ROLE SUMMARY
At Pfizer we make medicines and vaccines that change patients' lives with a global reach of over a billion patients. The Patient Solutions team is within Pfizer Digital's Commercial and Market Facing Solutions (C4) organization and creates digital solutions that directly support patients and caregivers in their care journey. Our solutions aim to include all aspects of preventative care, disease awareness, diagnosis, treatment options, side effect management, patient care programs, adherence, and long-term maintenance of care. The technologies employed to create these solutions include mobile, web, ML algorithms, conversational AI, wearables and eMRs.
The Engineering Lead is responsible for the technical design, engineering and delivery of patient-facing digital solutions. The Engineering Lead selects the delivery team members, evaluates alternative design approaches and trade-offs, directs engineering activity, and ensures the overall quality of the solution developed. The Engineering Lead has the skills and experience to both contribute directly to coding (including testing, debugging, documenting) plus oversee and coach the engineering work of others.
ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES- Oversees and provides direction for the estimation, technical design, engineering and deployment of patient solutions- Takes technical responsibility across all stages and iterations of software development. Ensures that the software design balances functional, quality, security and maintenance requirements.- Identifies, evaluates and recommends alternative design options and trade-offs- Aligns development activity with recommended architectures, platforms and coding standards. Ensures quality, security and privacy are built in.- Well versed in Agile principles and oversees one or more development squads within scrum teams- Maintain an outcome orientation, ensuring technical plans and delivery align with the "Why"- Maintains in-depth knowledge of platform services and roadmaps, leverages knowledge and relationships to inform design decisions and remove roadblocks.- Work with vendor partners to appropriately staff delivery teams, ensure team members have the skills and behaviors to be successful.- Performs code reviews to ensure relevant technical strategies, policies, standards and practices (including security) are applied correctly
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS- Bachelor's Degree or equivalent- 7+ years' experience in engineering related role, such as software developer, systems engineer, computer engineer, engineering lead, technical team lead.-
- Strong knowledge of delivering solutions in modern frameworks such as Node.js, Angular.js, Java, Laravel, Ionic, Drupal, Swift, Kotlin, Python, Vue.js-
- Experience operating in DevOps and Agile project team environment.- Well versed in Agile principles and able to lead software engineers in this framework- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with ability to establish relationships, coach others, and influence decisions- Ability to lead in a complex, matrix environment with geographically distributed resources
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PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS- Master's degree- Technology solutions delivery in a pharmaceutical or regulated environment is a bonus.NON-STANDARD WORK SCHEDULE, TRAVEL OR ENVIRONMENT REQUIREMENTS
- Flexibility for occasional business travel is required
Work Location Assignment: On Premise
Pfizer is an equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable equal employment opportunity legislation in each jurisdiction in which it operates.
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