Work Schedule
Standard (Mon-Fri)
Environmental Conditions
Adherence to all Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) Safety Standards Office
Job Description
Job Title: Senior Manager Platform Engineering
Role Summary
Lead development of our next-gen transplant diagnostics platform integrating lab workflows clinical systems analytics and partner services.
The ideal candidate combines strong engineering management skills with hands-on technical expertise in platform-level architecture cloud services and regulated healthcare environments.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the design and architecture of the next-generation platform to enable SaaS PaaS and DaaS delivery models.
- Manage platform engineering activities including cloud architecture data flow security scalability and modular development.
- Collaborate with the applications development team to deploy solutions that support flexible business models.
- Partner with the data interoperability team to build the FHIR and HL7 backbone for scalable EHR and clinical data integration.
- Lead and mentor a high-performing engineering team delivering reusable platform services and components.
- Ensure platform compliance with healthcare regulations including HIPAA CLIA IVDR FDA and GLP.
- Work cross-functionally with product management R&D Commercial and Regulatory teams to align platform capabilities with business objectives.
- Contribute to platform roadmaps achievements and ongoing improvement efforts.
Qualifications
- Bachelors or Masters degree or equivalent experience in Computer Science Engineering or a related technical field.
- 7 years of software engineering experience including 3 years in a leadership or management role passionate about platform or infrastructure development.
- Proven experience designing deploying and scaling SaaS and PaaS solutions in regulated environments.
- Experience working with cloud-native platforms ideally in healthcare or other regulated industries.
- Experience in the diagnostics space and the broader healthcare industry.
- Experience with HLA lab systems including LIMS LIS and lab automation is an advantage.
Technical Skills
- Proficiency in cloud-native architecture microservices and design.
- Proven experience with SaaS and PaaS solution design deployment and scaling.
- Proficiency in TypeScript and modern UI/service frameworks (e.g. Flutter).
- Knowledge of DaaS models secure multi-tenant architecture and CI/CD pipelines.
- Hands-on experience with HL7 FHIR and healthcare-grade security standards (OAuth2 SSO IAM).
- Experience with containerization and infrastructure-as-code (Terraform CloudFormation Kubernetes Docker).
- Familiarity with event-driven services and data orchestration frameworks.
Leadership & Collaboration
- Demonstrated ability to manage and grow engineering teams.
- Strong collaboration skills across cross-functional teams.
- Ability to balance near-term delivery with long-term scalability and architectural integrity.
Benefits
We offer competitive remuneration annual incentive plan bonus healthcare and a range of employee benefits. Thermo Fisher Scientific offers employment with an innovative forward-thinking organization and outstanding career and development prospects. We offer an exciting company culture that stands for integrity intensity involvement and innovation!
Compensation and Benefits
The salary range estimated for this position based in California is $149500.00$224200.00.
This position may also be eligible to receive a variable annual bonus based on company team and/or individual performance results in accordance with company policy. We offer a comprehensive Total Rewards package that our U.S. colleagues and their families can count on which includes:
A choice of national medical and dental plans and a national vision plan including health incentive programs
Employee assistance and family support programs including commuter benefits and tuition reimbursement
At least 120 hours paid time off (PTO) 10 paid holidays annually paid parental leave (3 weeks for bonding and 8 weeks for caregiver leave) accident and life insurance and short- and long-term disability in accordance with company policy
Retirement and savings programs such as our competitive 401(k) U.S. retirement savings plan
Employees Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP) offers eligible colleagues the opportunity to purchase company stock at a discount
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