Lead Software Engineer

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Job Description We're looking for a Lead Software Engineer with deep software development and cloud engineering skills to help build the clinical data services behind our trials. You'll be hands-on designing and building serverless data pipelines on AWS – ingesting data from external partners, transforming and harmonizing it to meet regulatory requirements, and delivering it accurately and on time for submissions. Ultimately accelerate the path to innovative therapies for patients. Your Responsibilities • Design, build, and ship production services on AWS – Python, Lambda, Step Functions, DynamoDB, S3 • Own technical design decisions end to end, from data ingestion through transformation to submission-ready delivery • Solve hard engineering problems around scale, performance, reliability, and data correctness • Set the engineering bar through code review, testing, and CI/CD practices; keep the platform secure and modern • Assess the current architecture to help drive a pragmatic roadmap to reduce complexity and increase delivery speed • Work with product managers to turn ambiguous requirements into concrete, buildable technical solutions • Lead a small team of engineers – through…