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# Director, Engineering at ValGenesis

- **Company:** ValGenesis
- **Location:** Chennai, India
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** onsite
- **Posted:** 2026-06-09
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-13
- **Apply:** https://jobs.lever.co/valgenesis/393d181e-890a-479b-a0b0-26fd7356f247

## Job description

## About ValGenesis

ValGenesis is a leading digital validation platform provider for life sciences companies. ValGenesis suite of products are used by 30 of the top 50 global pharmaceutical and biotech companies to achieve digital transformation, total compliance and manufacturing excellence/intelligence across their product lifecycle.

Learn more about working for ValGenesis, the de facto standard for paperless validation in Life Sciences: https://www.valgenesis.com/about

About the Role:

Responsibilities:

- Responsible for architecture, design, development, quality and performance engineering of one or more enterprise software products.
- Provide technical and strategic leadership for one or more enterprise product engineering teams.
- Ensure quality of one or more product/application code bases and alignment with development standards.
- Development of highly complex cloud native applications, interfaces and integration with other systems.
- Lead/Own the complete development life cycle with agile principles for the respective products.
- Review and recommend changes to the architecture/design/code.
- Head the development of enterprise platform and application features/services with micro services, micro frontend patterns, using Azure cloud services, C# .NET Core, ReactJS, PostGres etc, implementing AI-DevSecOps principles.
- Own and be accountable for the Performance, Scalability, Reliability and Sustainability of the respective enterprise platform/products.
- Guide the POCs/Technical Solution Approach using the combination of open source, closed source, commercial technology/toolset.
- Evaluate and recommend software development tools.
- Strive for self-excellence along with managing, coaching/mentoring, enabling success of the development/engineering teams.

Requirements:

- 12+ years of product development experience with enterprise grade products
- 6+ years of hands-on and strategic experience in leading cloud native product engineering teams
- Extensive experience with C#, .NET Core, Azure Cloud Services and DevOps
- Working knowledge of the JS frameworks – React, TypeScript etc
- Proven experience in automating development lifecycle using combination of AI tools - Claude + CoPilot + MCP
- Strong experience in Micro-Services and/or Micro-Frontend architecture
- Strong experience in container-based development, AKS, Service Fabric etc
- Strong experience in messaging queue systems like RabbitMQ, Kafka
- Experience in architecting, building event driven and distributed software applications using cloud native services – preferably Azure
- Strong experience in Relational and No-SQL databases like PostgreSQL, MongoDB, MS SQL Server
- Preferable experience in integrating LLMs, vector databases, RAG into production apps
- Experience in owning/driving end to end development of multiple products/solutions (incl testing, performance testing, deployment)
- Strong knowledge of implementing Code Quality, Code Monitoring, Performance Engineering, Test Automation Tools
- Experience in coaching/guiding/leading one or more teams of full stack engineers
- Experience working with cross-functional teams - Product Management, Quality, Exec leadership

We’re on a Mission In 2005, we disrupted the life sciences industry by introducing the world’s first digital validation lifecycle management system. ValGenesis VLMS® revolutionized compliance-based corporate validation activities and has remained the industry standard. Today, we continue to push the boundaries of innovation ― enhancing and expanding our portfolio beyond validation with an end-to-end digital transformation platform. We combine our purpose-built systems with world-class consulting services to help every facet of GxP meet evolving regulations and quality expectations.

The Team You’ll Join Our customers’ success is our success. We keep the customer experience centered in our decisions, from product to marketing to sales to services to support. Life sciences companies exist to improve humanity’s quality of life, and we honor that mission.​ We work together. We communicate openly, support each other without reservation, and never hesitate to wear multiple hats to get the job done. We think big. Innovation is the heart of ValGenesis. That spirit drives product development as well as personal growth. We never stop aiming upward. We’re in it to win it. We’re on a path to becoming the number one intelligent validation platform in the market, and we won’t settle for anything less than being a market leader.​

## How We Work

Our Chennai, Hyderabad and Bangalore offices are onsite, 5 days per week. We believe that in-person interaction and collaboration fosters creativity, and a sense of community, and is critical to our future success as a company. ValGenesis is an equal-opportunity employer that makes employment decisions on the basis of merit. Our goal is to have the best-qualified people in every job. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or any other characteristics protected by local law.

## About ValGenesis

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: ValGenesis provides an AI-powered digital platform for validation lifecycle management and manufacturing process oversight, purpose-built for life sciences companies.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Privately Held; total funding of $40.4M across multiple rounds including private equity and debt)
- **Headquarters**: Santa Clara, California, United States
- **Founded**: 2005
- **Founders**: Siva Samy, Ph.D. (CEO & Chief Product Strategist) and Narayan Raj (COO) – implied co-founders based on long tenure and leadership roles

## Core Business
- **Primary Industry**: Life sciences software – validation, quality, and compliance digitalization
- **Target Customers**: B2B Enterprise – pharmaceutical, biotech, and medical device companies; 30 of the top 50 global life sciences companies are customers
- **Mission / Purpose**: “To bring digital order to the world of validation in life sciences” and “empower life sciences companies to improve quality of life by accelerating the delivery of consistent, safe products.”

