Associate Director, Software Platform & Enablement

Foundation Medicine, Inc.; Morrisville (NC); On-site; USD 209,000 - 248,000; Full time

Job summary

Foundation Medicine, Inc. is seeking an Associate Director of Software Engineering (Engineering Enablement) to establish and evolve the technical foundation enabling secure, compliant, reliable, and scalable software delivery across FMI teams.

The role partners with Architecture, Security, Product, and Quality leadership to drive DevOps platforms, SDLC tooling, and cloud enablement while guiding a culture of continuous improvement across FMI’s software development organization.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, or a related technical discipline and 8+ years of professional software engineering, platform engineering, DevOps, or related technology experience; OR equivalent relevant professional experience
• 8+ years of experience leading technical teams, platforms, programs, or engineering initiatives spanning multiple teams
• 4+ years of management experience
• Experience building, administering, or supporting modern software delivery platforms and cloud-based engineering ecosystems

Responsibilities

• Define and execute the Engineering Enablement strategy aligned with FMI technology objectives.
• Own and oversee enterprise software engineering platforms including CI/CD pipelines, source control, artifact repositories, testing platforms, deployment automation, release management, and observability tooling.
• Lead evolution of platform engineering capabilities to 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.

Skills

Engineering leadership

DevOps leadership

Cloud platforms

Security practices

SDLC tooling

Education

Bachelor's in CS/SE/Info Systems

Master's degree preferred

Tools

CI/CD platforms

Source control

Observability tooling

Job description

Foundation Medicine, Inc. is seeking an Associate Director of Software Engineering (Engineering Enablement) to establish and evolve the technical foundation enabling secure, compliant, reliable, and scalable software delivery across FMI teams.

The role partners with Architecture, Security, Product, and Quality leadership to drive DevOps platforms, SDLC tooling, and cloud enablement while guiding a culture of continuous improvement across FMI’s software development organization.