Lead Software Engineer M&S Accelerator (Lyon)

Job title: Lead Software Engineer M&S Accelerator - All Genders (Lyon)

• Location: Lyon
• Hybrid

About the job:

At Sanofi, we’re committed to providing the next-gen healthcare that patients and customers need. It’s about harnessing data insights and leveraging AI responsibly to search deeper and solve sooner than ever before. Join our Accelerator Manufacturing and Supply Team as the Lead Softeware Engineer and you can help make it happen.

Your job? Help us build and run the team that will catapult our M&S into the future.

We are an innovative global healthcare company with one purpose: to chase the miracles of science to improve people’s lives. Digital & Data is at the heart of Sanofi: our ambition is to be the leading digital healthcare platform to develop & deliver medicine faster, enable healthcare professionals to improve treatments and help patients improve their health. Ready to get started?

Main responsibilities:

• Technical and people leadership and guidance for engineering and agile teams
• Developing high performance, highly available & scalable applications with a micro-services architecture and an understanding of observability
• Add to our existing services or roll out new services to support the needs.
• Participate in defining new product requirements and design together with the product team.
• Built the team from the ground up, in collaboration with the other Accelerators. Create a space that people love to work in.
• Be a driving part of the M&S Accelerator leadership team
• You build it, you run it.
• You’re not expected to write code, but be very close to it and be able to provide guidance to the teams

About you:

Experience:

• Experience leading a group of software engineers of at least 20, evaluating performance, and providing objective and actionable feedback
• Experience in scaling systems sustainably through mechanisms like automation, and evolve systems by pushing for changes that improve reliability and velocity
• Practice in performing sustainable incident response and blameless postmortems
• Experience working with both technical and non-technical colleagues in a cross-functional, interdisciplinary environment
• Experience in the healthcare, manufacturing or supply industries is a plus

Soft skills:

• Must be a passionate communicator, willing to challenge and enhance ideas while preserving relationships
• Personal ownership and tenacious approach to finding and fixing the root cause of issues
• You never stop learning.
• People love to work for you.

Technical skills:

We have a diverse stack and if you are willing to work with a microservices approach, we are open-minded about your technology preferences. You’ll have the ability to explore new technologies and strategies.

Some of the key tech we use:

• Backends: GraphQL, Node.js
• We use key components of the AWS stack: Lambda, S3, RDS, SNS and more of the core services with a high focus on serverless.
• Frontends: React.js
• You don’t have to be a specialist in everything but willing to learn

Education:

• MS in software engineering or computer science or equivalent

Languages : English

Why choose us?

• We provide a highly collaborative environment, with an opportunity to work with a world class team.
• Contribute to a company that is not only a leader in healthcare but also a pioneer in digital transformation, shaping the future of global health. 
• Bring the miracles of science to life alongside a supportive, future-focused team.
• Discover endless opportunities to grow your talent and drive your career, whether it’s through a promotion or lateral move, at home or internationally.
• Enjoy a thoughtful, well-crafted rewards package that recognizes your contribution and amplifies your impact.
• Take good care of yourself and your family, with a wide range of health and wellbeing benefits including high-quality healthcare, prevention and wellness programs and at least 14 weeks’ gender-neutral parental leave.
• Play an instrumental part in creating best practice within our manufacturing facility

PursueProgress. Discover Extraordinary.

Progress doesn’t happen without people – people from different backgrounds, in different locations, doing different roles, all united by one thing: a desire to make miracles happen. You can be one of those people. Chasing change, embracing new ideas and exploring all the opportunities we have to offer. Let’s pursue progress. And let’s discover extraordinary together.

At Sanofi, we provide equal opportunities to all regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, or gender identity.

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