Senior Principal (Associate Director) Software Engineer - Technical Lead

Summary

As a Technical Lead, you will guide the design, architecture, and implementation of enterprise-grade applications that power the Target Discovery and Annotations product. Your work will support efficient target identification workflows and contribute to accelerate the drug discovery cycle.

About the Department
The Products group in Data & Digital RX builds and applies excellence in product and data management to continually increase the impact and value of software and data for BR. We deliver intuitive, purposeful, and integrated software solutions that create a frictionless user experience.

About the Role

As a Technical Lead , you will guide the design, architecture, and implementation of enterprise-grade applications that power the Target Discovery and Annotations product. Your work will support efficient target identification workflows and contribute to accelerate the drug discovery cycle.

You and your co-leads—a Product Manager and a Product Operations Manager —form a matrix team that supports data and bench scientists in identifying new biological targets using novel AI-driven Target Discovery approaches.

Together, you will develop and evolve a holistic vision, strategy, and roadmap for capturing and prioritizing biological targets. You will help establish this data product across the entire end-to-end data pipeline , spanning the informatics platform and application portfolio.

Key Responsibilities

• Guide the design and development of full-stack enterprise applications supporting target discovery workflows.
• Architect scalable in-house solutions or integrating commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) tools and custom components.
• Drive data integration strategies across platforms to streamline scientific workflows.
• Provide technical leadership to internal and external development teams, ensuring alignment with product goals and engineering best practices.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with product managers, product operations managers, scientists, and other engineering teams to translate complex research needs into robust software solutions.
• Champion the use of Generative AI tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot) to enhance developer productivity and innovation.
• Ensure adherence to Novartis global Information Security, Quality, and Regulatory Compliance standards.

Experience Requirements

• 10+ years of experience building commercial-quality cloud-based solutions at significant scale effectively via various SDLC, and product-led approaches, delivering performance, quality, and reliability
• Demonstrated ability to act as technical lead of challenging products that integrate with other products
• Ability to improve processes and methods across products
• Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to influence effectively in a matrix environment
• Extensive experience with modern programming languages (Java, JavaScript, Python, etc.), operating systems and software development environments
• Experience with relational and non-relational databases (Oracle, SQL Server, PostgreSQL, Couch, Mongo, Neo4j, etc.)
• Experience with cloud technologies (AWS, Azure) & container technologies (e.g. Docker, Kubernetes, etc.)
• Experience in web service development
• Experience with software development code management principles and tools (e.g. JIRA, Bitbucket, Jenkins, CI/CD, etc.)
• Well-structured working style with open and clear communication that enables effective collaboration across multiple teams, sites and time zones
• Attention to detail and passion for the end-user experience
• Practical experience with Generative AI frameworks and libraries; adept at leveraging developer tools such as GitHub Copilot

Novartis Compensation Summary:
The salary for this position is expected to range between $152,600 and $283,400per year.
The final salary offered is determined based on factors like, but not limited to, relevant skills and experience, and upon joining Novartis will be reviewed periodically. Novartis may
change the published salary range based on company and market factors.
Your compensation will include a performance-based cash incentive and, depending on the level of the role, eligibility to be considered for annual equity awards.
US-based eligible employees will receive a comprehensive benefits package that includes health, life and disability benefits, a 401(k) with company contribution and match, and
a variety of other benefits. In addition, employees are eligible for a generous time off package including vacation, personal days, holidays and other leaves.
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