Lead Software Engineer, PV Tech Lead

Job description

**Working with Us** Challenging. Meaningful. Life-changing. Those aren’t words that are usually associated with a job. But working at Bristol Myers Squibb is anything but usual. Here, uniquely interesting work happens every day, in every department. From optimizing a production line to the latest breakthroughs in cell therapy, this is work that transforms the lives of patients, and the careers of those who do it. You’ll get the chance to grow and thrive through opportunities uncommon in scale and scope, alongside high-achieving teams. Take your career farther than you thought possible. Bristol Myers Squibb recognizes the importance of balance and flexibility in our work environment. We offer a wide variety of competitive benefits, services and programs that provide our employees with the resources to pursue their goals, both at work and in their personal lives. Read more: careers.bms.com/working-with-us . The Lead Software Engineer / Technical Lead will serve as a key technical leader within Patient Safety IT, responsible for architecting, delivering, and operating technology solutions that enable critical Pharmacovigilance capabilities including signal detection, safety case processing, aggregate reporting, and risk management across existing and emerging Patient Safety products and platforms. This role combines deep engineering expertise, business alignment, and Engineering & Operations ownership, with accountability for translating complex Patient Safety requirements into scalable, secure, compliant, and high-performing digital solutions. The incumbent will provide technical leadership across the full solution lifecycle — design, build, deployment, operations, and continuous improvement — while partnering closely with Product Managers, Architects, Validation, Quality, and global business stakeholders. The role requires strong technical judgment, the ability to influence architecture and delivery decisions across teams, and a commitment to driving measurable improvements in patient safety outcomes, operational efficiency, and platform reliability in a highly regulated life sciences environment. ## **Desired Candidate Characteristics:** - Demonstrates the ability to **lead through influence** , align cross-functional teams, and drive technical decisions in a global matrixed organization. - Balances **technical depth with business acumen** , ensuring that solution choices are grounded in Patient Safety priorities, compliance needs, and long-term platform sustainability. - Brings a **service ownership mindset** , with strong focus on operational excellence, reliability, observability, and continuous improvement. - Ability to **simplify complexity** , translating highly specialized pharmacovigilance and engineering requirements into scalable, practical, and user-centred solutions. - Comfortable challenging the status quo and championing modern engineering, automation, AI-assisted development, and quality-by-design practices where appropriate. - Demonstrates a strong bias for action, sound decision-making, and accountability in managing **both delivery commitments and production stability** . - Understanding of PV processes (signal management, risk management, safety reporting etc.) along with GxP compliance and validation practices - Strong ability to understand business priorities and translate them into **high-impact, user-centric, and sustainable solutions** that drive adoption and measurable value ## **Key Responsibilities** - Partner with Patient Safety Product Managers, business stakeholders, and PV subject matter experts to translate complex business requirements into **scalable digital capabilities** that improve the timeliness, quality, and effectiveness of key pharmacovigilance processes - Define and drive the technical direction, architecture standards, and engineering patterns for Patient Safety platforms within scope. - Lead technical design decisions and trade-off discussions across applications, integrations, workflows, and cloud-native services to ensure **scalability, maintainability, security, and compliance** . - Establish and promote **reusable design patterns, shared services, and engineering guardrails** to improve consistency and accelerate delivery across the portfolio. - Serve as the **primary technical point of contact** for assigned platforms, providing guidance during solution design, delivery planning, and operational issue resolution. - Design, develop and deliver scalable, secure, cloud‑based solutions using Java, Spring Boot, ReactJS, PostgreSQL and associated full‑stack frameworks - Build microservices, REST APIs, UI components, integrations, and reusable libraries. - Implement business workflows leveraging technologies such as Camunda BPM or equivalent while aligned with the existing Risk Minimization platforms - Drive high‑quality coding practices, SDLC documentation, CICD pipelines, and deployment automation. Manage security vulnerabilities and implement secure coding best practices - Ensure compliance with SDLC, validation, audit requirements, and data integrity standards expected in highly regulated environment - Conduct root-cause analysis, troubleshoot complex issues, and support L2/L3 operation teams as needed - Provide technical guidance to junior developers, ensuring best practices and engineering discipline - Define, monitor, and improve **service health, reliability, performance, availability, and operational readiness** , including metrics, alerts, support processes, and runbook maturity - Ensure PV systems and processes adhere to GxP, validation, and audit requirements - Identify opportunities to leverage advanced analytics, Agentic AI, automation, and emerging technologies - Lead technical discussions, design reviews, cross-team alignment and mentor junior engineers and promote a culture of excellence; establish a culture of **proactive monitoring and risk mitigation** rather than reactive support ## **Qualificati