Sr Eng Forward Deployed Engineer, RD Soft Eng

Sr Eng Forward Deployed Engineer, RD Soft Eng

Forward Deployed Engineering, Full Stack Product Engineering, Digital Solutions & Cloud Applications
Location
Hyderabad, India (Hybrid)
Reports To
Director, Product Engineering / ICC

Position Overview

Key Responsibilities

Forward Deployed Engineering Leadership

Act as the technical lead for customer-embedded delivery efforts, owning solution discovery, design, build, deployment, and adoption from concept to production.

Lead by influence across product managers, architects, engineers, data teams, AI teams, cybersecurity, quality, and business stakeholders.

Translate complex and evolving business needs into actionable technical designs, prototypes, integration patterns, and delivery plans.

Mentor engineers on solution design, secure coding, debugging, technical decision-making, and production-readiness practices.
Full Stack Product Engineering

Design and build modern web applications, APIs, services, workflow tools, dashboards, portals, automation components, and integration layers.

Rapidly prototype solutions with users, validate value, iterate based on feedback, and convert prototypes into maintainable production-grade applications.

Own implementation across front-end, back-end, API, database, identity, integration, observability, and deployment layers.

Ensure solutions are scalable, secure, accessible, performant, compliant, and aligned with enterprise architecture and platform standards.
Deployment, Integration & Enterprise Platforms

Deploy and integrate solutions within complex enterprise environments, including legacy systems, cloud platforms, identity services, data platforms, and third-party applications.

Apply cloud-native patterns, microservices, API-first design, event-driven integration, containerization, and managed services where appropriate.

Troubleshoot production issues, resolve integration blockers, optimize performance, and address edge cases in live business workflows.

Capture deployment learnings and convert them into reusable engineering patterns, product improvements, accelerators, and reference architectures.
DevSecOps & Operational Excellence

Implement CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, quality gates, security scans, infrastructure automation, and release management practices.

Establish operational KPIs covering reliability, performance, deployment frequency, incident trends, and service health.

Partner with cybersecurity, privacy, and quality teams to ensure secure software development lifecycle practices.

Drive root cause analysis, technical debt reduction, application rationalization, and continuous platform improvement.
Stakeholder & Product Delivery

Run discovery workshops, technical deep dives, and solution design sessions with business users, product owners, architects, and delivery teams.

Communicate trade-offs, risks, technical options, and delivery progress clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Partner with product teams to convert field insights into backlog items, platform enhancements, roadmap inputs, and adoption strategies.

Balance rapid delivery, business value, user adoption, security, compliance, quality, and long-term maintainability.
Compliance, Security & Quality

Ensure applications comply with applicable enterprise security, privacy, quality, accessibility, and regulatory requirements.

Support delivery practices aligned with GxP, Computer System Validation (CSV), GDPR, HIPAA, and internal J&J technology standards where applicable.

Maintain audit-ready engineering documentation, traceability, and release evidence for regulated applications.

Promote responsible use of data and AI-enabled capabilities within application experiences.
Required Qualifications
Education

Bachelors Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, Software Engineering, or a related field.

Masters Degree preferred.
Experience

5+ years of experience in software engineering, full stack development, enterprise application delivery, solution engineering, or digital product engineering.

3+ years of experience as a technical lead, lead engineer, solution architect, forward deployed engineer, or senior hands-on engineering owner.

Proven experience building and deploying production-grade full stack applications using modern front-end, back-end, API, database, and cloud technologies.

Experience working directly with business users or customers to discover needs, design solutions, implement integrations, troubleshoot issues, and drive adoption.

Experience with Agile delivery, DevSecOps, CI/CD, automated testing, observability, release management, and production support practices.

Experience in Pharmaceutical, Healthcare, Life Sciences, or other regulated industries preferred.
Technical Skills
Front-End Engineering
Back-End & APIs
Cloud & DevSecOps
Engineering Practices

React / Angular / modern JavaScript frameworks

TypeScript / JavaScript

HTML5 / CSS3

Responsive design

Accessibility and UX collaboration

Java / .NET / Node.js / Python

REST APIs and microservices

API security and authentication

Relational and NoSQL databases

Event-driven integrations

Azure preferred / AWS

Containers and Kubernetes

CI/CD pipelines

Infrastructure as Code

Monitoring, logging, observability

Secure SDLC

Automated testing

Code quality and reviews

Agile delivery

Architecture and design patterns

Production support excellence
Preferred Qualifications

Experience delivering solutions for Clinical Development, R&D, Medical Affairs, Regulatory, enterprise data platforms, or internal business productivity use cases.

Experience integrating applications with analytics platforms, AI services, workflow tools, enterprise identity, API gateways, and data products.

Experience operating in ambiguous environments where requirements evolve and rapid experimentation is required to validate business value.

Relevant certifications in Azure, AWS, software architecture, Agile, DevOps, cybersecurity, or application engineering.

Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to simplify complex technology topics, influence without authority, and build trust with stakeholders.
Organization
Digital Product Engineering / Clinical IT / ICC Hyderabad
Johnson & Johnson is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic.

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