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Lead Software Development Engineer

at Laboratory Corp. of America

📍 2 Locations Hybrid 💰 $150K – $175K USD / year Posted March 13, 2026
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Position Details

Salary $150K – $175K USD / year
Type Full-Time
Experience lead
Exp. Years 5+ years
Education Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, IT or related field
Category Software Engineering

About this role

Lead development of agentic AI workflows, scale cloud infrastructure, and optimize data pipelines in a healthtech or life sciences environment.

Key Responsibilities

  • Design AI workflows
  • Scale cloud systems
  • Build microservices
  • Optimize data pipelines
  • Decompose business cases

Technical Overview

Expertise in cloud infrastructure (AWS), container orchestration (Kubernetes), microservices, AI workflows, and infrastructure-as-code (Terraform).

Ideal Candidate

The ideal candidate is a lead software engineer with over 5 years of experience in cloud infrastructure, microservices, and AI-driven automation, preferably with healthtech or life sciences background, skilled in Python and Kubernetes.

Must-Have Skills

5+ years software development experienceExperience with cloud infrastructure (AWS or Azure)Programming in Python or similar languageBuilding or integrating AI-driven or automation systemsExperience with microservices and container orchestration (Kubernetes)

Nice-to-Have Skills

Agentic AIMulti-agent systemsAutonomous workflow designExperience in healthtech or life sciencesExperience with distributed systems (RedisKafkaSQS)Experience with CI/CD pipelines

Tools & Platforms

AWSKubernetesTerraformRedisKafkaSQSNextflowAWS Step Functions

Required Skills

PythonKubernetesAWSS3NFSNASKafkaRMQSQSTerraformMicroservicesCI/CDAgentic AIMulti-agent systemsWorkflow orchestrationNextflowAWS Step Functions

Hard Skills

PythonKubernetesAWSS3NFSNASKafkaRMQSQSTerraformMicroservicesCI/CDAgentic AIMulti-agent systemsWorkflow orchestrationNextflowAWS Step Functions

Soft Skills

System designProblem decompositionCollaborationAgile developmentCommunication

Industry & Role

Industry Healthtech / Life Sciences
Job Function Lead software development in AI, cloud, and microservices

Keywords for Your Resume

PythonKubernetesAWSMicroservicesCI/CDAgentic AIMulti-agent systemsWorkflow orchestrationTerraformRedisKafkaSQSHealthtechLife sciencesAutonomous workflowsDistributed systemsPython DeveloperCI/CD pipelines

Deal Breakers

Less than 5 years of software development experience, No experience with cloud infrastructure (AWS/Azure), Lack of microservices or container orchestration experience, No experience with AI or automation systems

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