Job Description
How you’ll make an impact
As Director of Engineering, you’ll be playing a leading role in building the future of dental practice management. We want to empower dentists to do the thing they trained for: to be a dentist. Our vision is for intelligent software that anticipates the needs of their teams, automates away the complexity, optimises their practice for growth and efficiency, and unlocks their time to focus on providing unparalleled patient care.
You will be the driving force in bringing this vision to life today. You will be responsible for defining an ambitious technology strategy and roadmap that drives automation, efficiency, scalability and security. You will create world class software capable of powering everything from dental charting and imaging, to finance and payments, to online appointment management, for thousands of practices and millions of patients.
Working closely with your counterparts in Product and Design, your leadership will transform how we build, scale, and innovate, pushing the boundaries of AIdriven capabilities and intelligent, scalable practice management solutions. You will foster a culture of high performance and customercentricity, with industryleading developer experience, ensuring that business and customer impact are always at the forefront of our technology decisions.
What youll do
Drive the technology strategy and execution to realise our vision of automated, intelligent practice management.
Build and nurture a worldclass engineering organisation focused on customer impact.
Foster a culture of curiosity, ambition and agency in your teams.
Champion a bestinclass developer experience, harnessing AI productivity tooling, empowering engineers to build highquality, scalable solutions.
Architect scalable, resilient systems capable of supporting the future of autonomous dental practices at scale.
Leverage AI and LLMs to allow us to deliver powerful capabilities previously unimaginable, at lightning quick pace, changing the face of dentistry.
Collaborate closely with Product, Design, and Data to help teams prioritise and execute effectively.
Ensure robust security, compliance, and reliability in all aspects of technology delivery.
Mentor and develop engineers and engineering leaders, empowering them to have impact and drive career growth.
Coach team members in best practices, fostering a culture of continuous development and always lead by example
Motivate and inspire your team to reach and exceed all set targets and KPIs
Maintain a trusting, collaborative environment, enabling the team to thrive
Lead the recruitment efforts for your team, identifying and hiring top talent
Promote an inclusive and diverse culture, in line with the Henry Schein One values
What you’ll bring with you
Extensive experience leading highperforming engineering teams in a growthstage or mature SaaS company.
Leading a globally distributed engineering function within a B2B space is a plus.
Proven track record of leading teams to deliver impactful products that drive business growth.
Deep experience collaborating in a trio of engineering, design and product in a collaborative environment.
Experience leveraging AI and LLM tooling and developing AIpowered customerfacing features.
Experience working with Ruby on Rails apps and Ember.js is a bonus.
Strategic thinking with the ability to execute on longterm vision and shortterm delivery.
A curious mind: You want to explore the unknown and brave enough to disrupt your own ways of working, and able to bring that to your teams.
Exceptional leadership skills with a focus on culture, team development, and organisational scalability.
Relentless focus on business and customer impact over raw technical output.
Excellent communication and collaboration skills across product, design, and data teams.
Strong stakeholder management skills, with experience engaging executive teams and crossfunctional leaders.
A passion for building products that solve realworld problems and create measurable impact.
Personal attributes
Visionary thinker: Able to see the big picture and drive longterm innovation.
Outcomefocused: Relentless focus on delivering business value and measurable impact.
High integrity: Leads with and builds a culture of t