Lead Software Engineer

It is an exciting time at Mayo Clinic, as we are building the most trusted generative AI and LLM-based solutions to empower our staff, improve our practice and transform healthcare. To accelerate our generative AI strategy, we are forming a cross functional team of technical experts. This team will be responsible for:

• Supporting the Generative AI Program’s Request for Application (RFA) Process, its entrants and winners
• Providing temporary tiger-team efforts to accelerate key initiatives
• Expanding the organization’s understanding of LLM technology through:
  • Development of best practices, knowledge assets, and code examples to accelerate the efforts of others
  • Execution of technical proofs of concept and exploration
• Providing consultations, presentations, and sharing of knowledge across Mayo Clinic to technical and non-technical audiences
• Providing guidance across the Generative AI program workstreams as technical experts

Lead software design, prototype, and development of the Microservices/Mobile/Web Engineering teams. Understand the architecture, be a team player, lead technical discussions and communicate the technical discussion. Be a senior Individual contributor of the Software Engineering teams. Be part of Technical Review Board along with Manager and Principal Engineer. Be a technical liaison between Manager, Software Engineers and Principal Engineers. Collaborate with software engineers to analyze, develop and test functional requirements. Write clean, maintainable code 30% of the time and performing peer code-reviews. Mentor and Coach Engineers. Work with team members to investigate design approaches, prototype new technology and evaluate technical feasibility. Work in an Agile/Safe/Scrum environment to deliver high quality software. Establish architectural principles, select design patterns, and then mentor team members on their appropriate application. Facilitate and drive communication between front-end, back-end, data and platform engineers. Play a formal Engineering lead role in the area of expertise. Keep up to date with industry trends and developments.

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science/Engineering or related field with 6 years of experience OR an Associate’s degree in Computer Science/Engineering or related field with 8 years of experience. Knowledge of professional software engineering practices and best practices for the full software development life cycle (SDLC), including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations. A minimum experience of 5 years using relational databases and NoSQL Databases. Worked and lead Software Engineering teams in Continuous Integration / Continuous Delivery model. Experience with modern application development frameworks. Build/Lead products which would provide Offline support and are highly resilient in nature. Build/Lead Test Automation suites, Unit Testing coverage, Monitoring & Observability of the Apps, Support Site reliability engineering and Application Security.
Continuous Integration using Jenkins, Git Hub Actions or Azure Pipelines. Experience with distributed databases such as SQL Server, Oracle or Mongo DB. Experience with cloud technologies, development and deployment. Experience with tools like Jira, GitHub, SharePoint, Azure Boards. Experience working with Fastlane for automated development and release process.

Why Mayo Clinic
Mayo Clinic is top-ranked in more specialties than any other care provider according to U.S. News & World Report. As we work together to put the needs of the patient first, we are also dedicated to our employees, investing in competitive compensation and comprehensive benefit plans – to take care of you and your family, now and in the future. And with continuing education and advancement opportunities at every turn, you can build a long, successful career with Mayo Clinic. You’ll thrive in an environment that supports innovation, is committed to ending racism and supporting diversity, equity and inclusion, and provides the resources you need to succeed.