Lead Software Engineer

Waters Corporation; Wilmslow; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in analytical instruments is seeking a Lead Software Engineer for the Clinical Systems Development team. This pivotal role seeks an experienced software engineer to deliver software solutions for clinical diagnostics, ensuring quality and alignment with strategic goals. The successful candidate will guide technical decisions, promote best practices, and collaborate across teams to enhance system capabilities, making a significant impact in health and well-being.

Benefits

Flexible working arrangements

25 days of annual leave plus public holidays

Comprehensive benefits package

Attractive employer pension contributions

Private medical insurance

Career development opportunities

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in software development with relevant programming languages.
• Passion for clean, scalable, and maintainable code.
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision.

Responsibilities

• Guide architectural decisions for clinical software development.
• Mentor and support team members fostering continuous improvement.
• Ensure alignment of engineering efforts with product goals.

Skills

Analytical Systems Knowledge

Software Development

Problem Solving

Communication

Decision-Making

Education

Degree in Science, Engineering, or Computing

Job description

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Role: Lead Software Engineer, Clinical Team. Analytical Systems Expert.

At Waters, we’re on a mission to transform clinical diagnostics through groundbreaking software and analytical instrumentation. We’re seeking a Lead Engineer to join our Clinical Systems Development team - a pivotal role for an experienced software engineer who will serve as a technical authority for Waters’ clinical software solutions.

The Clinical Systems Development team is responsible for the design and development of Waters’ Clinical and IVD Systems, encompassing both hardware and software. Our mission is to deliver meaningful customer benefits in the clinical segment through the evaluation, development, and deployment of cutting-edge system capabilities.

What You’ll Do

• Serve as a technical leader for clinical software development, guiding architectural decisions and best practices.
• Ensure engineering efforts are aligned with product and business goals.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with product management, hardware teams, and quality assurance to deliver integrated solutions.
• Contribute to the strategic direction of clinical software platforms.
• Mentor and support engineers across the team, fostering a culture of continuous learning and innovation.

Responsibilities

As a Lead Engineer, your responsibilities will include:

• Serve as the technical authority for Waters’ clinical software products, representing the software engineering function within cross-functional development teams.
• Collaborate closely with engineering and project teams to drive timely and high-quality product delivery.
• Partner with the Clinical System Architect to ensure the architectural roadmap is well-supported and aligned with strategic goals.
• Define, promote, and implement best engineering practices across the clinical software organization.
• Mentor and support team members at all levels, fostering a culture of technical excellence and continuous improvement.
• Apply sound judgment to solve complex technical challenges and guide the team in implementing long-term, scalable solutions.
• Ensure alignment and consistency across clinical software value streams to support cohesive product development.
• Work with IT and Quality teams to ensure that tools, processes, and infrastructure effectively support product delivery.
• Identify and champion technical opportunities that enhance productivity, quality, or innovation.
• Ensure system-level deliverables are effectively integrated into broader program objectives.
• Collaborate with test strategists to align evaluation strategies with product delivery milestones.
• Work with software engineering managers to ensure that engineering practices and delivery goals are clearly understood and consistently applied across teams.
• Stay informed on emerging technologies and practices, providing guidance on those that could offer competitive advantage or improved ways of working.
• Support hiring efforts by identifying skills gaps, advising on team needs, and participating in technical interviews as required.

Qualifications

We'd love to hear from you if you have:

A degree (or equivalent experience) in a science, engineering, or computing-related discipline.

Extensive software development experience in relevant programming languages or related technologies.

Strong knowledge of analytical systems, particularly LC and LC/MS-based technologies.

A genuine passion for clean, scalable, and maintainable code, demonstrated through your work and experiences.

Excellent communication and decision-making skills.

A creative approach to solving complex technical problems.

The ability to work independently and proactively, with minimal supervision.

In addition to salary, we offer

• Flexible working arrangements to support work-life balance.
• 25 days of annual leave, plus public holidays.
• A comprehensive benefits package including:Attractive employer pension contributionsLife assuranceIncome protectionPrivate medical insuranceA supportive environment with opportunities for career development through mentoring, coaching and training.

We're actively building diverse teams and welcome applications from everyone. But simply having a diverse workforce is not enough. We aim to build an inclusive environment, where everyone can contribute their best work and develop to their full potential. We celebrate our differences and recognise the importance of teams reflecting the communities they serve.

We can make reasonable adjustments to our interview process according to your needs.

Company Description

Waters Corporation (NYSE: WAT), the world's leading specialty measurement company, has pioneered chromatography, mass spectrometry and thermal analysis innovations serving the life, materials, and food sciences for more than 60 years. With more than 7,000 employees worldwide, Waters operates directly in 35 countries, including 15 manufacturing facilities, with products available in more than 100 countries. Our team focuses on creating business advantages for laboratory-dependent organizations to enable significant advancement in healthcare delivery, environmental management, food safety, and water quality.

Working at Waters enables our employees to unlock the potential of their careers. Our global team is driven by purpose. We strive to be better, learn and improve every day in everything we do. We’re the problem solvers and innovators that aren’t afraid to take risks to transform the world of human health and well-being. We’re all in it together delivering benefit as one to provide the insights needed today in order to solve the challenges of tomorrow.

Waters Wilmslow:

People create the Waters difference. By engaging with our talented and diverse workforce we continuously evolve, develop and enhance our products. Being the world’s leading speciality measurement company, we believe in delivering innovative technology and system solutions to our valued customers to enable their success. At Wilmslow, our focus is on the development and delivery of mass spectrometry systems and software in a collaborative and dynamic team environment.

Our mass spectrometers deliver benefit to customers in many industries and make a meaningful impact to our lives through examples such as

• Neo-natal screening to keep babies healthy
• Ensuring consistent, reliable safety in our global food and water supply
• Developing new medicinal therapies to advance human health
• Ensuring participants in the world’s sporting events compete fairly