Senior Cloud Platform Back-End Engineer

Work Your Magic with us!  

Ready to explore, break barriers, and discover more? We know you’ve got big plans – so do we! Our colleagues across the globe love innovating with science and technology to enrich people’s lives with our solutions in Healthcare, Life Science, and Electronics. Together, we dream big and are passionate about caring for our rich mix of people, customers, patients, and planet. That's why we are always looking for curious minds that see themselves imagining the unimaginable with us.

United As One for Patients, our purpose in Healthcare is to help create, improve and prolong lives. We develop medicines, intelligent devices and innovative technologies in therapeutic areas such as Oncology, Neurology and Fertility. Our teams work together across 6 continents with passion and relentless curiosity in order to help patients at every stage of life. Joining our Healthcare team is becoming part of a diverse, inclusive and flexible working culture, presenting great opportunities for personal development and career advancement across the globe.

Your Role: As a Senior cloud platform Back-End Engineer with a strong background in AWS tools and services, you will be part of the Data & AI Solutions - Engineering team in our Healthcare R&D business. Your expertise will drive further development, deployment and continuous improvement of a critical, AWS-Cloud-based analytics platform, contributing to the overall success of our R&D efforts in the discovery and development of new drugs.   
Since the platform scope will evolve over time, this role will equally focus on implementing the technical roadmap as well as maintaining available functionalities. You will be expected to adapt quickly to evolving technologies and effectively manage the infrastructure and security aspects of the platform. You will be responsible for both the design and implementation of new platform features, including overseeing the deployment of new releases and ensuring efficient and seamless updates from a performance perspective. You will also implement strategies for data archival and optimize data lifecycle processes to ensure efficient storage management and compliance with data regulations. 
You will join a multicultural team working in agile methodologies and having high autonomy in decision-making. The role is hybrid or remote.
 
Current platform tech stack:   

• Python  
• AWS: VPC, IAM, STS, EKS, RDS, EC2, ECS, Route53, CloudWatch, CloudTrail, Secrets Manager, S3, API Gateway, Lambda, MWAA  
• Kubernetes: Docker, Helm, ArgoCD, GitOps  
• Web Development: NextJS, Storybook, Tailwind  
• TypeScript  
• PostgreSQL  
• OpenSearch / ElasticSearch  
• CDK & Cloud Formation  
• Azure AD  
• Git  
• Airflow  
• Microsoft Entra ID  
• R, SAS  

Who you are:   

Your Must Have tech skills  

• Proficiency using Python, especially with the boto3 library to interact with AWS services programmatically, for infrastructure as a code with AWS CDK and AWS Lambdas  
• Proficiency in navigating and utilizing various AWS tools and services 
• System design skills in the cloud environment  
• Experience with SQL   

Nice-to-have tech skills  

• Familiarity with Microsoft Entra ID for identity and access management 
• Familiarity with R and SAS is beneficial, particularly for data analysis and statistical modeling tasks 

Further requirements:  

• University degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field  
• Willingness to work in a multinational environment and cross-functional teams distributed between the US, Europe (mostly, Germany) and India  
• Sense of accountability and ownership, fast learner  
• Having experience in a regulated environment is a plus (GxP)  
• Fluency in English & excellent communication skills 

If you are curious and ambitious to take up this challenge, apply today and be in the driver's seat implementing our Data and Analytics landscape. Your contribution will make a lasting impact on our customers and our organization and elevating Data & Analytics to the next level!  

What we offer: We are curious minds that come from a broad range of backgrounds, perspectives, and life experiences. We celebrate all dimensions of diversity and believe that it drives excellence and innovation, strengthening our ability to lead in science and technology. We are committed to creating access and opportunities for all to develop and grow at your own pace. Join us in building a culture of inclusion and belonging that impacts millions and empowers everyone to work their magic and champion human progress!
 
Apply now and become a part of our diverse team!