Senior/Principal Software Development Engineer

Metabolon is seeking an experienced and driven Senior/Principal Software Engineer to join our team. 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. 

Technical Leadership 

• Provide engineering leadership across multiple teams, offering guidance on complex technical challenges and system architectures. 
• Oversee design reviews for critical projects within your department and participate in company-wide technology reviews. 
• Establish and maintain high standards for performance, scalability, and robustness in system design. 
• This is a full-stack role, requiring expertise across both backend and frontend technologies to deliver end-to-end solutions. 

Strategic Influence 

• Continuously bring a business-centric perspective to technical decisions, balancing innovation with practicality and cost-effectiveness. 
• Act as a key contributor to your department's strategic planning, impacting both the technical roadmap and organizational growth. 
• Influence cross-functional initiatives, contributing to the broader technology and product strategy. 

Mentorship & Development 

• Mentor engineers on technical and professional growth, fostering a culture of continuous learning and improvement. 
• Collaborate with managers to support career development pathways for team members, focusing on skill development and knowledge sharing.  

Innovation & Simplification 

• Drive innovation while simplifying complex systems and processes, consistently finding straightforward solutions to multifaceted challenges. 
• Contribute to the company’s intellectual property through original ideas, tools, or technologies that elevate the organization’s technical capabilities. 

Technical Excellence 

• Lead the design, implementation, and evolution of enterprise-level systems that are resilient, scalable, and cost-effective. 
• Ensure code quality through exemplary practices in code clarity, organization, error handling, and documentation. 
• Stay current with emerging technologies, bringing in relevant knowledge to help improve company-wide engineering practices. 

• Required: A minimum of a high school diploma or equivalent; a BA/BS in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related STEM field is preferred. 
• 4-8+ years of experience in software engineering, with a proven record in architecting and delivering large-scale systems. 
• Proficiency in .NET, AWS, Python, Django and a front end JS technology such as React/Angular. We value a strong foundation in these or comparable technologies, but above all, a passion for learning and the ability to adapt.   
• Experience in providing technical leadership, with a demonstrated ability to mentor and influence at an organizational level. 
• Strong problem-solving skills with an emphasis on systems design, scalability, and performance. 

Metabolon, 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. 

Metabolon 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. All employment decisions are based on valid job‐related requirements.