Senior Software Engineering Manager

Work Schedule

Standard (Mon-Fri)

Environmental Conditions

Office

Job Description

Role Summary

Thermo Fisher Scientific is seeking an experienced Senior Software Engineering Manager to lead and scale our India Center of Excellence (CoE) providing operational leadership for software engineering quality engineering and emerging technical teams supporting our Transplant Diagnostics software portfolio.

Reporting to the Sr. Director Transplant Software & Solutions in the United States this role is responsible for building and developing high-performing engineering teams driving delivery excellence and advancing software quality and test automation capabilities across the organization.

Key Responsibilities

India CoE Leadership & Operations

• Lead and develop a high-performing engineering organization including Software Engineers Platform Developers SDETs and AI Engineers.
• Drive hiring onboarding workforce planning performance management and career development activities.
• Foster a culture of accountability collaboration innovation and continuous improvement.
• Partner with global leaders to scale organizational capacity and ensure effective utilization of India-based resources.
• Serve as the primary escalation point for operational and resource-related issues within the India CoE.

Delivery & Engineering Excellence

• Partner with Software Development QA Product Management and Platform Engineering leaders to support successful delivery of product initiatives.
• Drive execution excellence through effective capacity planning delivery oversight metrics and continuous improvement.
• Promote Agile development practices and collaboration across globally distributed teams.
• Provide technical leadership in software quality engineering test automation and modern software delivery practices.
• Champion automation CI/CD adoption and engineering practices that improve software quality reliability and customer outcomes.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Partner with global Software Development QA Product Management and Platform Engineering leaders to align staffing execution plans and organizational priorities.
• Support initiatives related to quality compliance cybersecurity validation and continuous improvement across the software organization.

Minimum Qualifications

Education & Experience

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science Software Engineering Information Technology or a related field; Masters degree preferred.
• 10 years of experience in software development software quality engineering or related technical disciplines.
• 5 years of leadership experience managing software engineering teams including experience leading quality engineering and test automation functions.
• Proven success building scaling and developing high-performing engineering organizations.
• Experience managing globally distributed teams and working within Agile development environments.
• Experience developing or supporting software products within regulated industries and familiarity with regulatory and compliance requirements including FDA IVDR GxP HIPAA or similar frameworks.

Technical Skills & Experience

• Strong software engineering background with hands-on experience developing enterprise applications using C# technologies.
• Experience leading teams delivering scalable cloud-based software solutions using AWS and/or Azure.
• Solid understanding of APIs microservices distributed systems DevOps practices and CI/CD pipelines.
• Deep expertise in software quality engineering test automation and continuous testing practices.
• Experience implementing automated testing frameworks and integrating quality engineering practices into modern software delivery processes.
• Familiarity with tools such as Playwright Selenium Cypress Postman or similar automation technologies.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience within healthcare life sciences diagnostics laboratory software or other regulated industries.
• Experience supporting global software development organizations and distributed delivery models.
• Experience building or leading engineering teams within a Center of Excellence (CoE) model.
• Exposure to AI-enabled software development initiatives and modern engineering productivity tools.

REQUIREMENTS:
Advanced Degree plus 6 years of experience or Bachelors Degree plus 8 years of experience with software development including 5 years in technical leadership or management roles
Preferred Fields of Study: Computer Science Software Engineering or related technical field
Advanced technical certifications such as PMP or cloud certifications advantageous
Strong expertise in modern software development practices architectures and methodologies (Agile/SAFe)
Experience successfully leading and developing engineering teams
Experience with cloud technologies (AWS/Azure) microservices and DevOps practices
Demonstrated ability to drive technical strategy and roadmap planning
Strong understanding of software quality security and compliance requirements
Strong cross-functional collaboration and stakeholder management skills
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
Experience with AI/ML technologies and data-driven development preferred
Knowledge of scientific or laboratory software domains beneficial
Ability to balance strategic vision with tactical execution
Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities
Experience delivering projects in complex technical environments
Experience managing distributed teams preferred

Required Experience:

Manager

Employment Type : Full-Time
Experience: years
Vacancy: 1