Associate Director / Director, Software Engineering
- Compensation
- Not disclosed
- Location
- Boston, MA, United States
- Work setup
- Not specified
- Seniority
- Not specified
- Employment
- Not specified
- Experience
- 4+ years
- Category
- Software engineering
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, or a related technical discipline and 8+ years of professional software engineering, platform engineering, DevOps, or
- 8+ years of experience leading technical teams, platforms, programs, or engineering initiatives spanning multiple teams
- 4+ years of management experience
- Experience building, administering, or supporting modern software delivery platforms and cloud-based engineering ecosystems
Nice to have
- Master's Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field
- Experience working in a regulated industry such as healthcare, biotechnology, diagnostics, medical devices, or life sciences
- Demonstrated expertise with public cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP and with infrastructure automation, containers, orchestration, and observability
- Experience designing or operating CI/CD platforms, source control, artifact management, automated testing, release management, and developer self-service capabilities
- Experience implementing DevSecOps capabilities and secure software development practices
- Strong understanding of distributed system design, architecture governance, reliability engineering, API and integration patterns, and technology lifecycle management
- Experience supporting software development processes aligned with applicable standards or regulations such as IEC 62304, FDA guidance, GxP, HIPAA, or 21 CFR Part 11
- Experience with automated requirements traceability, validation evidence, test orchestration, or formal software delivery controls
- Experience evaluating and responsibly enabling AI-assisted software development and engineering productivity solutions
- Demonstrated history of leading organizational change, driving adoption, and managing multiple concurrent initiatives
- Excellent written and oral communication, collaboration, stakeholder management, and problem-solving skills
- Understanding of HIPAA and the importance of patient data privacy
Full description
This position may be hired at the Associate Director or Director level based on the selected candidate's experience and qualifications.
About the Job:
The Associate Director, Software Engineering (Engineering Enablement) is responsible for establishing and evolving the technical foundation that enables engineering teams to deliver secure, compliant, reliable, and scalable software solutions efficiently.
This role operates across multiple engineering domains and serves as a strategic partner to Architecture, Security, Product Management, Validation, Quality, Infrastructure, and Software Engineering leadership. The position owns engineering-wide enablement capabilities including DevOps platforms, software development lifecycle (SDLC) tooling, developer productivity systems, architecture governance, platform engineering, cloud enablement, and secure software delivery practices.
The Associate Director provides technical leadership, establishes engineering standards and guardrails, drives adoption of modern software engineering practices, and fosters a culture of continuous improvement across FMI's software development organization.
Key Responsibilities:
- Engineering Platform and DevOps Leadership
- Define and execute the Engineering Enablement strategy aligned with FMI technology objectives
- Own and oversee enterprise software engineering platforms, including CI/CD pipelines, source control systems, artifact repositories, testing platforms, deployment automation, release management, and observability tooling
- Lead the evolution of platform engineering capabilities that improve developer productivity and reduce delivery friction
- Establish engineering standards for build, deployment, monitoring, observability, reliability, and operational excellence
- Drive Infrastructure-as-Code, automation-first, and self-service practices across development teams
- Define and track engineering effectiveness measures, including delivery speed, reliability, recovery, adoption, and developer experience indicators
- Architecture Governance and Technical Standards
- Partner with Engineering leadership to establish architecture principles, engineering guardrails, and technology standards
- Create and maintain reference architectures, reusable design patterns, paved-road solutions, and approved technology patterns
- Participate in technical reviews to ensure solutions align with scalability, performance, reliability, maintainability, interoperability, and security objectives
- Facilitate lightweight architecture review and exception processes for major business and technology initiatives