Director SW Development Engineering

The Company

Dexcom Corporation (NASDAQ DXCM) is a pioneer and global leader in continuous glucose monitoring (CGM). Dexcom began as a small company with a big dream: To forever change how diabetes is managed. To unlock information and insights that drive better health outcomes. Here we are 25 years later, having pioneered an industry. And we're just getting started. We are broadening our vision beyond diabetes to empower people to take control of health. That means personalized, actionable insights aimed at solving important health challenges. To continue what we've started: Improving human health.

We are driven by thousands of ambitious, passionate people worldwide who are willing to fight like warriors to earn the trust of our customers by listening, serving with integrity, thinking big, and being dependable. We've already changed millions of lives and we're ready to change millions more. Our future ambition is to become a leading consumer health technology company while continuing to develop solutions for serious health conditions. We'll get there by constantly reinventing unique biosensing-technology experiences. Though we've come a long way from our small company days, our dreams are bigger than ever. The opportunity to improve health on a global scale stands before us.

Meet the Team 

Join a dynamic and collaborative engineering team at Dexcom, a leader in continuous glucose monitoring (CGM). We're passionate about developing innovative technology that improves the lives of people with diabetes. This Director of Software Engineering role is crucial to our continued success, leading the charge in scaling our engineering team and systems to meet the needs of our expanding user population and partner ecosystem. We offer a fast-paced, exciting environment where you'll be challenged to push boundaries and make a real difference in the world of healthcare. We value innovation, collaboration, and a results-oriented approach. 

Where You Come In 

• You will provide technical leadership and strategic direction for a team of software engineers, creating solutions for Dexcom's expanding CGM ecosystem. 

• You will develop and optimize engineering systems and processes to ensure efficiency and high-quality output. 

• You will partner with architecture teams to drive design and implementation of robust software solutions. 

• You will incorporate cutting-edge tooling, including AI, into the development lifecycle to enhance productivity and innovation. 

• You will collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams (product management, regulatory, quality) to ensure seamless product development and launch.

• You will effectively manage expectations and deliverables with customers and partners, maintaining strong working relationships. 

• You will direct the activities of a software applications development function for software application enhancements and new products including cloud-based or internet related computer programs. This position oversees the analysis, design, programming, debugging, and modification of computer programs for common software for commercial end user applications.

What Makes You Successful 

• You have a proven track record of successfully managing complex engineering projects with experience developing mobile apps on Android/iOS, SDK, cloud and API.

• You are a leader with experience working in AI in development and in streamlining workflow.

• You have experience leading SRE and scaling software to hundreds of millions of users. 

• You have extensive experience building and managing software engineering teams, including remote teams across different time zones, 

• Your proficiency in developing and executing technology strategies, aligning them with business objectives, is evident. 

• You bring exceptional communication, interpersonal, and presentation skills, enabling you to effectively communicate technical information to both technical and non-technical audiences. 

• You are a leader experienced in commercializing new technologies on time.

• You possess a deep understanding of product development lifecycles (Agile, Waterfall). 

• You have fostered a culture of execution excellence, implementing optimizations to significantly boost engineering speed and accelerate release cycles.

• You have experience delivering high performance mobile applications and services. Experience with FDA submissions is a plus. 

• You are an experienced technical leader who has demonstrated experience across the ecosystem having worked on mobile phone development, cloud computing at scale, chipsets and in a variety of technical settings 

Experience and Education Requirements:

• Typically requires a Bachelors degree in a technical discipline with 15+ years of industry experience.

• 9+ years of successful management experience in relevant industry.

Flex Workplace: Your primary location will be a home office. You will not have an assigned workstation and will work with your manager to determine office visit needs. You must live within commuting distance of your assigned Dexcom site (typically 75 miles/120km).

Please note: The information contained herein is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of the duties and responsibilities of the job, nor are they intended to be an all-inclusive list of the skills and abilities required to do the job. Management may, at its discretion, assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time. The duties and responsibilities in this job description may be subject to change at any time due to reasonable accommodation or other reasons. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions. 

An Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability. Dexcom’s AAP may be viewed upon request by contacting Talent Acquisition at talentacquisition@dexcom.com. 

If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request a reasonable accommodation as part of the employment selection process, please contact Dexcom Talent Acquisition at talentacquisition@dexcom.com. 

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Meritain, an Aetna Company, creates and publishes the Machine-Readable Files on behalf of Dexcom. To link to the Machine-Readable Files, please click on the URL provided:  https://health1.meritain.com/app/public/#/one/insurerCode=MERITAIN_I&brandCode=MERITAINOVER/machine-readable-transparency-in-coverage?reportingEntityType=TPA_19874&lock=true

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