Job Title: Director of Software Engineering

Company Name: Pharm3r

Job Details: RemoteFull,Time

Job Url: https://hiring.cafe/viewjob/4vac8wzagybi9ujy

Job Description: Posted 4y agoDirector of Software Engineering@ Pharm3rView All JobsWebsiteHalifax, Nova Scotia, CanadaRemoteFull TimeResponsibilities:Provide technical direction, Architect data ingestion, Drive technology decisionsRequirements Summary:8+ years enterprise software development; 3+ years people management; expert in C#, Python, Azure, and data technologies; cloud architecture; security focus; Agile experience.Technical Tools Mentioned:C#, Databricks, Python, MS SQL Server, .NET, Azure, Pandas, Pyspark, Vega, D3, Rest Web API, JSON, JavaScript, Power BI, Angular, Jinja, JIRA, Flask, Git
Pharm3r is a high-growth, profitable technology company. It is a leader in healthcare analytics, utilizing real world evidence to empower financial and life science decision makers. Clients include medical product companies, product liability insurers, hospital systems, governments, and financial firms. We work closely with internal stakeholders to provide information that becomes central to their decision-making process.

Pharm3r has revolutionized the way we gather, process, and understand healthcare outcome data. We are setting the standard for product safety and healthcare analytics through our powerful suite of products and specialized services, built by a team with deep expertise across the biological and computer sciences.

Our culture promotes cross-team interaction, work-life balance and the sharing of information and ideas because it enables us to do our best work together, make a meaningful contribution, and have fun. We believe a comfortable environment is best for productivity. That’s why all our positions are full-time remote centered around Nova Scotia, Canada and New York, USA.
We are looking for a new Director of Software Engineering to lead our development team and take our flagship platform to the next level. Key attributes are a dedication to the security of our internal and client data, empathy for client’s business objectives and outcomes, and positive collaboration with product and sales teams.
The ideal candidate has experience across a wide array of technologies, has delivered enterprise solutions within the cloud, has led high performing development teams, has recent hands-on coding expertise, and understands how to architect and build a data driven solution that looks and performs like an expertly built modern site. 
Responsibilities

    Provide technical direction and leadership for the evolution of the platform.
    Focus on rapid, robust, secure product development using the most appropriate tools for that task.
    Architect data ingestion processes and data lake schema.
    Ownership of data pipeline reliability, growth, and integrations across multiple platforms.
    Drive decision making regarding the appropriate technologies to use for diverse use cases.
    Responsible for application and data security.
    Consider design principles for scaling up the application and development team.
    Provide accurate estimates for upcoming software features and enhancements.
    Contribute to the development efforts with hands-on coding.
    Understand priorities and delegate work in an effective and timely manner.
    Ability to take prototype designs and turn them into production-ready systems.
    Perform code and architecture reviews to ensure quality and consistency.
    Keep up with the latest technologies to make educated decisions for improvements and enhancements to the systems.
    Participate in daily team meetings to track and report development progress and eliminate any blockers.
    Responsible for analyzing and managing budget around software, licensing, and other expenses incurred by the technical team.
    Able to get the best out of the development team to deliver with quality and on time.

Skills and Experience

    8+ years hands-on enterprise software development experience.
    3+ years of people management experience.
    Expert knowledge of four or more of the following tools and technologies: C#, Databricks, Python, MS SQL Server, .NET, Azure, Pandas, Pyspark, Vega, D3, Rest Web API, JSON, JavaScript, Power BI, Angular, Jinja, JIRA, Flask and Git.
    Software architect skills with expert coding knowledge and the ability to lead and mentor from a technical standpoint.
    Experience building and deploying to cloud-based (Azure) systems.
    Familiarity with data and application security best practices.
    Understanding of Agile software development process. 
    Strong organizational, communication, and people management skills.

The position is remote with a preference for candidates in Nova Scotia, Canada or the greater New York area.