Executive Summary
RJ Lindelof is currently Director of Software Engineering at hc1, where he leads engineering for a healthcare analytics platform ingesting massive clinical and operational data from labs, health systems, and partner networks. He oversees data lake architecture, ingestion pipelines, core platform services, and SaaS products--building an AI-native engineering organization that has reduced developer toil by 55% and cut new engineer onboarding time by 4x.
Before hc1, RJ built a track record across FinTech (DebtPayPro, $500M+ annual payment volume), MedTech (GlobalMed, 2M+ patients served), EdTech (Follett, 100,000+ concurrent users), and Home Services B2B (Successware). He does not inherit chaos. He transforms it--delivering $2M+ in infrastructure cost savings, reducing critical defect rates by 60%, and achieving 40% faster deployment cycles.
He has rebuilt brittle monoliths into distributed systems on AWS and Azure, reduced tech debt by over 75 percent, and consistently delivered 99.995 percent uptime at scale. His leadership in PE-backed environments includes post-acquisition technology assessments, value creation roadmaps tied to EBITDA impact, and board-ready reporting. He manages P&L responsibilities including budget facilitation and salary negotiation.
RJ architects for longevity, not flash. He embeds CI/CD pipelines, enforces quality gates with SonarQube and GitHub Actions, and drives velocity with clear standards and metrics. At hc1, he implemented a "Quality as Accountability" model using Playwright smoke tests, Dependabot, and three-step testing without dedicated QA. Teams under his leadership ship faster, with fewer defects, and higher confidence. See how he measures engineering success.
AI is not layered on. It is built in. At hc1, RJ transitioned from Jenkins to GitHub Actions with Claude Code and GitHub Copilot baked into every workflow, and is partnering with the CPO on greenfield agentic AI solutions. He has delivered AI-powered features in regulated healthcare, implemented agentic workflows using MCP and A2A protocols, and rethought developer experience through AI-native SDLC strategies. Learn more about his AI integration approach.
He leads with clarity, challenges assumptions, and builds high-performing, globally distributed teams that own their outcomes. His engineering cultures run on trust, autonomy, and accountability--because those are the conditions where high-impact work gets done. Explore his detailed leadership philosophy.
RJ is also available for fractional CTO and interim technology leadership engagements. Whether you need a full-time leader or a strategic advisor, he delivers. Every time.