Senior Manager Full Stack Development

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The PDS Sr Manager (Full Stack Engineering) will lead the development of enterprise-grade web applications that deliver AI-powered analytics and decision support tools to Global Product Development and Supply stakeholders.

This role combines technical leadership in modern full-stack development with people management responsibilities, overseeing a team of engineers building responsive, real-time user interfaces that consume autonomous agent outputs.

Key Responsibilities:

Full-Stack Application Development:
• Architect and develop production-grade web applications using React (Next.js preferred) with TypeScript
• Build responsive, accessible user interfaces for AI-powered analytics dashboards, chat interfaces, and visualization tools
• Design and implement backend services (Node.js/Express or Python FastAPI) supporting frontend applications
• Develop real-time streaming interfaces consuming Server-Sent Events (SSE) and WebSocket protocols from AI agents
• Implement state management solutions (Redux, Zustand, React Context) for complex application workflows
• Build reusable component libraries and design systems ensuring consistency across applications

AI Integration & User Experience:
• Design user interfaces for consuming agentic AI outputs including multi-step reasoning, tool calls, and dynamic widget generation
• Implement streaming chat interfaces with progressive response rendering and conversation history management
• Build visualization frameworks rendering charts, tables, and insights from AI-generated analytical outputs
• Develop error handling and loading states for asynchronous AI operations with graceful degradation
• Create intuitive UX patterns for human-in-the-loop workflows (user feedback, validation, corrections)
• Collaborate with AI platform engineers to define API contracts and data transformation requirements

Backend API Development & Integration:
• Design and implement RESTful APIs and GraphQL endpoints serving frontend applications
• Build integration layers connecting frontends with AI orchestration platforms (FastAPI backends)
• Develop data transformation pipelines converting agent outputs into frontend-ready formats
• Implement caching strategies (Redis) and database operations (PostgreSQL) for application performance
• Create authentication and authorization flows integrating with enterprise systems (SSO, LDAP)
• Build middleware for logging, monitoring, and error handling across application stack

DevOps, Testing & Production Support:
• Implement CI/CD pipelines for automated testing, building, and deployment of full-stack applications
• Develop comprehensive testing strategies (Jest, React Testing Library, Playwright/Cypress for E2E)
• Containerize applications using Docker and orchestrate deployments with Kubernetes
• Monitor production applications with observability tools (Datadog, New Relic, CloudWatch)
• Optimize application performance (bundle size, lazy loading, code splitting, API response times)
• Ensure security best practices including input validation, XSS prevention, CSRF protection, and secure API design

People Management & Leadership:
• Lead and mentor a team of frontend and backend engineers, providing technical guidance and career development
• Conduct performance reviews, set goals, and create individual development plans for team members
• Facilitate agile ceremonies (sprint planning, stand-ups, retrospectives) and manage team delivery
• Foster a culture of code quality through code reviews, pair programming, and knowledge sharing
• Manage team capacity, workload distribution, and resource allocation across projects
• Recruit, onboard, and retain top engineering talent for the team

Cross-Functional Collaboration:
• Partner with UX designers to translate wireframes and design systems into functional applications
• Collaborate with AI platform engineers to understand agent capabilities and define integration points
• Work with product managers to prioritize features, define requirements, and plan roadmaps
• Engage with business stakeholders to gather feedback and ensure applications meet user needs
• Participate in architecture reviews and contribute to enterprise-wide technical standards

 

Qualification & Experience:
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field
• 9+ years of full-stack software engineering experience with 2+ years in people management or tech lead roles
• Expert-level React and TypeScript/JavaScript with modern frameworks (Next.js, SPA architectures)
• Proficiency in backend development: Python/FastAPI or Node.js/Express
• Production experience with state management (Redux, Zustand), RESTful APIs, PostgreSQL, and Redis
• Docker containerization, Git workflows, and cloud platform experience (AWS/Azure/GCP)
• Built production web applications with real-time interfaces (WebSocket, SSE) and data visualization (Recharts, D3.js, Plotly)

 

People Management & Leadership:
• 2+ years managing engineering teams (3-6 engineers) with experience conducting performance reviews and mentoring
• Strong communication skills across technical and non-technical audiences
• Experience with agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban) and sprint-based delivery

 

AI Application Understanding:
• Exposure to AI-powered applications or LLM-based user interfaces
• Understanding of streaming AI responses and conversational UI design (chat interfaces, message threading)
• Experience integrating with AI/ML APIs or data science platforms

 

Ideal Candidates Would Also Have:
• Next.js 13+ (App Router, Server Components), GraphQL, or WebSocket/SSE production implementation
• Python development experience (beneficial for AI platform backend integration)
• Experience in regulated industries (pharma, healthcare, finance) or global life sciences
• Experience managing globally distributed teams

If you come across a role that intrigues you but doesn’t perfectly line up with your resume, we encourage you to apply anyway. You could be one step away from work that will transform your life and career.

Uniquely Interesting Work, Life-changing Careers
With a single vision as inspiring as “Transforming patients’ lives through science™ ”, every BMS employee plays an integral role in work that goes far beyond ordinary. Each of us is empowered to apply our individual talents and unique perspectives in a supportive culture, promoting global participation in clinical trials, while our shared values of passion, innovation, urgency, accountability, inclusion and integrity bring out the highest potential of each of our colleagues.

On-site Protocol

BMS has an occupancy structure that determines where an employee is required to conduct their work. This structure includes site-essential, site-by-design, field-based and remote-by-design jobs. The occupancy type that you are assigned is determined by the nature and responsibilities of your role:

Site-essential roles require 100% of shifts onsite at your assigned facility. Site-by-design roles may be eligible for a hybrid work model with at least 50% onsite at your assigned facility. For these roles, onsite presence is considered an essential job function and is critical to collaboration, innovation, productivity, and a positive Company culture. For field-based and remote-by-design roles the ability to physically travel to visit customers, patients or business partners and to attend meetings on behalf of BMS as directed is an essential job function.

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