Senior Engineering Manager, Life Sciences Platforms

Virtusa; Greater London; On-site; GBP 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Virtusa seeks a Senior Engineering Manager for Life Sciences & Enterprise Solutions to architect, build, and maintain mission-critical digital platforms for high-profile client engagements. You will lead end-to-end software delivery across requirements, design, front-end/back-end, and cloud deployment.

The role emphasizes delivering robust, scalable solutions for global pharma brands and large life-sciences programs, with hands-on leadership in modern tech stacks.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering digital platforms for large pharma and life sciences customers.
• Proven ability to architect robust, scalable solutions across global accounts.
• Hands-on leadership with modern tech stacks and cloud migrations.

Responsibilities

• Pharma & Enterprise Delivery: lead for global accounts in EMEA/APAC.
• System Architecture & Design: produce HLD/LLD and API contracts.
• Full-Stack Engineering: build/maintain web apps using PHP/JS/Python.
• Modernization & Migrations: move to headless architectures and cloud.
• AI & RAG Integration: prototype AI features with OpenAI/Gemini/Claude.
• DevOps & CI/CD: implement pipelines with GitHub Actions, Docker, cloud infra.
• Stakeholder Management: translate business needs into technical deliverables.

Skills

Technical leadership

Systems architecture

Full-stack development

Cloud platforms

Tools

Laravel

Drupal

WordPress

React

Vue.js

Next.js

Python

GitHub Actions

Docker

Azure

AWS

Job description

Virtusa seeks a Senior Engineering Manager for Life Sciences & Enterprise Solutions to architect, build, and maintain mission-critical digital platforms for high-profile client engagements. You will lead end-to-end software delivery across requirements, design, front-end/back-end, and cloud deployment.

The role emphasizes delivering robust, scalable solutions for global pharma brands and large life-sciences programs, with hands-on leadership in modern tech stacks.