Role Overview
Lead Software Engineer for R&D Technology responsible for design and delivery of solutions underpinning next‑generation R&D capabilities across small molecules, peptides, and oligonucleotides. Bridges scientific needs with scalable technology solutions, ensuring automation, data, and digital platforms accelerate DMTA cycles and enable high‑quality decision‑making.
Key Responsibilities
* Architecture & Technical Leadership: Design, build and support integrations across core business lab systems; define and maintain the engineering and technology architecture vision, roadmap, and standards for the Synthetics Development domain; lead the technical architecture across squads.
* Evaluation, design, and selection of technical solution options; build, test, and validate architectural concepts and prototypes; contribute production code to critical technical paths.
* Translate sophisticated business and scientific requirements into scalable and actionable technical designs; drive technical decisions to ensure long‑term sustainability.
* Collaborate with platform and product teams to leverage enterprise capabilities (AWS, data platforms, workflow engines, lab systems).
* Engineering Excellence & Operations: Develop a technical understanding of existing lab systems and their business use cases; own CI/CD pipeline architecture and automation strategy; establish observability and operational excellence standards; manage technical debt and maintain system health.
* Team Leadership & Development: Mentor and develop engineering talent across squads; establish engineering standards and review practices; lead technical hiring and team scaling.
* Governance & Lifecycle Management: Own lifecycle management for domain technologies, including the Product API catalog and integration governance; ensure architectural compliance with security, privacy, data governance, and regulatory standards; establish responsible AI policies.
Qualifications
* 5‑7+ years of software engineering experience with a track record of leading technical initiatives from concept to production.
* Strong foundational skills in IT, database design, data engineering, cloud computing, and architecture principles.
* Proven ability to translate sophisticated scientific and business needs into practical technical solutions; experience designing systems handling regulated/validated data.
* Understanding of GxP or regulated system requirements; experience with cloud‑native platforms (AWS, Lambda, Step Functions, Docker, Kubernetes).
* Expertise in API design, microservices patterns, event‑driven architectures, data modeling and schema evolution.
* Experience with testing strategies, quality engineering practices, and establishing engineering practices and tooling across teams.
* Experience using AI‑assisted development tools (e.g., Kiro, Claude Code) to improve engineering efficiency.
* Proficiency in Python for prototyping, integration, or workflow automation.
* Experience owning products or platforms throughout their lifecycle in a multi‑team environment; strong interpersonal, negotiation, and partnership skills.
* Experience leading a team of external resources; delivering high‑quality digital solutions, including dependency management, release planning, change control, validation, and governance.
* Familiarity with SDLC methodologies and software validation practices.
* Preferred: Experience in pharmaceutical discovery or development environments; lab‑specific systems such as ELN, LIMS, SDMS, or automation control software.
Benefits
* Anticipated base pay range: €72,500.00 – €115,230.00.
* Annual bonus with set target (% of pay) depending on pay grade/location.
* Vacation days, parental leave for a minimum of 12 weeks, bereavement leave, caregiver leave, volunteer leave.
* Well‑being reimbursement, programs for financial, physical, and mental health.
* Service anniversary and recognition awards; participation in several insurance plans (subject to terms).
Equal Opportunity
Johnson & Johnson is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or other characteristics protected by federal, state or local law. We actively seek qualified candidates who are protected veterans and individuals with disabilities as defined under VEVRAA and Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act.
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