Ask HN: Career advice for software engineer/analyst at med-tech manufacturer

As the title says, I'm a SE at a mid-size ($100-$200m rev) med device contract manufacturer. It's cool to play a part in how data is collected/analyzed/managed here. We have a strong mfg eng culture, but SE/data mgmt has not been a high priority until I arrived, which can make my job frustrating. I've done cool projects with .Net stack that clct/org/anlyze data from the factory. I was alone for about two years and after much convincing, we recently hired a second SE. I started my career on an agile team at a marketing tech co, then built dapps at crypto consultancy with Node/React/Solidity and did product dev, tech writing, architecture and engineering. I found that I love going through the full SDLC to build something interesting/valuable. Then I did some consulting and ended up in my current gig that way. I love the idea of helping a legacy mfg co modernize their digital ops-especially a company that makes the stuff that we make.