Tech Lead - Ruby on Rails

Job Summary

This position is responsible for managing and contributing to the building and supporting features of the DrugDev Spark platform.

Summary of Essential Job Functions

• Design, manage, and contribute to the development of new features and applications.
• Identify and implement opportunities for process improvement
• Working with team to optimize performance (velocity, burndown, quality, successful product review)Unit testing and functional testing of new functionality.
• Support customers and professional services as required to address any questions or resolve any issues related to the DrugDev Spark platform.
• Day-to-day management of developers including but not limited to: appraisals, mentoring, aligning skills and work, negotiating conflicts, tracking performance against development goals, and team building
• Recruit and onboard new software engineers
• Provide technical thought leadership and help evaluate emerging technologies and 3rd party products
• Management of the hosted solution including monitoring, security and vulnerability testing, performance, and disaster Recovery
• Provide oversight and support of non-platform software
• Promote the agile process within the team including the identification/training of the scrummaster, pushing the team towards the goal of a self-managing scrum, and helping rollout best practice

Skill Requirements

• Experience with Ruby on Rails, Python, React, Ember, or similar web framework.
• Exceptional leadership and people development skills
• Excellent interpersonal communication and presentation skills and the ability to interact with and influence internal and external stakeholders
• Attention to detail
• Knowledge and experience with 21 CFR Part 11 and GXP
• Focus on quality, results and orientation toward accomplishing strategic organizational goals.

Minimum Experience Requirements

• BS in a related field (CS, Math) or comparable experience
• Graduate degree desirable
• At least 10 years of web application development experience or 5 years of web application experience plus graduate training
• 3+ years managing teams

At IQVIA, we believe in pushing the boundaries of human science and data science to make the biggest impact possible – to help our customers create a healthier world. The advanced analytics, technology solutions and contract research services we provide to the life sciences industry are made possible by our 67,000+ employees around the world who apply their insight, curiosity and intellectual courage every step of the way. Learn more at jobs.iqvia.com.