## Products & Services
- **[ValGenesis Smart GxP™ Platform](https://www.valgenesis.com/)**: An AI-enabled, end-to-end platform that digitalizes the full lifecycle of drug process design, validation, and continuous process insight. Connects design, validation, and manufacturing with built-in compliance.
- **[iVal™](https://www.valgenesis.com/platform/ival)**: AI-powered validation authoring, automated execution, anomaly detection, and traceability. Supports CQV and CSA, aiming to reduce validation cycles by up to 80% and observations by 90%.
- **[iClean™](https://www.valgenesis.com/platform/iclean)**: Cleaning validation software with automated MACO calculations, ADE-aligned limits, 2D/3D equipment maps, and global standardization. Halves cleaning validation timelines.
- **[iOps™](https://www.valgenesis.com/platform/iops)**: Mobile, QR-enabled logbook replacement for use, cleaning, and calibration events. Provides 100% traceability, 70% reduction in documentation labor, and real-time compliance.
- **[iCMC™](https://www.valgenesis.com/platform/icmc)**: QbD platform linking QTPP, CQA/CPP analysis, FMEA, HAZOP, and ML-powered trend analytics for process design and robustness.
- **[iCPV™](https://www.valgenesis.com/platform/icpv)**: Continuous process verification platform using multivariate analysis, SPC control charts, and automated CPV reports for early-warning monitoring.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation**: Not disclosed (private company)
- **Key Metrics**:
  - Annual Revenue: $32.4M (from LinkedIn company data)
  - Total Funding: $40.4M
- **Notable Investors / Partners**:
  - Morgan Stanley Expansion Capital (led $24M private equity round in May 2021)
  - Bridge Bank (provided $16M debt financing in August 2025)
- **Growth Signals**:
  - Employee count: ~501 (monthly growth +1.0%)
  - Active job postings: 34 (as of early Sept 2026)
  - Global footprint: offices in Santa Clara, Toronto, Lisbon, Schiphol, Chennai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad
  - Customer base includes 30 of the top 50 global life sciences companies

## Competitive Advantages
- **First-mover in digital validation**: Created the first fully digital Validation Lifecycle Management system in the industry (2005).
- **Only CSA-ready application**: First and only application compliant with Computer Software Assurance (CSA) guidelines.
- **AI‑powered platform**: Machine learning integration across all products for predictive insights, anomaly detection, and automation.
- **Deep domain expertise**: 20+ years focused exclusively on life sciences validation and compliance.
- **Installed base**: 30 of the top 50 global life sciences companies use ValGenesis, signaling high switching costs and trust.

## Strategic Focus
- **AI-first platform unification**: Continuing to embed AI into all products under the ValGenesis Smart GxP™ umbrella, connecting validation, quality, and manufacturing into a single intelligent ecosystem.
- **Global expansion**: Growing presence in Europe (Lisbon, Schiphol) and Asia (India) to support multinational clients.
- **Digital transformation leadership**: Driving the industry shift from paper-based validation to fully digital, audit-ready processes.

## Why Work Here
- **Mission-driven culture**: Company motto “innovators, creators, dreamers, and doers” with a clear focus on improving patient lives through safer, faster product delivery.
- **Global & diverse team**: 501 employees across 9 countries, with major hubs in India (58%), Portugal, US, and Canada. Work with colleagues from varied backgrounds.
- **Remote/hybrid policy**: Not explicitly stated, but multiple office locations suggest hybrid or office-optional arrangements depending on role.
- **Growth opportunities**: 34 active job openings across engineering, product, sales, and support; company is growing headcount and investing in R&D.
- **Engineering culture**: Strong emphasis on AI, full-stack, DevOps, and data engineering roles. Technical staff make up 42% of the workforce.
- **Employee notes**: LinkedIn employer rating 3.2/5 (196 reviews) – work-life balance and culture are average; compensation and career growth rated slightly higher. Candidate reviews are mixed; typical for a mid-stage private company.
- **Perks**: Not detailed publicly, but as a global software company with competitive salaries (sample ranges visible for India and Portugal), likely includes standard benefits.

## Sources
1. [valgenesis.com – Company Overview](https://www.valgenesis.com/about)
2. [valgenesis.com – Product pages](https://www.valgenesis.com/)
3. [valgenesis.com – Careers](https://www.valgenesis.com/careers)
4. [linkedin.com/company/valgenesis-inc](https://linkedin.com/company/valgenesis-inc)
5. [jobs.lever.co/valgenesis – Active job postings](https://jobs.lever.co/valgenesis)

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