameworks and implementation
• Hands-on management of legacy .NET 4.8 codebases in production environments
• Led successful technology stack modernization initiatives (legacy to cloud-native/microservices)
• Deployed and measured productivity impact of AI coding tools (Cursor, Windsurf, GitHub Copilot, etc.)
• Quantifiable metrics on developer productivity improvements (cycle time, code quality, delivery velocity)
• Change management experience for AI tool adoption across development teams
• Understanding of healthcare claims processing, particularly complex claim types
• Experience with healthcare compliance requirements (HIPAA, etc.)
• Demonstrated experience with zero-downtime deployments in regulated healthcare environments
• Proven ability to maintain system performance during 3x volume spikes (end-of-qurter processing)
• Comfortable with on-call escalation responsibilities for production issues
• Experience working with clinical and business stakeholders who lack technical backgrounds
• Ability to translate complex technical decisions into business impact for executive reporting
• Must be available for occasional travel to offshore development centers (2-3 times annually)
• Experience with healthcare audit processes and regulatory examinations
• Background in managing technical teams under SOX compliance requirements

Responsibilities

• Direct oversight of all application development for EnableComp's platform
• Lead 25 Engineers across onshore/offshore locations with 24/7 operational coverage
• Manage dual-platform strategy: AI-powered agentic systems and legacy .NET infrastructure
• Ensure 99.9% uptime for production systems processing high-volume claim transactions
• Drive technical roadmap aligned with business objectives and RCM analyst workflow requirements
• Establish and enforce development standards, code review processes, and deployment protocols
• Recruit, develop, and retain senior technical talent in competitive market
• Implement performance management systems with clear career progression paths
• Execute 18-month migration plan from legacy .NET 4.8 to modern cloud-native AI platform
• Implement CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices to reduce deployment cycle time
• Deploy AI development tools across engineering teams with measurable productivity targets
• Establish architecture review board and technical debt reduction initiatives
• Report directly to CTO on technical strategy, team performance, and delivery metrics

Preferred Qualifications

RCM or healthcare technology background