
AVP – Instrument Software Engineering
Agilent Technologies
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Santa Clara • California • United States
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Salary
💰 $282,240 - $441,000 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Own end-to-end software engineering for platform components and lab workflow software—spanning instrument control, data pipelines, scientific analysis, and shared services.
- Translate enterprise software strategy into scalable delivery plans, engineering standards, and quality metrics.
- Partner closely with Product, Architecture, Security, and R&D leaders to ensure tight alignment from roadmap to release.
- Drive the transition from legacy, monolithic architectures to modern, composable architecture.
- Ensure software portfolio meets high standards of reliability, performance, scalability and user experience.
- Operationalize Generative AI and ML tools within the SDLC to improve developer productivity, code quality, and release velocity.
- Lead and develop distributed, global engineering teams across regions and product lines.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience
- 10+ years of progressive engineering leadership with experience in modular architectures for on-prem or cloud-based environments
- Proven experience leading large-scale modernization efforts in customer-facing software (e.g., CDS, mass spectrometry software, cell analysis platforms, or similar scientific software)
- Deep understanding of modular, distributed architectures across on-prem, hybrid, or cloud environments
- Demonstrated success building and scaling high-performing engineering organizations in a matrixed, global setting.
Benefits
- eligibility for bonus
- stock and benefits
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
software engineeringdata pipelinesscientific analysisGenerative AImachine learningmodular architecturecloud environmentson-prem environmentssoftware quality metricsperformance scalability
Soft Skills
leadershipcollaborationcommunicationstrategic planningteam developmentalignmentmodernizationproblem-solvingglobal team managementengineering standards
Certifications
Bachelor’s degree in Computer ScienceMaster’s degree in Engineering