Thermo Fisher Scientific
Website:
thermofisher.com
Company:
https://www.linkedin.com/company/thermo-fisher-scientific
Seniority: Not Applicable
Industries: Pharmaceutical Manufacturing and Biotechnology Research
Job details:
Work Schedule
Standard (Mon-Fri)
Environmental Conditions
Office
Role Summary
We are seeking a
Staff Software Engineer with 10+ years of experience to provide technical leadership across multiple products and engineering initiatives. The ideal candidate will drive architecture, engineering excellence, platform modernization, and AI-enabled development practices while remaining hands-on in software design and implementation.
This role requires deep expertise in Java-based distributed systems, cloud-native technologies, DevOps practices, and the ability to influence technical direction across multiple teams.
Responsibilities
Technical Leadership
- Drive architecture and design decisions across multiple products and services.
- Define technical roadmaps aligned with business objectives.
- Evaluate trade-offs related to scalability, security, extensibility, performance, and cost.
- Lead architecture reviews and technical design discussions.
Software Development
- Design and develop highly scalable applications using Java and Spring Boot.
- Build and maintain microservices and REST APIs.
- Promote engineering best practices, code quality, and maintainability.
- Participate in critical implementation efforts when required.
Cloud and Platform Engineering
- Design and operate cloud-native systems on AWS.
- Build containerized solutions using Docker and Kubernetes.
- Improve deployment automation and CI/CD pipelines.
- Drive platform reliability and operational excellence.
Distributed Systems and Integration
- Design event-driven systems using Kafka.
- Implement integrations between internal and external systems.
- Support high-throughput and highly available architectures.
Industrial Connectivity
- Develop and maintain OPC UA-based industrial communication solutions.
- Design secure certificate-management approaches.
- Build extensible plugin and driver-management frameworks.
AI-Driven Engineering
- Champion AI-assisted development practices.
- Introduce automation for code review, defect remediation, dependency management, and engineering workflows.
- Establish standards for responsible and effective AI adoption.
- Improve developer productivity through AI-powered tooling.
Engineering Excellence
- Define coding standards and quality controls.
- Improve software quality using SonarQube, CodeQL, and automated checks.
- Drive secure development practices and governance.
Mentorship and Influence
- Mentor engineers and technical leads.
- Assist teams in technical planning and estimation.
- Resolve complex technical challenges and architectural issues.
- Influence engineering decisions across organizational boundaries.
Customer and Production Support
- Lead root cause analysis for critical production issues.
- Drive long-term reliability improvements.
- Partner with stakeholders to ensure customer success and operational stability.
Qualifications
Required
- 10+ years of software engineering experience.
- Strong expertise in Java, Spring Boot, Microservices, and REST APIs.
- Experience with AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, and CI/CD.
- Strong understanding of distributed systems and Kafka.
- Experience with SQL and NoSQL databases.
- Proven architecture and technical leadership experience.
- Strong communication and mentoring skills.
- OPC UA experience.
Preferred
- Experience implementing AI-assisted engineering workflows.
- Experience driving engineering standards across multiple teams.
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