Engineering Manager Life Science

We are seeking a technically strong and hands-on Software Engineering Lead to join our team and help drive the development of a new cloud-native software platform being built for a highly regulated industry. This role will lead internal engineering efforts and collaborate closely with external development partners to deliver a secure scalable and compliant system that integrates advanced technologies including edge computing and AI.

As the Software Engineering Lead you will be responsible for guiding the technical execution of the product roadmap overseeing deployment environments and establishing robust CI/CD pipelines. You will also play a key role in ensuring that the system is built in alignment with regulatory requirements and industry best practices.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead internal software engineering efforts for a cloud-native platform developed in a regulated environment.
• Collaborate with external development partners to guide architecture design and implementation decisions.
• Define and enforce technical standards coding practices and architectural patterns that support scalability maintainability and compliance.
• Own the design and management of deployment environments (cloud and edge) ensuring high availability security and performance.
• Design implement and maintain CI/CD pipelines that support compliant software development and deployment processes.
• Partner with Quality Assurance and Compliance teams to ensure all software development activities align with applicable regulatory frameworks (e.g. FDA 21 CFR Part 11 GxP).
• Participate in code reviews architecture reviews and validation planning to ensure traceability auditability and data integrity.
• Contribute to the selection and integration of tools for infrastructure-as-code monitoring logging and automated testing.
• Mentor internal team members and contribute to building long-term internal engineering capabilities.

Qualifications:

• Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science Engineering or a related field.
• 8 years of experience in software engineering with at least 3 years in a technical leadership or architecture role.
• Proven experience building and deploying cloud-native applications ideally in Microsoft Azure. Experience with AWS or GCP is also valued.
• Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines containerization (Docker Kubernetes) and infrastructure-as-code (e.g. Terraform Bicep or ARM templates).
• Familiarity with edge computing architectures and integrating IoT or AI-enabled devices.
• Strong understanding of software development in regulated environments including GxP and FDA 21 CFR Part 11.
• Experience working with external development partners or distributed teams.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills with the ability to translate between technical and business stakeholders.
• No immigration sponsorship is available for this roleat this time.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in pharmaceutical biotech or medical device software development.
• Exposure to AI/ML systems especially in computer vision or edge inference.
• Familiarity with quality systems and documentation practices in regulated environments.

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