Vice President, Software Engineering at iRhythm

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Career-defining. Life-changing. At iRhythm, you’ll have the opportunity to grow your skills and your career while impacting the lives of people around the world. iRhythm is shaping a future where everyone, everywhere can access the best possible cardiac health solutions. Every day, we collaborate, create, and constantly reimagine what’s possible. We think big and move fast, driven by our commitment to put patients first and improve lives. We need builders like you. Curious and innovative problem solvers looking for the chance to meaningfully shape the future of cardiac health, our company, and your career About This Role: iRhythm is seeking a Vice President of Software Engineering to provide technical and organizational leadership across our regulated software platforms. Reporting to the Senior Vice President of Systems Development, this leader is accountable for ensuring the successful delivery, performance, and scalability of software products and platforms. These solutions enable clinician workflows, enhance patient experiences, integrate connected medical devices, and provide the data infrastructure necessary to support innovation, operational excellence, and growth. This role sits at the intersection of strategy and execution at scale, requiring executive leadership and offering exceptional visibility across the organization. Key Responsibilities Software Delivery & Operational Execution Lead end-to-end software engineering execution across clinical, patient-facing, platform, and device-integrated software systems within a highly regulated Software as a Medical Device (SaMD) environment. Establish and continuously evolve the engineering operating systems, governance frameworks, and development practices that enable disciplined planning, transparent execution, effective risk management, and predictable delivery across a complex software portfolio. Champion continuous improvement initiatives that measurably enhance engineering velocity, product quality, release confidence, system reliability, and customer outcomes. Ensure software development lifecycle processes consistently meet regulatory, compliance, and quality standards, including FDA, IEC 62304, ISO 13485, cybersecurity, and internal Quality Management System (QMS) requirements. Translate complex technical concepts, delivery risks, and strategic tradeoffs into clear, actionable insights for executive leadership and key stakeholders. Advance software engineering capabilities through scalable CI/CD frameworks, development platforms, automation, and engineering enablement tools appropriate for regulated medical technology environments. Lead the responsible adoption and governance of AI-assisted software development practices to accelerate innovation, enhance productivity, improve quality, and reduce delivery risk. Establish a metrics-driven engineering culture by leveraging meaningful operational and quality indicators to increase transparency, predictability, accountability, and data-informed decision making. Team Development & Leadership Build, lead, and develop a high-performing organization of software engineering directors, managers, and senior technical leaders, fostering a culture of accountability, innovation, collaboration, and execution excellence. Serve as a thought leader, trusted advisor and mentor to engineering leaders, cultivating leadership capability, organizational resilience, and a culture of continuous improvement, innovation, and technical excellence across the company. Cross-Functional & Strategic Contributions Partner closely with executive and functional leaders across Product Security, Software Quality, Research & Systems Engineering, Machine Learning, and IT to ensure seamless execution, architectural alignment, and delivery excellence across the product portfolio. Drive alignment and shared accountability across Product Management, Clinical, Quality, Regulatory, and other cross-functional teams to successfully deliver innovative solutions from