Software Engineering Manager

Bring more to life.

Are you ready to accelerate your potential and make a real difference within life sciences, diagnostics and biotechnology?

At Leica Microsystems, one of Danaher's 15+ operating companies, our work saves lives—and we're all united by a shared commitment to innovate for tangible impact.

You'll thrive in a culture of belonging where you and your unique viewpoint matter. And by harnessing Danaher's system of continuous improvement, you help turn ideas into impact – innovating at the speed of life.

Shape the Future with Us

At Leica Microsystems, we have been shaping the future for over 175 years with groundbreaking optical and digital solutions. With a culture rooted in customer focus, innovation, and teamwork, we lead the market in microscopy, imaging, and analysis, unveiling the invisible and empowering our customers to build a better, healthier world.

Joining Leica Microsystems means contributing to scientific discoveries and supporting surgeons in making critical decisions. Our advanced microscopes and AI-based image analysis solutions enable users to gain profound insights into development and engineering challenges. Here, you will work on meaningful projects alongside passionate colleagues, driving progress and pushing the boundaries of what's possible.

Learn about the Danaher Business System which makes everything possible.

The Software Engineering Manager is responsible for a software team developing Aivia, an AI-enabled 3D microscopy image visualization and analysis software that integrates a wide range of machine learning (including deep learning) and image-processing algorithms, virtual reality hardware, and 3rd-party application software. Join us to lead a team, building software which accelerates breakthroughs in life sciences and healthcare.

This position reports to the Senior Manager – R&D and is part of the AIVIA software development team located in Bellevue, WA and will be an on-site role.

In this role, you will have the opportunity to:

• Lead and mentor a team of software engineers to build competitive and state-of-the-art AI image analysis software solutions.
• Collaborate with product management, software, and algorithm engineers to design and implement complex, high-quality features.
• Own technical strategy: identify challenges, propose solutions, and introduce innovative technologies.
• Drive architectural decisions and ensure scalability and maintainability.
• Champion agile practices and predictable delivery.
• Hire, coach, and develop talent in an inclusive, growth-oriented environment.
• Foster a culture of innovation and continuous improvement.

The essential requirements of the job include:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field.
• 5+ years of software engineering experience, including 3+ years in leadership roles.
• 3+ years of experience with C#, C++, and modern software development tools.
• Minimum of 3 years of experience designing and implementing software architecture for enterprise-scale applications.
• Track record of delivering at least 3 enterprise-scale projects within agreed timelines and quality standards in an agile development environment.

It would be a plus if you also possess previous experience in:

• Experience with 3D graphics (OpenGL, VTK, WebGL).
• Knowledge of ML, computer vision, and image processing.
• Familiarity with microscopy software (ImageJ, Imaris, etc.)

Leica Microsystems, a Danaher operating company, offers a broad array of comprehensive, competitive benefit programs that add value to our lives. Whether it's a health care program or paid time off, our programs contribute to life beyond the job. Check out our benefits at Danaher Benefits Info.

The annual salary range for this role is $125k to $155k. This is the range that we in good faith believe is the range of possible compensation for this role at the time of this posting. This range may be modified in the future.

This job is also eligible for bonus/incentive pay. #L1-WT1

We offer comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.

Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company's sole discretion, consistent with the law.

Join our winning team today. Together, we'll accelerate the real-life impact of tomorrow's science and technology. We partner with customers across the globe to help them solve their most complex challenges, architecting solutions that bring the power of science to life.

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