Sr. Software Engineering Manager

Baxter; Milwaukee (WI); Hybrid; USD 168,000 - 231,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary bonuses

Job summary

Baxter in Milwaukee, WI, seeks a Senior Manager to lead a team of full-stack developers building web applications for medical devices. You will provide technical oversight, establish development policies, and ensure alignment with global regulatory requirements.

You will guide cross-functional teams, manage senior leads and engineers, hire and develop staff, and make staffing and scope decisions. Candidates should have a BS in CS/SE, 3+ years of software leadership, and experience with

Qualifications

• BS in Computer Science or Software Engineering (or equivalent).
• 3+ years of software leadership experience.
• Experience with TypeScript, React and Node.js.
• Knowledge of IEC 62304, ISO 13485, ISO 14971 and FDA design controls.
• SAFe multi-team delivery experience and strong regulatory awareness.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of full-stack developers for medical device web apps.
• Establish development policies and systems for efficient execution.
• Collaborate with designers and stakeholders on requirements and design.
• Lead multiple software teams on a shared Agile cadence.
• Hire, manage performance and develop senior/junior engineers.

Skills

Tech leadership

Full stack

SAFe practices

Regulatory compliance

Team hiring

Communication

Education

BS in Computer Science / Software Engineering or equivalent

Tools

TypeScript

React

Node.js

Polarion

Azure DevOps

Git

Job description

This is where your work makes a difference.

At Baxter, we believe every person-regardless of who they are or where they are from-deserves a chance to live a healthy life. It was our founding belief in 1931 and continues to be our guiding principle. We are redefining healthcare delivery to make a greater impact today, tomorrow, and beyond.

Our Baxter colleagues are united by our Mission to Save and Sustain Lives. Together, our community is driven by a culture of courage, trust, and collaboration. Every individual is empowered to take ownership and make a meaningful impact. We strive for efficient and effective operations, and we hold each other accountable for delivering exceptional results.

Here, you will find more than just a job-you will find purpose and pride.

Your Role at Baxter

As a Senior Manager, you will be a hands-on leader focused on the development of You will manage and provide technical oversight to a team of developers, creating and establishing development policies and systems to support efficient team execution.

What you will be doing:

• Manage and provide technical oversight to a team of full stack developers for products leveraging web applications for medical devices.
• Create and establish development policies and systems to support efficient team execution, adhering to global regulatory compliance.
• Guide the team in collaboration with designers and stakeholders on requirements and design to ensure expectations are met.
• Leading multiple software teams that deliver on a shared Agile cadence, including planning, commitment, and forecast
• Manage Senior leads and junior engineers, including hiring, performance, and development
• Making scope, staffing, and risk decisions with incomplete information and explaining the consequence to non-engineering partners
• Reading a delivery system: flow of work, capacity, dependencies, and blocked items
• Working inside a design-control process: requirements, risk, verification, and traceability
• Writing and speaking clearly to engineering, quality, regulatory, and program audiences
• Stepping into day-to-day delivery leadership, the Software Delivery Manager role, without displacing the team's product owner
• Deliver high-quality and timely results to meet the business needs.

What you will bring:

• BS in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent.
• 3+ years of experience as a software development manager or a similar software leadership role.
• Experience developing compelling & responsive user-interfaces for web applications using Typescript, React and Node.js
• Success in bringing timely, highly usable, and robust products to market that maximize efficiency and effectiveness of clinical decision-making and delight end users by utilizing SAFe practices.
• Software Delivery Manager, Release Train Engineer, or equivalent multi-team delivery leadership on a medical-product program
• Software developed under IEC 62304, with working knowledge of ISO 13485, ISO 14971, and FDA design controls
• Experience on software that is safety-classified (IEC 62304 Class C)
• Program-level Agile at quarterly scale: planning, confidence on committed scope, and inspection of what actually shipped
• Use of a requirements system and a work-tracking system together, for example Polarion and Azure DevOps, with links between requirements and stories rather than duplicated specifications
• Release evidence that includes code review, automated test results, and static analysis as entry criteria to an integration branch
• Familiarity with medical-device cybersecurity expectations and a software bill of materials
• Experience with software configuration management and issue tracking systems such as Git / Azure DevOps.

Baxter is committed to supporting the needs for flexibility in the workplace. We do so through our flexible workplace policy which includes a required minimum number of days a week onsite. This policy provides the benefits of connecting and collaborating in-person in support of our Mission. The flexible workplace policy is subject to local laws and legal requirements. At its discretion, Baxter may decide to adjust, suspend, or discontinue as business needs change.

We understand compensation is an important factor as you consider the next step in your career. At Baxter, we are committed to equitable pay for all employees, and we strive to be more transparent with our pay practices. The estimated base salary for this position is $168,000 to $231,000 annually. The estimated range is meant to reflect an anticipated salary range for the position. We may pay more or less than of the anticipated range based upon market data and other factors, all of which are subject to change. Individual pay is based on upon location, skills and expertise, experience, and other relevant factors. This position may also be eligible for discretionary bonuses.