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Engineering Manager– C++, C#, and Full Stack Development | 10–15 Years Experience

Job Description

When you join us at Thermo Fisher Scientific, you’ll become a member of a hard-working, motivated team that aligns with your enthusiasm for exploration and discovery. With revenues exceeding $40 billion and the largest investment in R&D in the industry, we provide our people with resources and opportunities to make significant contributions to the world.

How will you make an impact

Microscopy is evolving rapidly, and customers expect faster results, stronger security, and more reliable remote operation—driving upgrades acrosscompute, connectivity, peripherals, and software tooling.We are seeking an experienced Engineering Manager with 10–15 years of overall experience in software engineering, including strong hands-on expertise in C++, C#,Pythonand full stack application development. This role will lead engineering teams responsible for designing, building, and supporting scalable, high-quality software solutions across desktop, backend, web, and integrated systems.

The ideal candidate will bring a strong mix of technical depth, people leadership, architectural thinking, and delivery management. The Engineering Manager will be responsible for driving execution, coaching engineers, partnering with cross-functional stakeholders, and ensuring the team delivers reliable and maintainable software aligned with business and product goals.

This role requires someone who can operate effectively at both the strategic and execution levels: guiding technical direction, establishing engineering best practices, supporting modern development processes, and building high-performing teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and develop a team of software engineers working across C++, C#,Pythonand full stack development.

  
  

• Drive end-to-end software delivery, including planning, execution, quality, release readiness, and support.

  
  

• Partner with Product Management, Architecture, QA, DevOps, and other stakeholders to align engineering work with product and business priorities.

  
  

• Provide technical leadership in the design and development of robust, scalable, and maintainable software solutions.

  
  

• Support architecture and design decisions across desktop, backend, web, API, and system-integration layers.

  
  

• Establish and enforce engineering best practices for coding, reviews, testing, documentation, and release management.

  
  

• Drive technical problem-solving for complex issues involving performance, scalability, integration, and system reliability.

  
  

• Guide modernization efforts where needed, including technology upgrades, refactoring, and platform improvements.

  
  

• Oversee code quality, secure development practices, and engineering governance.

  
  

• Participate in hiring, onboarding, performance management, and career development of team members.

  
  

• Manage cross-functional dependencies and communicate delivery status, risks, and mitigation plans to stakeholders and leadership.

  
  

Required Skills

• 10–15 years of overall software engineering experience, with significant experience in technical leadership or people management roles.

  
  

• Strong hands-on development background in C++, C#, .NET,Python.

  
  

• Solid experience in full stack development, including backend services, APIs, databases, and front-end or web application development.

  
  

• Proven experience leading software engineering teams and delivering complex software products or platforms.

  
  

• Strong understanding of software design principles, object-oriented programming, and modern application architecture.

  
  

• Experience with desktop, backend, and web-based systems, including integrated or distributed applications.

  
  

• Strong knowledge of software development lifecycle, coding standards, testing practices, and release processes.

  
  

• Experience with Agile methodologies such as Scrum or Kanban.

  
  

• Strong problem-solving and debugging skills across multiple layers of the software stack.

  
  

• Experience in stakeholder management and cross-functional collaboration.

  
  

• Excellent communication, coaching, and organizational skills.

  
  

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field.

  
  

Desired Skills

• Prior experience as an Engineering Manager or Technical Lead managing multiple engineers or teams.

  
  

• Experience with modern full stack frameworks and web technologies such as ASP.NET, REST APIs, JavaScript or TypeScript, Angular, React, or similar.

  
  

• Experience with microservices, distributed systems, and cloud-enabled architectures.

  
  

• Familiarity with DevOps, CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and deployment practices.

  
  

• Experience in performance optimization, multithreading, and system-level development in C++.

  
  

• Knowledge of secure software development and compliance-oriented engineering practices.

  
  

• Experience in product development environments involving hardware-software integration, scientific applications, industrial systems, or enterprise platforms.

  
  

• Exposure to database technologies such as SQL Server, PostgreSQL, or similar.

  
  

• Experience with containerization and orchestration technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes.

  
  

• Familiarity with architecture reviews, technical governance, and engineering metrics.

  
  

• Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field is a plus.