BeiGene continues to grow at a rapid pace with challenging and exciting opportunities for experienced professionals. When considering candidates, we look for scientific and business professionals who are highly motivated, collaborative, and most importantly, share our passionate interest in fighting cancer.
The Director of Software Engineering will lead, manage, and mentor a team of frontend and backend developers, responsible for building and maintaining robust, scalable, and high-performance applications and services in the BeOne platform.
Major Responsibilities
- Oversee the planning, design, development, and delivery of high-quality software solutions across both frontend and backend teams.
- Drive architectural decisions, ensuring optimal performance, scalability, and robustness of applications.
- Collaborate with product, design, test, and business stakeholders to define and implement technical strategies aligned with business objectives.
- Lead and mentor Software Engineering team members, promoting best practices in software development, code reviews, and testing.
- Ensure a high standard of technical excellence across the frontend and backend, focusing on quality, maintainability, and continuous improvement.
- Implement effective processes for project management, resource allocation, and risk mitigation to ensure on-time delivery.
- Foster a culture of learning, innovation, and collaboration within the team, supporting career development for engineers.
- Evaluate emerging technologies and drive continuous innovation in the technology stack and development practices.
- Ensure the team adheres to modern DevOps practices, including CI/CD pipelines, containerized deployments, and automated testing.
Qualification
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field.
- 10+ years of experience in software engineering with at least 5 years in a leadership role managing engineering teams.
- Strong technical background in both frontend and backend development, including modern frameworks like React, Angular, or Vue.js, backend technologies like .NET Core, Node.js, or Java, and relational databases like PostgreSQL, MySQL, or SQL Server.
- Proven experience managing engineering teams of 10+ people with a strong track record of delivering complex projects.
- Proficiency with version control systems (e.g., Git) and cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP).
- Solid understanding of frontend and backend architecture, microservices, and RESTful APIs.
- Strong communication and leadership skills, with the ability to motivate and guide large teams.
- Experience with agile methodologies and project management tools like Jira.
- Knowledge of DevOps practices, including CI/CD, Docker, Kubernetes, and cloud deployment strategies.
Preferred Skills
- Familiarity with performance optimization techniques, both for frontend and backend.
- Experience with test-driven development (TDD) and behavior-driven development (BDD).
- Strong knowledge of security best practices for web applications.
- Proven ability to scale engineering teams and foster a high-performance culture.
BeiGene Global Competencies
When we exhibit our values of Patients First, Collaborative Spirit, Bold Ingenuity and Driving Excellence, through our twelve global competencies below, we help get more affordable medicines to more patients around the world.
- Fosters Teamwork
- Provides and Solicits Honest and Actionable Feedback
- Self-Awareness
- Acts Inclusively
- Demonstrates Initiative
- Entrepreneurial Mindset
- Continuous Learning
- Embraces Change
- Results-Oriented
- Analytical Thinking/Data Analysis
- Financial Excellence
- Communicates with Clarity
Salary Range: $190,000.00 - $250,000.00 annually
BeiGene is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. Actual compensation packages are determined by several factors that are unique to each candidate, including but not limited to job-related skills, depth of experience, certifications, relevant education or training, and specific work location. Packages may vary by location due to differences in the cost of labor. The recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for a preferred location during the hiring process. Please note that the listed range reflects the base salary or hourly range only. Non-Commercial roles are eligible to participate in the annual bonus plan, and Commercial roles are eligible to participate in an incentive compensation plan. All Company employees have the opportunity to own shares of BeiGene Ltd. stock because all employees are eligible for discretionary equity awards and to voluntarily participate in the Employee Stock Purchase Plan. The Company has a comprehensive benefits package that includes Medical, Dental, Vision, 401(k), FSA/HSA, Life Insurance, Paid Time Off, and Wellness.
We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer and we value diversity. BeiGene does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, disability, national origin, veteran status or any other basis covered by appropriate law. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need.
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What We Do
BeiGene is a global biotechnology company that is developing and commercializing innovative and affordable oncology medicines to improve treatment outcomes and access for far more patients worldwide. With a broad portfolio, we are expediting development of our diverse pipeline of novel therapeutics through our internal capabilities and collaborations. We are committed to radically improving access to medicines for far more patients who need them. Our growing global team of more than 8,500 colleagues spans five continents, with administrative offices in Beijing, China; Cambridge, U.S.; and Basel, Switzerland. To learn more about BeiGene, please visit www.beigene.com and follow us on Twitter at @BeiGeneGlobal.
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