Software Development Manager

Role Description

The Software Development Manager will lead a team responsible for the design, delivery, and support of platform tooling, operational automation, developer productivity solutions, and AI-enabled support capabilities across Solventum's Data Fabric ecosystem. The role manages software engineers delivering shared capabilities that support the Catalyst FHIR Repository, Data Services, FHIR Station, OpenSearch, Data Lakehouse, and other strategic platform initiatives.

• Responsible for team leadership, product ownership, backlog management, delivery execution, operational excellence, and platform support.
• Collaborate closely with engineering, product, infrastructure, security, architecture, and operations teams to improve platform reliability, scalability, supportability, and user experience.
• Drive innovation through automation, self-service capabilities, enterprise knowledge management, and AI-enabled support solutions.
• Ensure alignment with organizational objectives, security requirements, and regulatory expectations.
• Support cloud-native platform capabilities operating within healthcare and government-aligned environments.
• Play a key role in enabling future Data Fabric growth and operational maturity.
• Excellent communicator, able to eliminate jargon when necessary, yet able to dive deep into technical details.
• Avid learner, keeping up to date with new technologies and evaluating their impact on the organization.
• Adept at attracting talent and building high-performance teams that deliver high-quality solutions.
• Support platform capabilities operating within regulated cloud environments, including GovCloud and GovRAMP-aligned deployments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree or higher AND Seven (7)+ years of software engineering, platform engineering, software development, or technical product development experience building enterprise-scale applications
• OR High School Diploma/GED AND Fourteen (14) years of software engineering, platform engineering, software development, or technical product development experience building enterprise-scale applications
• 3+ years of experience leading technical teams, software delivery programs, or engineering initiatives.
• 3+ years of experience working with cloud-native applications, APIs, distributed systems, and modern software architecture.
• 3+ years of experience operating within Agile software development methodologies.
• 3+ years of experience supporting, developing, or integrating enterprise platforms, operational tooling, or developer enablement solutions.
• 1+ year of experience with AI-enabled technologies, intelligent automation, Generative AI, AI-assisted development tools, or related technologies.

Requirements

• Healthcare interoperability standards and healthcare data platforms, including FHIR.
• Regulated cloud environments and compliance frameworks, including FedRAMP, GovCloud, GovRAMP, StateRAMP, DoD, or VA programs.
• Cloud-native architectures, distributed systems, and large-scale enterprise applications on AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform.
• Platform engineering, developer experience (DX), operational tooling, and support engineering organizations.
• Enterprise search and knowledge management technologies, including OpenSearch, Elasticsearch, semantic search, and information retrieval systems.
• Event-driven architectures and modern integration technologies, such as Apache Kafka.
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC), cloud automation, and DevOps practices.
• Generative AI, Large Language Models (LLMs), Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), AI-assisted development tools, and intelligent automation platforms.
• AI-powered support solutions, virtual assistants, self-service platforms, and operational automation.
• Responsible AI, AI governance, AI security, and enterprise risk management practices.
• Engineering leadership experience, including talent development, hiring, vendor management, budgeting, and cross-functional stakeholder influence.
• Modern software quality practices, including test automation, Test-Driven Development (TDD), and Behavior-Driven Development (BDD).

Benefits

• Competitive pay and benefits, regularly benchmarked with comparable companies.
• Medical, Dental & Vision, Health Savings Accounts, Health Care & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts, Disability Benefits, Life Insurance, Voluntary Benefits, Paid Absences, and Retirement Benefits.