Sr. Manager/ Director AI Software Engineer

About the role

Appnovation is a global, full-service digital partner combining Strategy, Experience & Design, Engineering and Managed Services. We build digital solutions that deliver real impact today and serve as foundations for future growth. Our technology department focuses on delivering software solutions that enable rich consumer experiences, including mobile and web applications, advanced analytics, machine learning, content and engagement management service enablement platforms.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, or equivalent.
• 5+ years of experience in software engineering with a strong focus on fullstack development.
• Experience developing and optimizing code using AI-powered tools such as Claude Code and GitHub Copilot to enhance productivity and code quality.
• Deep expertise in Python for backend development and scripting.
• Proficiency in modern frontend frameworks, specifically React and Vue.js, along with ES6 and TypeScript.
• Strong experience with backend development using Node.js and Express.js.
• Strong experience in database design and management, including both RDBMS (MySQL, PostgreSQL) and NoSQL databases (MongoDB, DynamoDB).
• Experience designing, developing, and consuming RESTful APIs and microservices.
• Experience with unit testing, integration testing, and modern DevOps practices (e.g., Git, CI/CD pipelines).
• Experience with Cloud Computing and Serverless Architecture, preferably AWS.
• Strong understanding of agile principles and methodologies.

Who you are

• You think about how to scale, automate and operate, not just how to build a solution to an immediate problem.
• You understand lean thinking.
• You set high standards for code quality, performance/scalability and security and seek continuous improvement.
• You have solid analytical, problem solving and decision-making skills.
• You have a customer-first mindset and a devotion to customer service.
• You engage and build positive internal and external client relationships, while managing multiple initiatives, often with competing priorities.
• You have strong self-initiative, passion, interpersonal, oral and written communication and collaboration skills with the ability to work, influence and make an impact in a cross-functional environment with all levels of the organization.
• You are responsive and thrive in a fast-paced diverse high-performance environment with rapidly changing business needs.
• You actively seek out things outside your comfort zone with the ability to rapidly learn and take advantage of new concepts, business models, and technologies.
• You have prior experience in consulting.
• Prior experience and connections in the Life Sciences industry is preferred.