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This is a full-stack role, requiring expertise across both back-end and front-end technologies to deliver end-to-end solutions. In this role, you will lead engineering efforts across multiple teams, guiding the design, architecture, and deployment of critical systems. This role requires a strategic, hands-on technical leader with a focus on scalability, performance, and effective system architecture. You will act as a trusted advisor, helping teams and managers overcome complex challenges and align technical decisions with business objectives.\nThis is a hybrid position based at our headquarters in Morrisville, NC.\nResponsibilities\nTechnical Excellence\nLead the design, implementation, and evolution of enterprise-level systems that are resilient, scalable, and cost-effective.\nEnsure code quality through exemplary practices in code clarity, organization, error handling, and documentation.\nStay current with emerging technologies, bringing in relevant knowledge to help improve company-wide engineering practices.\nInnovation & Simplification\nDrive innovation while simplifying complex systems and processes, consistently finding straightforward solutions to multifaceted challenges.\nContribute to the company’s intellectual property through original ideas, tools, or technologies that elevate the organization’s technical capabilities.\nStrategic Influence\nContinuously bring a business-centric perspective to technical decisions, balancing innovation with practicality and cost-effectiveness.\nAct as a key contributor to your department's strategic planning, impacting both the technical roadmap and organizational growth.\nInfluence cross-functional initiatives, contributing to the broader technology and product strategy.\nTechnical Leadership\nProvide engineering leadership across multiple teams, offering guidance on complex technical challenges and system architectures.\nOversee design reviews for critical projects within the department and participate in company-wide technology reviews.\nEstablish and maintain high standards for performance, scalability, and robustness in system design.\nMentorship & Development\nMentor engineers on technical and professional growth, fostering a culture of continuous learning and improvement.\nCollaborate with managers to support career development pathways for team members, focusing on skill development and knowledge sharing.\nQualifications\nBA/BS degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related STEM field.\n5+ years of experience in software engineering, with a proven record in architecting and delivering large-scale systems.\nStrong foundation in .NET, Python, AWS, Django, and a front end JS technology such as React/Angular, or comparable technologies.\nDemonstrated hands-on experience developing applications in C# is preferred.\nExperience leveraging modern coding agents and generative AI technologies to improve products, automate workflows, and accelerate engineering productivity.\nExperience in providing technical leadership, with a demonstrated ability to mentor and influence at an organizational level. \nExceptional communication skills, with the ability to translate complex technical concepts into clear, actionable insights for non-technical stakeholders and cross-functional teams. \nStrong problem-solving skills with an emphasis on systems design, scalability, and performance. \nProven ability to navigate ambiguity, quickly develop expertise in unfamiliar areas, and lead the resolution of complex technical and operational challenges. \nDemonstrated growth mindset, intellectual curiosity, and commitment to continuous learning, with a track record of adapting to evolving technologies and business needs.\nAbout Us\nMetabolon, Inc., is the global leader in revealing biological insights on disease state and physiological reactions in the present time through metabolomics. Leveraging one of the world’s most diverse and rich patient data sets, Metabolon is equipped to deliver biologically relevant evidence to address some of the most difficult and pressing questions in the life sciences. Every day, our work is helping to accelerate research and product development success in the biopharma, population health, consumer products, agriculture, wellness, and academic research sectors.\nMetabolon was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina with an international headquarters in Germany. For more information, please visit www.metabolon.com. Metabolon is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other protected status prohibited under Federal, State, or local laws. 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