Head of Front-end Engineering

Work Your Magic with us!  

Ready to explore, break barriers, and discover more? We know you’ve got big plans – so do we! Our colleagues across the globe love innovating with science and technology to enrich people’s lives with our solutions in Healthcare, Life Science, and Electronics. Together, we dream big and are passionate about caring for our rich mix of people, customers, patients, and planet. That's why we are always looking for curious minds that see themselves imagining the unimaginable with us.  

United As One for Patients, our purpose in Healthcare is to help create, improve and prolong lives. We develop medicines, intelligent devices and innovative technologies in therapeutic areas such as Oncology, Neurology and Fertility. Our teams work together across 6 continents with passion and relentless curiosity in order to help patients at every stage of life. Joining our Healthcare team is becoming part of a diverse, inclusive and flexible working culture, presenting great opportunities for personal development and career advancement across the globe.

Your role

As a Head of Front-end Engineering, you will be part of the Data & AI Solutions Engineering team in our Healthcare R&D business. Your expertise will drive further development, deployment and continuous improvement of critical products contributing to the overall success of our R&D efforts in discovery and development of new drugs.    

You will lead a team of 6 talented front-end engineers, providing expert guidance and direction for the development of innovative front-end solutions for our data and AI products. You will collaborate with other engineering teams, product leadership, and architecture teams as well as business experts and leaders to ensure the appropriate choice of technology and staffing for the delivery and maintenance of our products on time, quality, and budget. Furthermore, you will mentor and develop the team to upskill on new technologies and adopt new tools to deliver state of the art user experiences.

You will join a multicultural team working in agile methodologies and having high autonomy in decision-making. The role reports to the Head of Engineering and requires office presence at our Bangalore location.

Who you are

• University Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field.
• 10+ years of relevant professional experience as a senior contributor in front-end/dashboard development.

• Excellent leadership and stakeholder management skills, with 3+ years of experience leading a technical team.
• Experience overseeing the architecture and design of front-end systems, ensuring security, scalability, accessibility, performance, and maintainability.
• Technical expertise in (front-end and back-end) programming combined with the ability to develop and implement best practices for coding standards, testing, and deployment processes.
• Thorough understanding of how to leverage modern front-end technologies for dashboarding solutions (e.g., Tableau), simple data-driven application (e.g., Streamlit, R/Shiny) and complex bespoke systems (e.g., React, Next.js).
• Experience in delivering front-end solutions, which provide a captivating user experience (UX) and follow established user interface (UI) principles.
• In-depth knowledge of data modelling, data contracts, data storage systems (e.g., data warehouses, relations databases, NoSQL databases, data lakes), and data governance.
• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to work under pressure.

If you are curious and ambitious to take up this challenge, apply today and be in the driver seat implementing our Data and Analytics landscape. Your contribution will make a lasting impact on our customers and our organization and elevating Data & Analytics to the next level!

What we offer: We are curious minds that come from a broad range of backgrounds, perspectives, and life experiences. We believe that this variety drives excellence and innovation, strengthening our ability to lead in science and technology. We are committed to creating access and opportunities for all to develop and grow at your own pace. Join us in building a culture of inclusion and belonging that impacts millions and empowers everyone to work their magic and champion human progress!

Apply now and become a part of a team that is dedicated to Sparking Discovery and Elevating Humanity!