Tech Lead & Development Manager - Healthcare Platform

IQVIA

Burlington (MA)

Hybrid

USD 173,000 - 288,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

Cedar Gate Technologies, an IQVIA business, is seeking a Development Manager to provide technical leadership and hands-on expertise for applications supporting critical Patient Experience and Digital Health initiatives. This player-coach role emphasizes technical strategy, solution delivery, engineering excellence, and team leadership through influence rather than extensive administrative management.

The successful candidate will partner with architects, product leaders, and engineers to define

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, IT, Software Engineering, or equivalent.
Experience developing, maintaining, and supporting enterprise-scale software applications.
Strong software development experience with design, coding, testing, debugging, and maintenance.
Demonstrated experience providing technical leadership on software development initiatives.
Experience mentoring developers and promoting engineering best practices through collaboration, coaching, and technical guidance.
Strong knowledge of software development methodologies, application architecture, and modern engineering practices.
Experience gathering requirements and translating business needs into effective technical solutions.
Experience working within Agile development environments and cross-functional teams.
Strong problem-solving, communication, and stakeholder engagement skills.
Experience with source control systems, code reviews, continuous integration, automated testing, and software quality practices.
Ability to influence technical direction and drive outcomes across teams without relying on direct authority.
Ability to balance hands-on development responsibilities with technical leadership and delivery oversight.
Experience improving application architecture, platform capabilities, and engineering processes.
Experience supporting healthcare technology, patient experience, digital health, or customer-facing platforms is preferred
Experience participating in large-scale modernization, migration, or transformation initiatives is preferred
Experience supporting knowledge transfer programs and geographically distributed teams is preferred
Experience leading technical teams as a Technical Lead, Lead Software Engineer, Engineering Lead, or similar role is preferred
Prior people management experience is preferred
To be eligible for this position, you must reside in the same country where the job is located.

Responsibilities

Provide technical leadership for software development initiatives.
Lead hands-on through solution design, coding, code reviews, troubleshooting, and technical problem-solving.
Partner with Product, Architecture, Quality Assurance, and business stakeholders to drive successful delivery of strategic initiatives.
Guide technical decision-making and drive alignment on architecture, design patterns, development standards, and engineering best practices.
Mentor and coach developers, helping strengthen technical capabilities and promote professional growth.
Foster a collaborative, high-performing engineering culture focused on innovation, accountability, continuous improvement, and customer outcomes.
Drive engineering excellence through source control best practices, code reviews, automated testing, continuous integration, and quality-focused development practices.
Facilitate knowledge transfer activities to ensure critical business and technical knowledge is captured, retained, and shared across teams.
Coordinate development efforts and technical priorities across cross-functional teams to support project objectives and delivery commitments.
Identify opportunities to improve application architecture, platform capabilities, development processes, and overall team effectiveness.
Serve as a trusted technical advisor for complex business and technology challenges.
Support recruitment, onboarding, and technical assessment activities as needed.