Lead Engineer

Lead Engineer

Company: Norstella

Location: Remote Bangalore, India

Date Posted: Nov 24, 2025

Employment Type: Full Time

Job ID: R-1590

Description

About Norstella

At Norstella, our mission is simple: to help our clients bring life-saving therapies to market quicker—and help patients in need.

Founded in 2022, but with history going back to 1939, Norstella unites best-in-class brands to help clients navigate the complexities at each step of the drug development life cycle —and get the right treatments to the right patients at the right time.

Each organization (Citeline, Evaluate, MMIT, Panalgo, The Dedham Group) delivers must-have answers for critical strategic and commercial decision-making. Together, via our market-leading brands, we help our clients:

Citeline – accelerate the drug development cycle

Evaluate – bring the right drugs to market

MMIT – identify barrier to patient access

Panalgo – turn data into insight faster

The Dedham Group – think strategically for specialty therapeutics

By combining the efforts of each organization under Norstella, we can offer an even wider breadth of expertise, cutting-edge data solutions and expert advisory services alongside advanced technologies such as real-world data, machine learning and predictive analytics.

As one of the largest global pharma intelligence solution providers, Norstella has a footprint across the globe with teams of experts delivering world class solutions in the USA, UK, The Netherlands, Japan, China and India.

Job Description

Have you wondered how life saving drugs and therapies are created, tested, marketed and made

available to patients in need? Have you wondered how clinical trials are conducted at a global scale?

How governments and health authorities regulate various organizations participating in this

marketplace? Have you wondered how those companies and insurance providers price a certain

drug, and how a care provider determines the right treatment for a given patient? If yes, Norstella

could the next step in your career.

Reporting into Senior Director, the Technical Lead will be responsible for leading and managing a

team of developers and engineers to deliver high-quality software products or services. In addition

to technical expertise, the Tech Lead should have experience managing people, providing

leadership, and creating a positive team culture. The Technical lead will also work with external

developers responsible for the development and subsequent support of the various platform

services components underpinning all the content applications across Norstella. As part of a large

technology group, the Technical Lead will work with product management, architecture and other

software engineering teams in support of the product development roadmap.

We are looking for an experienced Technical Lead with great communication skills, deep experience

in software engineering, and most importantly, the ability and willingness to keep learning in this

ever-changing technology landscape.

Education: Minimum bachelor’s degree in computer science and engineering or related field of

study, or equivalent experience.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

• Build Strong engineering team and culture.

• Work on projects with significant complexity

• Have a strong sense of ownership of the solutions that your team works on

• Be willing to work with and invest yourself in learning new technologies, programming

languages, databases etc.

• Communicate effectively

• Be an "agile" person. You desire a fast-paced dynamic work environment

• Review existing technologies for suitability and make recommendations for change

• Develop, test, and maintain high-quality software applications using Spring Boot, AWS, and

Database technologies

• Work with designers and project managers to understand client requirements and

translate them into technical specifications

• Collaborate with developers on the team to ensure code quality and consistency

• Help Troubleshoot and debug issues in production and non-production environments

• Participate in code reviews and contribute to improving our coding practices and standards

Key Requirements:

• 3+ years of experience designing, developing and architecting backend microservices with

RESTful API and API security frameworks, service-oriented and/or microservices

architecture

• 3+ years of people management experience.

• 9+ years of experience in programming with Node.js.

• 2+ years of experience with AWS, GCP, Azure, or another cloud service

• 4+ years of experience in open-source frameworks (React, etc)

• 2+ years of experience in Agile practices

• 2+ years of experience with modern relational and NoSQL databases (Experience with

relational and/or non-relational databases like PostgreSQL, DynamoDB, MySQL etc is a

big plus)

• 4+ years of experience using modern build and deployment tools such as Jenkins and

Docker

• Experience with “Test First” (TDD) software development process

• Experience within pharma/healthcare sector is a plus

The guiding principles for success at Norstella:

01: Bold, Passionate, Mission-First

We have a lofty mission to Smooth Access to Life Saving Therapies and we will get there by being bold and passionate about the mission and our clients. Our clients and the mission in what we are trying to accomplish must be in the forefront of our minds in everything we do.

02: Integrity, Truth, Reality

We make promises that we can keep, and goals that push us to new heights. Our integrity offers us the opportunity to learn and improve by being honest about what works and what doesn’t. By being true to the data and producing realistic metrics, we are able to create plans and resources to achieve our goals.

03: Kindness, Empathy, Grace

We will empathize with everyone's situation, provide positive and constructive feedback with kindness, and accept opportunities for improvement with grace and gratitude. We use this principle across the organization to collaborate and build lines of open communication.

04: Resilience, Mettle, Perserverance

We will persevere – even in difficult and challenging situations. Our ability to recover from mis-steps and failures in a positive way will help us to be successful in our mission.

05: Humility, Gratitude, Learning

We will be true learners by showing humility and gratitude in our work. We recognize that the smartest person in the room is the one who is always listening, learning, and willing to shift their thinking.

Benefits

Health Insurance

Provident Fund

Reimbursement of Certification Expenses

Gratuity

24x7 Health Desk

Norstella is an equal opportunities employer and does not discriminate on the grounds of gender, sexual orientation, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, gender reassignment, race, color, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, disability or age. Our ethos is to respect and value people’s differences, to help everyone achieve more at work as well as in their personal lives so that they feel proud of the part they play in our success. We believe that all decisions about people at work should be based on the individual’s abilities, skills, performance and behavior and our business requirements. Norstella operates a zero tolerance policy to any form of discrimination, abuse or harassment.

Sometimes the best opportunities are hidden by self-doubt. We disqualify ourselves before we have the opportunity to be considered. Regardless of where you came from, how you identify, or the path that led you here- you are welcome. If you read this job description and feel passion and excitement, we’re just as excited about you.

All legitimate roles with Norstella will be posted on Norstella’s job board which is located at norstella.com/careers. If a role is not posted on this job board, a candidate should assume the role is not a legitimate role with Norstella. Norstella is not responsible for an application that may be submitted by or through a third-party and candidates should proceed with extreme caution if a third-party approaches them about an open role with Norstella. Norstella will never ask for anything of value or any type of payment during or as part of any recruitment, interview, or pre-hire onboarding process. If you are aware of or have reason to believe a job posting purportedly for a role with Norstella is fraudulent or otherwise not authorized by Norstella, please contact the Company using the following email address: [email protected] .

Norstella is an equal opportunity employer. All job applicants will receive equal treatment regardless of race, creed, color, religion, alienage or national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, physical or mental disability or handicap, medical condition, sex (including pregnancy and pregnancy-related conditions), marital or domestic partner status, military or veteran status, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, genetic information, reproductive health decision making, or any other protected characteristic as established by federal, state, or local law.

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