Manager Forward Deployed Engineer, Software Engineering

Johnson & Johnson; Hyderabad; Hybrid; INR 4,500,000 - 7,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Johnson & Johnson is seeking a Manager, Full Stack Engineering to lead design, development, modernization, and delivery of enterprise digital products and cloud-native applications. You will provide people leadership and technical direction for teams across Clinical Development, R&D, Medical Affairs, and enterprise tech.

This role emphasizes secure, scalable, and user-centric solutions. The ideal candidate combines hands-on front-end and back-end expertise with cloud-native architecture, API

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering or related field.
• 10+ years in software engineering, digital product engineering, or related fields.
• 5+ years of people leadership and distributed delivery experience.
• Experience delivering enterprise-scale apps with modern front-end, back-end, API, and cloud tech.
• Experience in regulated industries is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and develop a high-performing team of full stack engineers and technical leads.
• Set engineering standards for secure coding, architecture, testing, and production readiness.
• Drive architecture across front-end, back-end, APIs, and cloud deployment.
• Partner with Product Management, UX, data teams, cybersecurity, and QA stakeholders.
• Maintain scalable, secure, accessible, and observable software aligned with enterprise standards.

Skills

Front-End Engineering

Back-End & APIs

Cloud & DevSecOps

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field

Master's Degree preferred

Tools

Azure

AWS

Kubernetes

CI/CD pipelines

Infrastructure as Code

Job description

Sub Function

Full Stack Engineering, Digital Product Engineering & Cloud Applications

Reports To - Director ICC

Position Overview

Johnson & Johnson is seeking a highly motivated Manager, Full Stack Engineering to lead the design, development, modernization, and delivery of enterprise digital products and cloud-native applications that support business-critical capabilities across Clinical Development, R&D, Medical Affairs, and enterprise technology organizations.

This role will provide people leadership and technical direction for full stack engineering teams responsible for delivering secure, scalable, and user-centric applications. The successful candidate will partner with product managers, architects, data and AI teams, business stakeholders, cybersecurity, quality, and platform engineering teams to build modern solutions that improve productivity, decision-making, and digital user experiences.

The ideal candidate brings strong engineering leadership, hands-on knowledge of modern front-end and back-end technologies, cloud-native architecture, API design, Agile delivery, DevSecOps, and regulated technology delivery practices.

Key Responsibilities

Engineering Leadership

• Lead, mentor, and develop a high-performing team of full stack engineers, technical leads, and application developers.
• Set engineering standards for secure coding, architecture, code quality, testing, observability, and production readiness.
• Drive technical excellence through design reviews, code reviews, reusable patterns, and engineering communities of practice.
• Build a culture of ownership, innovation, inclusion, continuous improvement, and accountability.

Full Stack Product Engineering

• Lead development of modern web applications, APIs, services, dashboards, portals, workflow applications, and digital products.
• Guide architecture and implementation across front-end, back-end, integration, database, authentication, and deployment layers.
• Ensure solutions are scalable, maintainable, secure, accessible, performant, and aligned with enterprise technology standards.
• Partner with Product Management and UX teams to translate user needs into intuitive, reliable, and valuable digital experiences.

Cloud-Native Architecture & Platforms

• Drive adoption of cloud-native design patterns, microservices, API-first architecture, containerization, and managed cloud services.
• Collaborate with enterprise architecture and platform engineering teams to define reusable application patterns and reference architectures.
• Ensure effective use of cloud capabilities for resiliency, monitoring, cost optimization, automation, and scalability.
• Support modernization of legacy applications into modern, modular, and cloud-ready technology platforms.

DevSecOps & Operational Excellence

• Implement CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, quality gates, security scans, infrastructure automation, and release management practices.
• Establish operational KPIs covering reliability, performance, deployment frequency, incident trends, and service health.
• Partner with cybersecurity, privacy, and quality teams to ensure secure software development lifecycle practices.
• Drive root cause analysis, technical debt reduction, application rationalization, and continuous platform improvement.

Stakeholder & Product Delivery

• Lead Agile delivery teams using Product Operating Model principles and outcome-focused execution.
• Collaborate with business stakeholders, product owners, architects, data teams, AI teams, testing teams, and vendor partners.
• Create delivery roadmaps, manage dependencies, mitigate risks, and communicate progress clearly to senior stakeholders.
• Balance speed, quality, compliance, user needs, and long-term sustainability in technology decisions.

Compliance, Security & Quality

• Ensure applications comply with applicable enterprise security, privacy, quality, accessibility, and regulatory requirements.
• Support delivery practices aligned with GxP, Computer System Validation (CSV), GDPR, HIPAA, and internal J&J technology standards where applicable.
• Maintain audit-ready engineering documentation, traceability, and release evidence for regulated applications.
• Promote responsible use of data and AI-enabled capabilities within application experiences.

Required Qualifications

Education

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, Software Engineering, or a related field.
• Master's Degree preferred.

Experience

• 10+ years of experience in software engineering, full stack development, enterprise application delivery, or digital product engineering.
• 5+ years of people leadership experience managing engineering teams, technical leads, or distributed delivery teams.
• Proven experience delivering enterprise-scale applications using modern front-end, back-end, API, and cloud technologies.
• Experience implementing Agile, DevSecOps, CI/CD, automated testing, and production support practices.
• Experience working with global stakeholders and cross-functional technology teams in a matrixed organization.
• Experience in Pharmaceutical, Healthcare, Life Sciences, or other regulated industries preferred.

Technical Skills

• Front-End Engineering
• Back-End & APIs
• Cloud & DevSecOps

Engineering Practices

• React / Angular / modern JavaScript frameworks
• TypeScript / JavaScript
• HTML5 / CSS3
• Responsive design
• Accessibility and UX collaboration
• Java / .NET / Node.js / Python
• REST APIs and microservices
• API security and authentication
• Relational and NoSQL databases
• Event-driven integrations
• Azure preferred / AWS
• Containers and Kubernetes
• CI/CD pipelines
• Infrastructure as Code
• Monitoring, logging, observability
• Secure SDLC
• Automated testing
• Code quality and reviews
• Agile delivery
• Architecture and design patterns
• Production support excellence

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience leading teams that build applications for Clinical Development, R&D, Medical Affairs, Regulatory, or enterprise data platforms.
• Experience integrating digital applications with data platforms, analytics, AI services, workflow tools, and enterprise identity platforms.
• Experience with Product Operating Model, platform thinking, reusable engineering assets, and product-based delivery.
• Relevant certifications in Azure, AWS, software architecture, Agile, DevOps, cybersecurity, or application engineering.
• Strong executive interpersonal skills with the ability to simplify sophisticated technology topics for business stakeholders.
• People leader with strong Full Stack Engineering and cloud application expertise.
• Experience leading engineering teams delivering enterprise-scale digital products.
• Strong knowledge of modern development frameworks, APIs, DevSecOps and cloud-native architecture.
• Proven track record managing Agile product delivery teams.
• Experience in regulated industries such as Healthcare or Life Sciences is a plus.

Team Size

5-15 Full Stack Engineers, Technical Leads, UI Engineers, API Engineers, and Application Developers.