Senior Software Engineer (Contingent)

## About the Role As a Senior Software Engineer at Cryoport Systems, you will play a critical role in leading technical initiatives, optimizing team delivery, and driving architectural decisions within one of our teams. You will collaborate closely with the technical leadership team to ensure deliverables align with the organization's broader goals and support our clients' needs. Our teams work in an agile environment, ensuring that features meet business and technical goals. The role entails building, evolving, and supporting core value stream application components essential for our organization's growth. Your leadership will ensure system success and foster technical excellence, allowing Cryoport Systems to deliver certainty and reliability across our business. You will be working closely with product managers, designers, and engineering teams to align technical efforts with business goals. Cryoport Systems is a comprehensive supply chain partner for the life sciences industry, delivering specialized solutions to meet the challenges of the biopharmaceutical, cell and gene therapy, reproductive medicine, and animal health markets. Our offerings span logistics, BioServices and biostorage, cryopreservation, and consulting, ensuring the highest standards of quality and reliability for sensitive materials. ## What You Will Do - Implement scalable, resilient, and maintainable software systems aligned with technical roadmaps - Execute value stream initiatives in an agile environment, ensuring that features meet business and technical goals - Apply and ensure best practices in software development, including modularization, code quality, testing, security, and data modeling - Participate in technical discussions, architecture reviews, and roadmap planning - Contribute to the technical vision and architecture for the stream - Advocate for Domain-Driven Design (DDD) and loosely coupled architectures - Review and assess new technologies, frameworks, and tools to enhance efficiency and scalability - Collaborate with product managers and stakeholders to understand business goals and translate them into technical requirements - Contribute to technical documentation and knowledge sharing across teams - Ensure the team's work aligns with objectives laid out in technical roadmaps - Support mid-level engineers, fostering a culture of learning and technical ownership - Work closely with product managers, designers, and engineering teams to align technical efforts with business goals ## What We Are Looking For - B.S. in Computer Science or equivalent degree (required) / M.S. in Computer Science (preferred) - 8+ years of experience architecting, implementing, and maintaining 100,000+ lines of code multi-tier distributed web applications using Ruby (Ruby on Rails), J2EE, JavaScript (React, Node), Python, and other web technologies - 5+ years of experience architecting, implementing, and maintaining JSON API’s - Extensive knowledge of microservices, APIs, event-driven architecture, containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), and data modeling - Strong, detail-oriented analytical skills and a hands-on approach to troubleshooting and resolving technical challenges - A forward-thinking mindset, constantly looking for ways to innovate and improve operations; passion for automating processes - Ability to align stream initiatives with broader business objectives - Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to collaborate across functional teams - Proficiency in tools such as Ruby, Java, Python, JavaScript, MySQL, Docker, Elasticsearch, GitHub, JIRA, AWS - Experience with Ruby on Rails, Scala, Micronaut, React ## Nice to Have - Experience with Excel for data analysis and reporting - Knowledge of cloud-based technologies and their applications - Certification in software development or a related field - Experience working in the life sciences industry ## Benefits and Perks - Competitive salary and benefits package - Opportunity to work with a comprehensive supply chain partner for the life sciences industry - Collaborative and dynamic work environment - Professional development and growth opportunities - Flexible working hours and remote work options - Access to the latest technologies and tools - Recognition and reward for outstanding performance - Comprehensive health insurance and wellness programs - Generous paid time off and holiday leave

- When applying, make sure to highlight your experience with software development, agile environments, and technical leadership, as these are key requirements for the role.

• Showcase your ability to collaborate across functional teams and align technical efforts with business goals.
• Be prepared to discuss your approach to troubleshooting and resolving technical challenges, as well as your experience with innovating and improving operations.
• Make sure to research the company and its values, and be prepared to discuss how your skills and experience align with those values.
• Don't be afraid to ask questions during the interview process, such as what a typical day looks like in the role, or what opportunities there are for growth and development within the company.
• Consider creating a portfolio of your work, including examples of your software development projects and any relevant certifications or awards.
• When negotiating salary, be sure to research the market rate for the role and be prepared to discuss your expectations and requirements.