Associate Director, Engineering Enablement & Platform

Foundation Medicine

Boston (MA)

Hybrid

USD 209,000 - 248,000

Full time

3 days ago

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Job summary

Foundation Medicine is seeking an Associate Director of Software Engineering (Engineering Enablement) to establish the technical foundation for secure, compliant, reliable, and scalable software delivery. You will partner across Architecture, Security, Product Management, Validation, Quality, and Infrastructure to drive DevOps platforms, SDLC tooling, and developer productivity.

The role leads engineering-wide enablement, defines standards, and guides cloud enablement and secure-by-design

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field with 8+ years of software engineering or platform experience.
6+ years leading technical teams and initiatives across multiple projects.
Experience building and operating modern software delivery platforms and cloud-based engineering ecosystems.
Experience with regulated industries such as healthcare or life sciences is preferred.

Responsibilities

Define and execute the Engineering Enablement strategy aligned with FMI technology objectives.
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.