Manager Software Engineering

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Work Schedule

Standard (Mon-Fri)

Environmental Conditions

Office

Job Description

Digital Engineering is Thermo Fisher’s “Software Engineering” center of excellence. We build cloud computing services, products, and Platforms that the scientific community demands. Using the new technologies with the potential to significantly change lab workflows and facilitate access to powerful data analysis techniques. Our division serves as an extension of Thermo Fisher’s Software R&D teams while enhancing our responsiveness and attention in enabling our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner, and safer. Thermo Fisher was built to serve society, and that sense of purpose will continue to enhance innovation and scientific advancement. We are committed to diversity in our workforce and are proud to be an equal opportunity employer

Roles & Responsibilities

• Hands-on management of a team of highly skilled software developers, testers, and domain experts -ensuring great execution of Agile/SCRUM processes and repeatable, predictable, and high-quality delivery of software solutions.
• Provide leadership, mentoring, resource planning, and drive the successful growth of the team.
• Participate in and lead the design and development of new software and/or extensive software revisions.
• Work with the product owner to define technical requirements and priorities, then create user stories, designs, and development tasks to be delegated to the team. Oversee the successful conclusion of sprints and releases.
• Identify areas to collaborate on across the different domains in order to drive consistency, technology, and process sharing, as well as code re-use.
• Represent the team in cross-organizational development forums, as well as customer requirements gathering and software validation, and training sessions
• Rely on extensive experience and judgment to understand sophisticated problems and resolve them efficiently. Use prior knowledge and experience to provide functional and technical support and leadership to colleagues
• Participate in training and orienting new software engineers as they join the team
  
  

Candidate Requirement: Education & Experience levels:

Bachelors in Engineering/Computer Science or Masters degree or equivalent with 10+ years of overall Experience

Skills Knowledge & Experience

• 10+ years of proven experience or played a Technical leadership role recently
• Consistent track record in designing and building scalable, cost-efficient applications with Java-based web applications
• 3 + years of experience in building customer-centric distributed software
• 2+ years of experience leading a development team in an Agile/SCRUM setting, with proven skills in project/task estimation, delegation, and management.
• 2+ years of experience in people management
• Very comfortable and experienced with designing object-oriented software and services deployed in a client-server or (preferably) cloud setting.
• Data modeling, design, and database programming using a variety of relational databases (Oracle, Postgres, SQL).
• Has experience, instincts, and enthusiasm around testing and testability
• Is authentic, transparent, holding self and others accountable. Inspires, nurtures, motivates, and collaborates with others
• Anticipates needs and problems while creating solutions. Is willing to ask difficult questions and thinks creatively. Greets challenge and change as opportunity
• Experience working with geographically distributed teams
• A highly motivated, fast learner who can self-start and “figure out what needs figuring out”
• Able to build deeper and substantial relationships with team members, be a coach and mentor for their career path, could articulate thoughts clearly, and lead the team from the front
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Ability to effectively document artifacts and processes, then explain them to others
• Experience in AWS and IoT will be an added advantage
  
  

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