Life Sciences Software Architect

Emerson • Round Rock, TX

4d

About The Position

Provide high level, long-term technical guidance and leadership to development
teams ensuring architectural integrity of the products developed for the Life
Sciences industry. Analyze customer and technical requirements and produce or
validate high quality designs to drive technical direction. Architect and design
industrial-grade, scalable software applications using proven architectural
patterns and technologies to be deployed on premise or cloud platforms.
Participate in Agile planning and backlog management sessions at the program
level and communicate architectural impact for products being planned. Work with
stakeholders throughout the prioritization of features and translate business
objectives into software constructs that span from User Experience to platform
resource requirements and operations. Provide technical direction across the
business covering the CI/CD pipeline, refactoring, and reducing technical debt
to ensure long term product viability. Collaborate across the business unit to
develop technical roadmap for products in all phases of the product life cycle.
Collaborate with and mentor development teams, helping them to develop and
review the right architecture or technical approach to ensure quality and fit
for the DeltaV™ platform for Life Sciences. Research and provide expertise on
latest technologies and complex solutions applicable to future products.
Contribute to developing standards and best practices in product development
using the Agile SAFe framework. Communicate technical vision to executive
management. Part-time telecommuting permitted. Travel domestically and
internationally up to 10% of the time.

Requirements

• A Bachelor’s degree or the foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a closely related field plus 8 years of progressively responsible experience in a software development occupation.
• 5 years of experience in software development on process automation or related products, including the development of DeltaV™ and Syncade™
• 5 years of experience defining and applying modern software architecture, design patterns, and frameworks
• 3 years of experience working in an Agile software development environment, utilizing Scrum and/or Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) methodologies
• 3 years of experience applying Human-Centered Design (HCD) concepts and strategies in the development of software tools and applications for optimal user experience.
• Domestic and international travel required up to 10% of the time.

Responsibilities

• Provide high level, long-term technical guidance and leadership to development teams ensuring architectural integrity of the products developed for the Life Sciences industry.
• Analyze customer and technical requirements and produce or validate high quality designs to drive technical direction.
• Architect and design industrial-grade, scalable software applications using proven architectural patterns and technologies to be deployed on premise or cloud platforms.
• Participate in Agile planning and backlog management sessions at the program level and communicate architectural impact for products being planned.
• Work with stakeholders throughout the prioritization of features and translate business objectives into software constructs that span from User Experience to platform resource requirements and operations.
• Provide technical direction across the business covering the CI/CD pipeline, refactoring, and reducing technical debt to ensure long term product viability.
• Collaborate across the business unit to develop technical roadmap for products in all phases of the product life cycle.
• Collaborate with and mentor development teams, helping them to develop and review the right architecture or technical approach to ensure quality and fit for the DeltaV™ platform for Life Sciences.
• Research and provide expertise on latest technologies and complex solutions applicable to future products.
• Contribute to developing standards and best practices in product development using the Agile SAFe framework.
• Communicate technical vision to executive management.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level