Labcorp is a global leader in laboratory services, providing the insights and answers that help healthcare providers, patients, researchers, pharmaceutical companies and health systems make confident decisions and improve outcomes. Through our unparalleled science, data, technology and laboratory network, we advance diagnostics, accelerate innovation and help address some of the world’s most important health challenges. As we shape the future of healthcare, we are leveraging advanced technologies, intelligent digital solutions and data-driven innovation across our operations to enhance how work gets done and deliver greater value to customers and patients. With our global scale and deep expertise, you’ll have the opportunity to do meaningful work, grow your career and make a real impact on people’s health around the world. Together, we’re improving health and improving lives.
Labcorp is a global leader in diagnostic testing and drug development solutions, helping healthcare providers, researchers, and patients make informed decisions that advance care. Join us in our mission to improve health and improve lives.
Work Schedule
This is a full‑time, exempt (salaried) position assigned to a First Shift schedule, with standard business hours of Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. in EDT time zone. Business needs may occasionally require flexibility in work hours, including earlier, later, or additional hours, with reasonable notice provided when possible.
Applicants who live within 35 miles of either the Burlington, NC or Durham, NC location will follow a hybrid schedule. This schedule includes a minimum of three in-office days per week at an assigned location, either Burlington or Durham, supporting both collaboration and flexibility.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Leads the design, development, implementation, enhancement, and lifecycle management of complex software solutions that support business operations and strategic objectives.
- Provides technical leadership and engineering guidance across multiple initiatives, ensuring alignment with organizational standards, quality expectations, and technology strategies.
- Evaluates business and technical requirements and develops scalable, reliable, maintainable, and high-quality software solutions that support organizational priorities.
- Troubleshoots and resolves complex software, integration, performance, and operational challenges through analysis, root cause identification, and implementation of sustainable solutions.
- Establishes and promotes engineering standards, technical documentation practices, solution design principles, and continuous improvement initiatives that enhance development effectiveness.
- Collaborates with engineering, architecture, product, infrastructure, security, and business stakeholders to support modernization efforts, strategic initiatives, and successful technology delivery.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience.
- 8 or more years of experience in software development, software engineering, application development, technology delivery, or related disciplines.
- Current or previous Labcorp experience.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
ADDITIONAL JOB STANDARDS
- Experience designing, developing, implementing, and supporting complex software solutions across multiple business and technology environments.
- Experience providing technical leadership, mentoring, or engineering guidance within software development organizations.
- Experience collaborating with cross-functional stakeholders to support strategic, operational, and technology objectives.
- Experience supporting enterprise modernization, digital transformation, software platform evolution, or strategic technology initiatives.
- Exposure to software architecture, technology strategy development, or enterprise solution delivery activities.
- Experience contributing to engineering standards, technical governance practices, or software quality improvement initiatives.
- Software Engineering Leadership: Leads development of complex software solutions that support organizational objectives and technology priorities.
- Technical Problem Solving: Analyzes and resolves complex software challenges through effective, scalable, and sustainable solutions.
- Software Quality and Engineering Excellence: Promotes practices that improve software reliability, maintainability, performance, and operational effectiveness.
- Technical Leadership and Influence: Provides expertise, mentorship, and strategic guidance that support successful technology delivery and engineering maturity.
- Communication: Communicates technical concepts, recommendations, risks, and strategic considerations effectively to technical and business audiences.
- Strong collaboration and communication skills
- Strong foundation in software design principles
- Experience building and working with microservices
- Expertise in Python or high-level, interpreted, object-oriented programming language
- Experience building scalable systems using public cloud platforms such as AWS or Azure
- Experience working with kubernetes, container orchestration, cache systems (e.g. Redis), message queuing systems (e.g. RMQ, SQS), workflow orchestrators (e.g. Nextflow), storage (NAS, Postgres, S3, RDS)
- Experience building agentic AI workflows and multi-agent systems to automate complex solutions
- Experience in building and enhancing continuous integration (CI) and continuous deployment (CD)
- Experience working with Agile development methodologies and practices
- Excellent problem solving and analytical skills
- Demonstrated ability to deliver high-quality maintainable code
- Proven track record of successfully managing complex technical projects spanning multiple teams
- Provides quality feedback on designs written by other engineers
- Create coherent designs with multiple systems that interact across system boundaries
- Roll out and deprecate major features or systems with minimal livesite impact
- Set clear system metrics and achieve them consistently throughout the lifetime of the system
- Designing systems and choosing the right technologies that fit within a larger architecture
- Owns the overall health and engineering quality of multiple systems
- Drive the strategy and implementation for system operations including testing, observability, and monitoring
Application Window closes 10/16/2026
Pay Range: $180-230k annually
All job offers will be based on a candidate’s skills and prior relevant experience, applicable degrees / certifications, as well as internal equity and market data. The position is also eligible for an annual bonus under the Labcorp Bonus Plan. Bonuses are payable based on corporate and/or business segment performance and are subject to individual performance modifiers.
Benefits: Employees regularly scheduled to work 20 or more hours per week are eligible for comprehensive benefits including: Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, STD/LTD, 401(k), Paid Time Off (PTO) or Flexible Time Off (FTO), Tuition Reimbursement and Employee Stock Purchase Plan. Employees regularly scheduled to work less than 20 hours, Casual, Intern, and Temporary employees are only eligible to participate in the 401(k) Plan. Employees who are regularly scheduled to work a 7 on 7 off schedule are eligible to receive all the foregoing benefits except PTO or FTO. For more detailed information, please click here.
Labcorp is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer:
Labcorp strives for inclusion and belonging in the workforce and does not tolerate harassment or discrimination of any kind. We make employment decisions based on the needs of our business and the qualifications and merit of the individual. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), family or parental status, marital, civil union or domestic partnership status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, personal appearance, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or any other legally protected characteristic. Additionally, all qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with applicable law.
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