Software Engineering Lead, New Products – Evinova

Transform billions of patients’ lives through technology, data and cutting-edge ways of working. You’re disruptive, decisive and transformative. Someone who’s excited to use technology to improve patients’ health. We’re building a new healthtech business – Evinova, a fully-owned subsidiary of AstraZeneca Group. 

Evinova delivers market-leading digital health solutions that are science-based, evidence-led and human experience-driven. Smart risks and quick decisions come together to accelerate innovation across the life sciences sector. Be part of a diverse team that pushes the boundaries of science by digitally empowering a deeper understanding of the patients we’re helping. Launch game-changing digital solutions that improve the patient experience and deliver better health outcomes. Together, we have the opportunity to combine deep scientific expertise with digital and artificial intelligence to serve the wider healthcare community and create new standards across the sector. 

About the role

Evinova is an innovative SaaS company dedicated to revolutionizing the clinical trial process. We are on a mission to streamline, accelerate, and enhance the precision of medical research through cutting-edge software solutions. As we expand our product offerings, we are looking for a proactive, experienced Lead Software Engineer to guide our New Products engineering team from the inception of ideas through to achieving product-market fit. In this role, you will be instrumental in shaping the future of our company's product suite, ensuring that our solutions are both innovative and aligned with market needs.

The person in this role will be expected to manage multiple new product initiatives, with a strong emphasis on regular hands-on software engineering and architecture work. We want someone who is very hands-on. You will be expected to both lead teams and guide through experience, humility, and mentorship. This offers a unique opportunity to lead, innovate, and make a significant impact on our ability to meet customer needs. An ideal candidate should be a creative problem solver who can identify and deeply understand challenges and opportunities for Evinova customers and products.

This role will report to the Executive Director of Platform & Technology Strategy here at Evinova. You will work closely with our Futures (discovery), Architecture, and Product teams.

The successful candidate will have a history of proven experience in software engineering and the ability to bring clarity and simplicity to complex problems. You will need to have a bias for prototyping an experimenting to find solutions.

Key Responsibilities:

• Direct teams of software engineers throughout the entire product development lifecycle, from discovery to initial customer delivery.
• Drive the technical vision for new products, exploring novel solutions and technologies that can disrupt the clinical trial space.
• Oversee the design, development, testing, and deployment of software products that meet the stringent requirements of clinical research.
• Work closely with product managers, designers, engineers, and other stakeholders to ensure product features align with user needs and business goals.
• Select and implement appropriate technologies, tools, and methodologies to enhance product development efficiency and quality.
• Engage actively in coding, debugging, and architecting solutions, contributing directly to the software development process.
• Mentor junior engineers, fostering a culture of continuous learning, code quality, and best practices in software development.
• Implement and advocate for agile methodologies to adapt quickly to market feedback and changes.
• Ensure that all products meet compliance standards and are scalable, secure, and reliable.
• Manage both employees and 3rd party contractors.

Required Experience:

• Strong leadership skills with a track record of leading and a managing high-performance engineering team.
• Strong knowledge of cloud platforms (AWS preferred) and modern services and service mesh (e.g., REST API, GraphQL, Streaming API, Open Search) practices.
• Proficiency in security best practices, data protection, and encryption methods.
• Experience with leading database technologies and data query languages.
• Experience with modern programming languages (Node.js, TypeScript, Python, Java).
• Excellent problem-solving and communication skills.
• Strong project management and time management skills.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal abilities to engage with customers and internal stakeholders.
• Knowledge of data security standards and regulatory compliance in the healthcare and clinical research industry.
• Direct experience leading an engineering team in a software product setting.
• Broad technology team management experience.

Preferred Experience (but not required)

• Well-versed in data security standards and regulatory compliance, particularly in the healthcare and clinical research industry.
• Knowledge of industry good practice and standards such as ISO (multiple), GAMP GxP, ICH GCP, FDA 21 CFR, GDPR, CMMI, ITIL, GDPR.
• Understanding of regulatory requirements in the pharmaceutical industry, including compliance with FDA and international regulatory agencies.

Skills:

• Ability to drive innovation.
• Proven challenge, negotiation & influencing capabilities.
• Strong collaboration and relationship building skill with both internal and external stakeholders.
• Meticulous attention to detail to ensure data integrity, accuracy, and compliance.
• Strong people development skills, attracting talent and investing in long-term development of others.
• Highly constructive and enabling coach.
• Presentation, Communication & Facilitation skills.
• Strong leader drives accountability and inspires the organization to do the right thing.
• Pragmatic decision making - analyses highly complex situations, assessing risks and balancing strategic and tactical compliance/quality requirements.
• Tenacity - challenges the status quo by surfacing challenging and complex issues to get simple and desirable outcomes.
• Ability to stay calm under pressure.
• Actively identifies untapped opportunities and drives benefit realization.
  

In-Office Expectation:

When we put unexpected teams in the same room, we fuel bold thinking with the power to inspire life-changing medicines. In-person working gives us the platform we need to connect, work at pace and challenge perceptions. That's why we work, on average, a minimum of three days per week from the office. But that doesn't mean we're not flexible. We balance the expectation of being in the office while respecting individual flexibility. Join us in our unique and ambitious world.

The annual base pay (or hourly rate of compensation) for this position ranges from $150,405 to $225,607. Hourly and salaried non-exempt employees will also be paid overtime pay when working qualifying overtime hours. Base pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including market location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. In addition, our positions offer a short-term incentive bonus opportunity; eligibility to participate in our equity-based long-term incentive program (salaried roles), to receive a retirement contribution (hourly roles), and commission payment eligibility (sales roles). Benefits offered included a qualified retirement program [401(k) plan]; paid vacation and holidays; paid leaves; and, health benefits including medical, prescription drug, dental, and vision coverage in accordance with the terms and conditions of the applicable plans. Additional details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided if an employee receives an offer of employment. If hired, employee will be in an “at-will position” and the Company reserves the right to modify base pay (as well as any other discretionary payment or compensation program) at any time, including for reasons related to individual performance, Company or individual department/team performance, and market factors.

Why Evinova?

Evinova draws on AstraZeneca’s deep experience developing novel therapeutics, informed by insights from thousands of patients and clinical researchers. Together, we can accelerate the delivery of life-changing medicines, improve the design and delivery of clinical trials for better patient experiences and outcomes, and think more holistically about patient care before, during and after treatment.  We know that regulators, healthcare professionals and care teams at clinical trial sites do not want a fragmented approach. They do not want a future where every pharmaceutical company provides their own, different digital solutions. They want solutions that work across the sector, simplify their workload and benefit patients broadly. By bringing our solutions to the wider healthcare community, we can help build more unified approaches to how we all develop and deploy digital technologies, better serving our teams, physicians and ultimately patients.  Evinova represents a unique opportunity to deliver meaningful outcomes with digital and AI to serve the wider healthcare community and create new standards for the sector.  Join us on our journey of building a new kind of health tech business to reset expectations of what a bio-pharmaceutical company can be. This means we’re opening new ways to work, pioneering cutting edge methods and bringing unexpected teams together. Interested? Come and join our journey.

AstraZeneca embraces diversity and equality of opportunity. We are committed to building an inclusive and diverse team representing all backgrounds, with as wide a range of perspectives as possible, and harnessing industry-leading skills. We believe that the more inclusive we are, the better our work will be. We welcome and consider applications to join our team from all qualified candidates, regardless of their characteristics. We comply with all applicable laws and regulations on non-discrimination in employment (and recruitment), as well as work authorisation and employment eligibility verification requirements.