Software Engineer III

Cryoport Systems is the life science industry’s most trusted provider of supply chain solutions for temperature-sensitive materials, serving biopharmaceutical, IVF and surrogacy and animal health organizations around the world. Cryoport Systems' proprietary Cryoport Express® shippers, Cryoportal® Logistics Management Platform, leading-edge Smartpak™ Condition Monitoring System and geo-sensing technology paired with unparalleled logistics expertise and 24/7/365 customer support, make Cryoport Systems the end-to-end temperature controlled supply chain partner that you can trust.

Position Summary

As a Software Engineer III at Cryoport Systems, you will implement technical initiatives, optimize team delivery, and drive architectural decisions within one of our teams. You will collaborate closely with the technical leadership team to ensure deliverables align with the organization’s broader goals and support our clients’ needs.

You will be responsible for building, evolving and supporting core value stream application components essential for our organization’s growth. Your leadership will ensure system success and foster technical excellence, allowing Cryoport Systems to deliver certainty and reliability across our business.

Key Responsibilities

Technical Expertise

• Implement scalable, resilient, and maintainable software systems aligned with business objectives.
• Execute value stream initiatives in an agile environment, ensuring that features meet business and technical goals.
• Consistently apply best practices in software development, including modularization, code quality, testing, security and data modeling and contribute towards process improvements to make the broader teams more effective.

Systems Thinking and Innovation

• Participate in technical discussions, requirements working sessions, and architecture reviews.
• Advocate for Domain-Driven Design (DDD) and loosely coupled architectures.
• Help introduce new technologies, frameworks, and tools to enhance efficiency and scalability.

Stream Alignment

• Collaborate with product managers and stakeholders to understand business goals and translate them into technical requirements.
• Contribute to technical documentation and knowledge sharing across teams.
• Ensure the team’s work aligns with the overall stream objectives and delivers measurable value to the business.

Team Leadership and Collaboration

• Mentor mid-level engineers, propose innovative solutions and break down projects to ensure incremental, timely output.
• Work closely with product managers, designers, and engineering teams to align technical efforts with business goals.
• Partner with platform and infrastructure teams to improve tooling, deployment pipelines, and cloud environments, helping to cultivate an ever-improving developer experience.

Tooling/Technologies

Ruby, Java, Python, JavaScript, MySQL, Docker, Elasticsearch, GitHub, JIRA, AWS

Ruby on Rails, Scala, Micronaut, React

Qualifications

• B.S. in Computer Science or equivalent degree (required) / M.S. in Computer Science (preferred)
• 8+ years architecting, implementing, and maintaining 100,000+ lines of code multi-tier distributed web applications using Ruby (Ruby on Rails), J2EE, JavaScript (React, Node), Python, and other web technologies.
• 6+ years architecting, implementing, and maintaining JSON API’s.
• Extensive knowledge of microservices, APIs, event-driven architectures, containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), and data modeling.

Key Competencies

• Problem-Solving: Strong, detail-oriented analytical skills and a hands-on approach to troubleshooting and resolving technical challenges.
• Innovation: A forward-thinking mindset, constantly looking for ways to innovate and improve operations; passion for automating processes.
• Strategic Vision: Ability to align stream initiatives with broader business objectives.
• Collaboration: Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to collaborate across functional teams.