Job#: 3031502 Job Description: Engineering Lead
Location: Dallas, Texas (Remote)
Employment Type: Contract
Role Overview
An experienced Engineering Lead is sought to guide a development squad focused on delivering capabilities for a unified digital platform within a large enterprise healthcare organization. This is a hands-on technical leadership role responsible for delivery execution, code quality, cross-team coordination, and partnership with the Product team. The squad works across EHR (Epic), CRM systems, web applications, mobile applications, and APIs.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead a cross-functional squad in Epic, CRM, web, mobile, and API development.
- Drive architecture and design decisions supporting the digital platform.
- Translate product requirements into technical plans and delivery commitments.
- Manage sprint execution, estimation, and production readiness.
- Actively contribute to engineering efforts through hands-on development.
- Perform and lead thorough pull request (PR) reviews.
- Enforce high standards for code quality, testing, and security.
- Leverage AI tools and agent-based workflows to improve code quality and developer productivity.
- Champion CI/CD, automated testing, and observability best practices.
- Partner with peer Engineering Leads to manage cross-team dependencies.
- Collaborate with Product leadership to clarify scope and provide technical feasibility guidance.
Required Qualifications
Experience: A minimum of 7 years of software engineering experience is required, with at least 2 years in a technical lead, architect, or team leadership capacity. Candidates must have experience integrating enterprise systems such as EHR, CRM, web, mobile, and APIs. Strong architectural experience in distributed or cloud-based systems is necessary, along with proven experience in conducting PR reviews, enforcing engineering standards, managing cross-team dependencies, and working within an Agile delivery framework.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with Epic or other EHR integration.
- Experience leveraging AI-assisted development tools.
- Experience in healthcare or other regulated industries.
Compensation & Benefits
The anticipated pay range for this position is $70.00 to $90.00 per hour. The bill rate for this position is set at a maximum of $135.00 per hour. A comprehensive benefits package may be available to eligible employees.
Company Overview & Culture
This organization is a large enterprise healthcare provider committed to developing a unified digital platform. The role involves working within a high-impact development squad focused on innovation and quality. Success in this position is measured by predictable delivery, high code quality, effective cross-team coordination, and the development of a scalable, resilient digital platform.
This employer is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.
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Everforth Apex is a world-class IT services company that serves thousands of clients across the globe. When you join Everforth Apex, you become part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning. We offer quality career resources, training, certifications, development opportunities, and a comprehensive benefits package. Our commitment to excellence is reflected in many awards, including ClearlyRated's Best of Staffing in Talent Satisfaction in the United States and Great Place to Work in the United Kingdom and Mexico. Everforth Apex uses a virtual recruiter as part of the application process. Click for more details.
Everforth Apex Benefits Overview: Everforth Apex offers a range of supplemental benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans that offer an optional layer of financial protection. We offer an ESPP (employee stock purchase program) and a 401K program which allows you to contribute typically within 30 days of starting, with a company match after 12 months of tenure. Everforth Apex also offers a HSA (Health Savings Account on the HDHP plan), a SupportLinc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions, a corporate discount savings program and other discounts. In terms of professional development, Everforth Apex hosts an on-demand training program, provides access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars once you have 6+ months of tenure, and certification discounts and other perks to associations that include CompTIA and IIBA. Everforth Apex has a dedicated customer service team for our Consultants that can address questions around benefits and other resources, as well as a certified Career Coach. You can access a full list of our benefits, programs, support teams and resources within our 'Welcome Packet' as well, which an Everforth Apex team member can provide.
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