Tech Lead - Labs Domain (Valencia)

At the Vitrolife Group, we work every day to unlock the full potential of science and technology to reduce the barriers towards building a family. Together we help our customers and their patients to fulfill the dream of having a healthy baby.

Vitrolife Group is a global provider of medical devices and genetic services. Based on science and advanced research capabilities, we develop services and products for personalized genetic information and medical device products. We support our customers by improving their clinical practice for the patient's outcome of fertility treatment.

Build Things the Right Way (Together)

We’re looking for a Tech Lead to join our Labs Domain Team in Valencia, Spain, reporting to the Labs Platform Engineering Manager or equivalent IMT lead. The role follows a hybrid working model aligned with the needs of the team. You’ll guide people and technology, combining strong technical leadership with pragmatic delivery and partnering closely with a Digital Product Owner to turn product goals into robust technical solutions. You’ll lead the engineering approach, ensure quality and security, and help the team deliver efficiently while protecting the long-term health and maintainability of the platform.

Location: Parque Tecnológico, Paterna, Valencia, Spain

Your Mission

Your mission will be to own the technical direction and architecture of the Labs domain’s products, enabling the team to deliver efficiently, safely, and sustainably. You will balance short-term delivery priorities with the long-term technical health, scalability, and maintainability of the solutions.

What You’ll Do

• Design and evolve the technical architecture of the product

• Break down features into technical tasks and concrete implementation approaches

• Lead sprint planning and technical refinement

• Ensure DevOps, testing, and operational practices are in place

• Collaborate with platform, security, and enterprise architecture teams

• Mentor developers and raise the technical bar across the team

What You Bring

• Strong hands-on experience as a senior engineer or technical lead

• Experience acting as a technical lead in agile or product teams

• Solid understanding of cloud-native architectures and integrations

• Ability to make clear technical decisions and explain trade-offs

• A pragmatic mindset: progress over perfection, but never reckless

Nice to Have

• Labs environment functional knowledge (LIMS workflows, sample tracking, provenance)

• Experience with healthcare interoperability standards (e.g., FHIR)

• Regulatory/compliance domain experience (GxP, 21 CFR Part 11, HIPAA, GDPR)

• Lab/LIMS domain knowledge or enterprise SaaS platforms

• Containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes)

• Advanced observability tools and APM solutions

• Spanish would be a plus

Background & Experience

• Strong background as a senior engineer, developer, or technical architect

• Experience leading and coaching engineers in product-oriented teams

• Proven ability to run effective delivery teams and establish healthy ways of working

• Solid understanding of cloud platforms, integrations, and modern architectures

• Ability to collaborate with Enterprise Architecture on standards and constraints

• Experience working in enterprise-scale or regulated environments is a plus

Why Join Us?

• Take ownership of the technical direction, with a clear mandate and real decision-making authority.

• Work in close partnership with Digital Product Owners who define priorities and business outcomes.

• Contribute to products that have a tangible impact on laboratory operations, the business, and ultimately patient outcomes.

• Join an IT organization that invests in modern technologies and gives engineering teams a strategic role in the company’s growth.

• Work in an environment that values engineering discipline, quality, collaboration, and sustainable delivery.

• Benefit from a hybrid working model, flexible working hours, and private health insurance.

* Please note that the interview process will be conducted in English.

Vitrolife Group is an equal opportunity employer. We welcome and encourage applications from people with disabilities.

Applications will be reviewed on an ongoing basis, so please submit your application as soon as possible.

We are currently approximately 1 130 colleagues worldwide, with headquarters in Gothenburg, Sweden. Vitrolife Group's products and services are available in more than 110 countries through our own presence in 30 countries and a network of distributors. Vitrolife Group is a sustainable market leader and aims to be the preferred partner for IVF-clinics by providing superior products and services with the vision of fulfilling the dream of having a healthy baby. The Vitrolife share is listed on Nasdaq Stockholm.