Head of Software Engineering

Description

A CAREER AT SLEQ SOLUTIONS

SLEQ is looking for a Head of Software Engineering to join our shared services team. This is a full-time position located in our Blaine, MN office. Join our team and help us change the way healthcare is financed, disclosed and delivered. We are a creative, collaborative, and friendly group looking for help for our ever-growing team.

OUR VISION FOR THIS KEY ROLE

With over 75 employees across three growing companies, we are seeking a seasoned Head of Software Engineering to lead and unify a multi-team development effort focused on delivering a next-generation, customer-centric software platform. This mission-critical role combines engineering leadership, people management, and product delivery for a technically complex platform spanning integrated subsystems, third-party service orchestration, and AI-driven capabilities.

This is a player/coach role and will be the single accountable engineering owner for a team of engineers, responsible for setting direction, making credible hands-on technical contributions when needed, and delivering software that is robust, scalable, and aligned with customer needs.

We invite you to bring your knowledge and expertise to our team as Head of Software Engineering.

Who We Are

SLEQ Solutions, is an internal shared services company providing support to our third-party administrator Company, Captrue Benefits and our MGU company TPAC, located in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Our mission is to change the way healthcare is financed, disclosed and delivered. We need people who value honesty and transparency; people who take ownership and responsibility of whatever they are doing. We seek individuals who value all people and interact with humility and respect; people who like to dig deep into issues, who are curious and who understand life is about more than work. If you believe in our mission and share our Core Values, then we would like to talk about how we can make a positive impact together.

Requirements

A SAMPLE OF WHAT YOU’LL GET TO DO IN THIS JOB

• Lead engineering strategy, technical direction, and platform architecture with speed, scale, quality, and maintainability.
• Oversee AI-driven product capabilities, intelligent automation, ML/LLM initiatives, and emerging technology adoption and ensure AI and software systems include oversight, explainability, security, compliance, and risk controls.
• Build, mentor, and retain high-performing engineering teams with clear standards, accountability, and growth paths.
• Set engineering practices, coding standards, quality benchmarks, DevOps maturity, automation, observability, and release discipline. And own engineering execution from roadmap planning and estimation through delivery, launch, and post-release monitoring.
• Partner with Product and executives to refine priorities, manage trade-offs, unblock dependencies, and communicate risks.
• Champion customer value and collaborate across Product, Design, Customer Success, Security, Compliance, and Infrastructure.

What You’ll Bring To The Job

A hands-on builder and leader who can set strategy, make sound technical decisions, coach engineers, and stay accountable for cost, speed, quality, and risk. They raise the engineering bar without slowing the business down and treat security, compliance, and responsible AI adoption as part of strong engineering.

• 8+ years of software engineering experience, including 5+ years leading engineering teams in a product-driven environment
• Hands-on technical credibility, with recent coding experience in Python, TypeScript, Go, Java, or similar languages.
• Proven ability to design, build, and ship scalable platforms, with strong architecture, cloud, engineering standards, and roadmap discipline.
• Experience delivering AI/ML-enabled products, including LLM integration, MLOps, data pipelines, or responsible AI governance.
• Strong people leadership and communication skills, with the ability to build teams, create accountability, and explain technical complexity clearly.

Salary Range: $150,000 - $190,000