Lead Developer

Job Description

NYU Grossman School of Medicine is one of the nation's top-ranked medical schools. For 175 years, NYU Grossman School of Medicine has trained thousands of physicians and scientists who have helped to shape the course of medical history and enrich the lives of countless people. An integral part of NYU Langone Health, the Grossman School of Medicine at its core is committed to improving the human condition through medical education, scientific research, and direct patient care. At NYU Langone Health, equity and inclusion are fundamental values. We strive to be a place where our exceptionally talented faculty, staff, and students of all identities can thrive. We embrace inclusion and individual skills, ideas, and knowledge.


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Position Summary:
We have an exciting opportunity to join our team as a Lead Developer.


The Lead Developer of Technology Engineering to lead the development and delivery of custom software solutions that support and advance our medical education mission. This is a unique opportunity to help shape the technology landscape of a premier academic medical center and contribute to systems that support students, residents, faculty, and academic leadership. This role is focused on managing the day-to-day work of software engineering developers, coordinating delivery with architects, and ensuring technical excellence across development pipelines. The ideal candidate brings strong technical acumen, proven engineering leadership, and familiarity with cloud-native platforms, AI/ML integrations, and modern DevOps practices.

Job Responsibilities:

• Lead the day-to-day execution of mission-critical projects with an emphasis on quality, security, and scalability.

• Serve as a hands-on technical lead for development teams including both on-shore and off-shore staff providing guidance, code reviews, and technical direction while influencing team practices without direct line management.

• Work in close collaboration with the Technology Architect to translate architectural strategies into actionable engineering plans.

• Drive task planning, sprint execution, and delivery management across multiple software teams in partnership with project and people managers.

• Provide technical coaching, mentorship, and feedback to engineers, supporting their growth in collaboration with their managers.

• Ensure adherence to engineering best practices, including secure coding, graceful failure, DevOps integration, and observability.

• Champion continuous improvement efforts to enhance software delivery velocity, quality, and maintainability.

• Evaluate and adopt appropriate tools, frameworks, and technologies with a focus on innovation and sustainability.

• Support the design and communication of cloud-native and AI-integrated system architectures with input from architects.

• Promote the integration of emerging technologies such as Databricks, LLMs, and agentic tools into engineering workflows.

• Partner with infrastructure, cybersecurity, and enterprise architecture teams to ensure alignment and compliance.

• Support IT governance processes and participate in enterprise architecture reviews.

Minimum Qualifications:
To qualify you must have a Minimum Qualifications:Typically requires 10 or more years of experience and BA/BS degree or equivalent.

Preferred Qualifications:
Preferred Qualifications:Advanced degree desirable.

Qualified candidates must be able to effectively communicate with all levels of the organization.


NYU Grossman School of Medicine provides its staff with far more than just a place to work. Rather, we are an institution you can be proud of, an institution where you'll feel good about devoting your time and your talents. At NYU Langone Health, we are committed to supporting our workforce and their loved ones with a comprehensive benefits and wellness package. Our offerings provide a robust support system for any stage of life, whether it's developing your career, starting a family, or saving for retirement. The support employees receive goes beyond a standard benefit offering, where employees have access to financial security benefits, a generous time-off program and employee resources groups for peer support. Additionally, all employees have access to our holistic employee wellness program, which focuses on seven key areas of well-being: physical, mental, nutritional, sleep, social, financial, and preventive care. The benefits and wellness package is designed to allow you to focus on what truly matters. Join us and experience the extensive resources and services designed to enhance your overall quality of life for you and your family.


NYU Grossman School of Medicine is an equal opportunity employer and committed to inclusion in all aspects of recruiting and employment. All qualified individuals are encouraged to apply and will receive consideration. We require applications to be completed online.


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NYU Langone Health provides a salary range to comply with the New York state Law on Salary Transparency in Job Advertisements. The salary range for the role is $121,792.22 - $178,821.17 Annually. Actual salaries depend on a variety of factors, including experience, specialty, education, and hospital need. The salary range or contractual rate listed does not include bonuses/incentive, differential pay or other forms of compensation or benefits.

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