Director, Software Engineering

Company Description

Treace’s mission is to be the leader in the surgical treatment of bunions by establishing the Lapiplasty System as the standard of care. We are committed to operating our business with the highest standards of ethical conduct. We intend to exceed our customers’ expectations through an innovation-driven, high-velocity approach to solving treatment and surgical problems. With our products and services, our mission is to assist foot and ankle surgeons in improving patient outcomes and reducing healthcare costs, while providing rewarding experiences and opportunities for our employees and stakeholders.

Job Description

As the Director, Software Engineering you will be responsible for directing software development projects and leading engineers/developers to create market-leading surgical planning tools for the diagnosis and creation of patient-specific surgical plans. This role is ideal for someone who wishes to use their technical skills to improve the lives of patients – utilizing creative thinking and the ability to solve complex technical and clinical problems. Your UI, graphics and algorithm expertise will be used to automate medical imaging segmentation, perform 2D and 3D anatomical registration and reconstruction, visualize and manipulate complex medical images and 3D models, and automatically create surgical plans for orthopedic surgery.

In this role, you will identify software strategies and lead the development and test of methods and protocols for managing software in a regulated environment. The ideal candidate has a background in software development, software engineering, and project management. This person should be able to work independently with little supervision and possess excellent organization and problem-solving skills.

This role reports to the Chief Innovation Officer.

Additional Responsibilities:

1. Own technical vision and strategy for building and scaling highly interactive and rich surgical planning tools.
2. Research, prototype, and iterate algorithmic solutions to medical imaging segmentation, registration, and reconstruction problems for surgical planning and intra-operative guidance.
3. Lead internal and external development teams to solve large and open-ended problems.
4. Lead all aspects of coding and software development, including the definition of software development and testing strategies using industry-leading methodologies, tools, and techniques.
5. Review, plan, and architect end-to-end software solutions.
6. Review competitive product offerings and conduct technology exploration activities.
7. Contribute to and execute customer-facing activities, like voice of customer and customer-centric design, in partnership with internal and external stakeholders to identify unmet clinical needs and distill them into product requirements.
8. Build and maintain project budgets, collaborating closely with functional managers or internal partners as needed to ensure project goals are achieved.
9. Become the lead contact, and establish strong relationships, with all internal cross-functional partners regarding project activities.

Qualifications:

1. Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Vision, Electrical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, or other related programs. MS/PhD degree preferred.
2. A minimum of 8 years of relevant proven experience is required. 5+ years of team leadership experience strongly preferred.

Additional Information

It is Treace’s policy not to discriminate against any applicant for employment, or any employee because of age, color, sex, disability, national origin, race, religion, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

Treace is a drug-free employer.