Specialist Software Engineer Biological Studies (In Vivo)
- Amgen Inc
- 4 - 6 years
- Hyderabad
- 6 days ago
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Job Description
What you will do
In this vital role you will be responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining software solutions for Research scientists. Additionally, it involves automating operations, monitoring system health, and responding to incidents to minimize downtime. You will join a multi-functional team of scientists and software professionals that enables technology and data capabilities to evaluate drug candidates and assess their abilities to affect the biology of drug targets. This team implements scientific software platforms that enable the capture, analysis, storage, and report of in vitro assays and in vivo / pre-clinical studies as well as those that manage compound inventories / biological sample banks. The ideal candidate possesses experience in the pharmaceutical or biotech industry, strong technical skills, and full stack software engineering experience (spanning SQL, back-end, front-end web technologies, automated testing).
Roles & Responsibilities:
- Take ownership of complex software projects from conception to deployment
- Manage software delivery scope, risk, and timeline
- Possesses strong rapid prototyping skills and can quickly translate concepts into working code
- Contribute to both front-end and back-end development using cloud technology
- Develop innovative solution using generative AI technologies
- Conduct code reviews to ensure code quality and consistency to standard methodologies
- Create and maintain documentation on software architecture, design, deployment, disaster recovery, and operations
- Identify and resolve technical challenges effectively
- Stay updated with the latest trends and advancements
- Work closely with product team, business team including scientists, and other collaborators
- Design, develop, and implement applications and modules, including custom reports, interfaces, and enhancements
- Analyze and understand the functional and technical requirements of applications, solutions and systems and translate them into software architecture and design specifications
- Develop and implement unit tests, integration tests, and other testing strategies to ensure the quality of the software
- Identify and resolve software bugs and performance issues
- Work closely with multi-functional teams, including product management, design, and QA, to deliver high-quality software on time
- Maintain detailed documentation of software designs, code, and development processes
- Customize modules to meet specific business requirements
- Work on integrating with other systems and platforms to ensure seamless data flow and functionality
- Provide ongoing support and maintenance for applications, ensuring that they operate smoothly and efficiently
What we expect of you
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Basic Qualifications:
- Masters degree with 4 - 6 years of experience in Computer Science, IT, Computational Chemistry, Computational Biology/Bioinformatics or related field OR
- Bachelors degree with 6 - 8 years of experience in Computer Science, IT, Computational Chemistry, Computational Biology/Bioinformatics or related field OR
- Diploma with 10 - 12 years of experience in Computer Science, IT, Computational Chemistry, Computational Biology/Bioinformatics or related field
Must-Have Skills:
- Proficient in a General-Purpose High-Level Language (e.g. Python, Java, C#.NET)
- Proficient in a Javascript UI Framework (e.g. React, ExtJs)
- Proficient in SQL (e.g. Oracle, PostGres, Databricks)
- Experience with event-based architecture (e.g. Mulesoft, AWS EventBridge, AWS Kinesis, Kafka)
Preferred Qualifications:
- 3+ years of experience in implementing and supporting biopharma scientific software platforms
- Strong understanding of software development methodologies, mainly Agile and Scrum
- Hands-on experience with Full Stack software development
- Strong understanding of cloud platforms (e.g AWS) and containerization technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes)
- Working experience with DevOps practices and CI/CD pipelines
- Experience with big data technologies (e.g., Spark, Databricks)
- Experience with API integration, serverless, microservices architecture (e.g. Mulesoft, AWS Kafka)
- Experience with monitoring and logging tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, Splunk)
- Experience of infrastructure as code (IaC) tools (Terraform, CloudFormation)
- Experience with version control systems like Git
- Experience with automated testing tools and frameworks
- Experience with Benchling
Professional Certifications
- AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner preferred
Soft Skills:
- Excellent problem solving, analytical, and troubleshooting skills
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills
- Ability to work effectively with global, virtual teams
- High degree of initiative and self-motivation
- Ability to learn quickly & work independently
- Team-oriented, with a focus on achieving team goals
- Ability to manage multiple priorities successfully
- Strong presentation and public speaking skills
Job Classification
Industry: Pharmaceutical & Life SciencesFunctional Area / Department: Engineering - Software & QA
Role Category: Software Development
Role: Full Stack Developer
Employement Type: Full time
Contact Details:
Company: Amgen IncLocation(s): Hyderabad
Keyskills: React Java Javascript UI Framework C#.NET Kafka ExtJs Python Mulesoft AWS EventBridge AWS Kinesis
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