Software Engineer

SGS is the world’s leading Testing, Inspection and Certification company. Through a global network of laboratories and business facilities, SGS helps organizations achieve high standards of quality, compliance and sustainability. bluesign is part of the SGS portfolio of trusted specialized brands.

At bluesign, technology supports a mission to make global value chains safer and more sustainable. Our Product & Engineering organization builds and evolves digital products for assessment, chemical intelligence, compliance, standards and business-to-business connectivity.

As a Lead Software Engineer, you will combine hands-on full-stack engineering with technical and delivery leadership in one of our stream-aligned product squads. Each squad owns its applications, user experience, services, data schemas and migrations from discovery through operation.

You will work closely with an assigned Business Analyst, developers, Quality Assurance, DevSecOps and business stakeholders. You will guide technical decisions, accept delivery-ready user stories and estimates, remove impediments, coordinate dependencies and ensure that completed work meets its acceptance criteria and Definition of Done.

• Design, build and operate accessible web applications, backend services, APIs, integrations and data-access components.
• Guide architecture decisions and protect the long-term coherence, security, reliability, observability and maintainability of the squad’s solutions.
• Accept user stories and story-point estimates, facilitate delivery decisions, remove impediments and coordinate dependencies with other squads and technical functions.
• Ensure delivered work meets acceptance criteria, engineering standards and the agreed Definition of Done.
• Establish explicit API and service contracts, versioning, integration tests and dependency ownership across domain boundaries.
• Lead code and design reviews, improve automated testing, and promote secure development and pragmatic documentation.
• Partner with DevSecOps to strengthen CI/CD pipelines, cloud environments, monitoring, secrets, identity and operational readiness.
• Contribute to squad OKRs and quarterly reviews covering product value, delivery health and quality.
• Use governed AI-assisted software engineering practices to improve development speed, code quality and delivery consistency.

• 6+ years of professional software engineering experience, including technical leadership of products or delivery teams.
• Strong full-stack capability, with depth in modern frontend development and backend service or API development.
• Practical experience designing and operating cloud-based, distributed applications.
• Strong understanding of architecture, domain boundaries, API design, data integrity, security and observability.
• Experience with automated unit, integration and end-to-end testing and with CI/CD delivery practices.
• Experience working in Agile product teams and translating business needs into implementable technical solutions.
• Ability to make pragmatic trade-offs, communicate decisions clearly and lead through influence.
• Professional fluency in English and confidence working with internationally distributed colleagues.
• Experience with Microsoft Azure and cloud-native deployment patterns.
• Experience with TypeScript, VueJS, Node.js, .NET, SQL, REST and/or GraphQL, or comparable modern technologies.
• Experience with infrastructure as code, GitHub Actions or Azure DevOps, containers and application monitoring.
• Knowledge of B2B SaaS, sustainability, supply chains, chemical data, assessment or compliance platforms.
• Experience using governed AI-assisted development tools to improve engineering productivity and quality.

Additional Information

Why SGS and bluesign?

• Join a globally recognized, stable organization with a clear sustainability mission.
• Work on digital products used across international supply chains and regulatory contexts.
• Collaborate in a multinational, distributed technology organization.
• Access continuous learning and professional development opportunities.
• Contribute to an open, supportive culture built on teamwork, trust and accountability