Lead Backend Developer

$141,800 - $231,400/Yr

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals - Tarrytown, NY

Full-time - Senior

Tarrytown, NY

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

The Technical Lead for the Application Development team at Regeneron Pharmaceuticals will provide technical leadership and oversight for a portfolio of solutions that support scientific research and discovery. This hands-on role involves developing solutions across the entire stack, engaging with internal clients, managing technical work, and ensuring alignment with architecture guidelines.

Responsibilities

• Develop solutions across the entire stack from web applications to cloud-based APIs and services using JavaScript and AWS services.
• Engage with internal clients to understand use cases and gather feedback.
• Manage technical work and timelines.
• Prioritize and complete multiple initiatives in an agile environment.
• Coordinate cloud-based (AWS) infrastructure with the DevOps team.
• Keep informed of new and emerging technologies to incorporate into the technical stack.
• Ensure alignment to architecture guidelines and frameworks related to logging, authentication, security, error recovery, etc.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree or higher with at least 10 years of relevant IT experience.
• 4+ years of experience building applications in the cloud and JavaScript development.
• Expert knowledge of web application and cloud-based architecture patterns.
• Hands-on experience with React, Typescript, AWS services such as Lambda and RDS, MySQL/PostgresSQL.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience managing production enterprise applications.
• Ability to develop reusable libraries/code modules.
• Attention to detail and commitment to operational excellence.
• Experience working in a fast-paced environment.

Benefits

• Health and wellness programs
• Fitness centers
• Equity awards
• Annual bonuses
• Paid time off for eligible employees