Summary
Steve Lustbader is an engineering leader with 11+ years driving healthcare technology initiatives that improve access, lower costs, and raise care quality. Currently Associate Director of Engineering at Spring Health, he builds high-performing teams that turn analytics and real-time insights into actionable programs for employers and benefits leaders. He has a strong track record of taking products from 0→1 and scaling them—leading engineering org growth at Rally (from a single team to 35 engineers) and designing FHIR-native platforms and integrations at b.well. A hands-on technical background (MEng/SB Computer Science, MIT) underpins his focus on architecture, developer productivity, and systems that connect payers, providers, and members. Known for blending culture, coaching, and technical rigor, he routinely promotes engineers into senior technical and managerial roles. Outside the obvious, he pairs pragmatic product rewrites with infrastructure gains—e.g., platform migrations that significantly improved performance and reduced footprint.
11 years of coding experience
21 years of employment as a software developer
MEng Computer Science, MEng Computer Science at Massachusetts Institute of Technology