Staff Engineer, Software
Thermo Fisher Scientific

Job Description

DUTIES:

Job Description:

• Lead scrum teams as the Product Owner and work closely with Product Management to create and maintain a product backlog according to business value.
• Manage Product backlogs and work with Development leads to prioritize the feature list for the release.
• Plan and prioritize product feature backlog and development for the product.
• Participate and gather VOC from internal and external customers.
• Create and update EPICs for functional aspect of the system.
• Review software features on regular basis to ensure all requirements are met.
• Lead internal/external software demos with feature owners and be responsible for tracking demo feedback through JIRA tickets.
• Responsible for gap assessments and driving feature improvements and designs.
• Work closely with UX expert to generate the functional mockups for the features.
• Create and update PSD, PRD and help in reviewing user guides, test plans, and test reports.

Work Location of Employee (Address): Telecommuting/Roving Employee: Reports into company headquarters in Waltham, MA. Can work remotely or telecommute

REQUIREMENTS:

MINIMUM Education Requirement: Bachelor's degree in Bioinformatics, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field of study.

MINIMUM Experience Requirement: 5 years of experience in software engineering, or in any occupation in which the required experience can be obtained, or related experience.

Alternative Education and Experience Requirement: Master's degree in Bioinformatics, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field of study plus 3 years of experience in software engineering, or in any occupation in which the required experience can be obtained, or related experience. Required knowledge or experience with:
• NGS and bioinformatics software products;
• JIRA;
• Confluence;
• Microsoft Office Suite: Word, Excel, and PowerPoint;
• Agile process and principles; and
• Functioning as Product Owner/Testing Lead.