Software Engineering Lead

Software Engineering Lead

· Location: Barcelona - Spain
· Grade: 
· Hiring Manager:
· Hybrid 
- Full time 

About the job

We are a global biopharmaceutical company focused on human health. Our purpose is to find treatment to fight pain and ease suffering. We combine breakthrough science and advanced technology to develop life-changing medicines and vaccines.

Digital, Data and AI are 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. Our scale, strong connections within health ecosystems across leveraging the world, and ability to leverage Sanofi’s capabilities make us the best place to push the boundaries of medicine through technology.

The Omnichannel Marketing team is accountable for all the Global Core applications related to marketing efforts across all digital channels. This team leverages both dedicated expertise internally at Sanofi, and delivery and deployment partners. It enables products, enhances services, and drives growth through digital across all Digital Omnichannel Marketing areas.

Main responsibilities:

As an Engineering Lead within the Omnichannel Marketing organization, you will have a critical role in ensuring the delivery, stability, security, and performance of Sanofi’s global web platform which is operating around 400 websites. You’ll lead a team of software engineers, focusing on optimizing their delivery flow and ensuring the team remains high-performing in a fast-paced, agile environment.

• Drive the technical vision and strategy while always looking to raise the bar and increase the standards

• Oversee the technology stack and ensure it meets current standards, including quality, process ownership, and platform security.

• Manage and mentor a team of 3 software engineers in Barcelona, guiding them in their career development and growth, ensuring they have clear paths for progression and skill enhancement.

• Ensure delivery processes are continuously improved, dependencies with other teams and stakeholders are streamlined, and CI/CD pipelines executed on GitHub Actions are as fast as possible.

• Collaborate actively with other technical stakeholders, such as the architecture, and other development teams.

• Surprise us with innovative approaches to exponentially increase the organization's productivity.

Experience:

• Solid years of experience (or equivalent knowledge) in digital and a key role in Software Engineering in the Cloud (preferably AWS)

• Proven experience leading and collaborating within a cross-functional team (software, product, designer, agile…) 

• Experience managing engineering teams and developing team members professionally

• Strong technical expertise in CI/CD pipeline management, and cloud-native operations.

• At ease with web ecosystems and the challenges of managing hundreds of sites.

• A data-driven and problem-solving mindset to solve complex challenges

Technical requirements:

• Experience with one or more of the major cloud providers such as AWS, GCP, or Azure

• Infrastructure as Code - Terraform, Ansible, AWS CDK, or similar

• Proficiency in Javascript, TypeScript / Node.js

• Proficiency in React or similar framework

• Java would be a great plus

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited 4-year college or university in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience

Why choose us?

• 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.
• 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. 
• Work on Global programs in a truly International and multi-cultural environment.
• Work with highly qualified teams using state-of-the-art technologies to shape the future of Sanofi.

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.
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