Lead R&D Engineer: Build & Ship Real-World Products

Vizient, Inc.; Edina (MN); On-site; USD 156,500 - 290,100; Full time

Job summary

Vizient, Inc. seeks a hands-on software engineer for a new R&D unit. You will ship real products used by Vizient members, validating ideas through rapid experiments and production-ready implementations.

You will collaborate with product leaders, move from concept to prototype to production, and shape the future of Vizient's R&D ecosystem with practical technical decisions and immediate impact.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated ability to ship software in real environments.
• Comfort with ambiguous problems and real constraints.
• Ability to translate product goals into working software and outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Partner with product leaders to understand problems, users, and rationale.
• Shape solutions collaboratively or execute independently when needed.
• Move from idea to prototype to production with speed and durability.
• Make pragmatic technical decisions balancing speed and learning.
• Help define how the R&D unit operates as it grows.

Skills

Strong software engineering

Bias toward shipping

Ambiguity handling

Translate product intent to software

Track record of usable builds

2-5 years experience archetype

Job description

Vizient, Inc. seeks a hands-on software engineer for a new R&D unit. You will ship real products used by Vizient members, validating ideas through rapid experiments and production-ready implementations.

You will collaborate with product leaders, move from concept to prototype to production, and shape the future of Vizient's R&D ecosystem with practical technical decisions and immediate impact.