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Lead Software Engineer

Paris, France Permanent Posted on   Dec. 05, 2024 Closing on   Apr. 05, 2025
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Job Title:Lead Software Engineer

  • Localtion: Paris

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 GenAI Engineer team as Lead Software Engineer and you can help make it happen. Your job? Leading software engineering efforts, collaborating with team members to implement new features and enhance our products. Whether adding to existing services or launching new ones, you'll be pivotal in troubleshooting user issues across global regions. Additionally, you'll contribute to defining new product requirements and designs with the product team. Your passion for advancing science to positively impact lives is essential for excelling in this role.

Main responsibilities:

  • Provide technical and leadership guidance to software engineering teams, ensuring effective collaboration and high productivity
  • Implement modern advancements like genAI to enhance software development efficiency
  • Develop high-performance, scalable applications using micro-services architecture, emphasizing observability and reliability
  • Demonstrate deep technical expertise in modern internet architectures and frameworks
  • Drive continuous improvement across cross-platform teams, fostering an agile and adaptive environment
  • Embrace a fast-learning mindset and promote continuous learning within the team
  • Champion agile practices and principles, ensuring their adoption and maturity across teams

About you

  • Experience: Demonstrates significant experience in leading software engineering teams, with a proven track record of delivering complex projects and mentoring team members effectively
  • Soft and technical skills: Possesses strong technical skills in software architecture, micro-services development, and a deep understanding of scalable application design. Excellent communication and collaboration skills are essential, along with a passion for learning and adapting to new technologies. We have a diverse stack and as long as you are willing to work with a micro services approach, we are open-minded about your technology preferences. You’ll have the ability to explore new technologies and strategies. We leverage technologies including GraphQL, Node.js, and React.js for frontend and backend development. Additionally, we utilize advanced GenAI technologies such as AWS Q and chat-GPT, alongside key components of the AWS stack such as Lambda, S3, RDS, SNS, DynamoDB, and more, ensuring robust and scalable solutions
  • Education: Holds a degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field. Advanced degrees or certifications are advantageous but not required if experience and skills meet the role's demands
  • Languages: English

Why choose us?

  • Work alongside a supportive and forward-thinking team dedicated to advancing the frontiers of healthcare

  • Explore diverse career growth opportunities, whether through promotions, lateral moves, or international assignments

  • Benefit from a comprehensive rewards package that acknowledges your contributions and enhances your impact

  • Access a wide range of health and wellness benefits, including high-quality healthcare, preventive programs, and at least 14 weeks of gender-neutral parental leave

  • Contribute significantly to defining best practices within our engineering teams, shaping the future of healthcare technology

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Pursue progress. 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.

Watch 'One day at Sanofi' and check out our Diversity Equity and Inclusion initiatives at sanofi.com

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