Senior Cloud Solutions Architect

Your Role:

Ready to shape the future? As Senior Cloud Solutions Architect, you will be actively designing, implementing, and operating cloud-native backend systems and data services on AWS, contributing directly to our Data & AI platform and R&D product roadmap. You write production code, build pipelines, own deployments, and take end-to-end accountability for the solutions you deliver. If you thrive building things that matter, in a team that values quality, ownership, and continuous improvement, this role is for you.

Your key responsibilities:

• Implement new features and maintain platform functionalities using AWS services (Lambda, Step Functions, Glue, Athena, API Gateway, and more); own deployments end to end.
• Design and implement data processing pipelines, data archive processes, and RESTful/microservice integrations; apply serverless and event-driven patterns.
• Write clean, well-tested, documented Python code; apply OOP and design patterns; participate actively in code reviews.
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines in Azure DevOps; apply IaC principles using Terraform, CloudFormation, or CDK.
• Embed AWS security best practices and Merck security standards into every solution; ensure observability through monitoring and health checks.

In return, we offer direct impact on life-changing R&D, a high-autonomy engineering culture with experienced peers, flexible working models, and the purpose-driven environment of a global science and technology company.

Who You Are:

Mindset & Ways of Working

• Strong sense of ownership and accountability - you build it, you run it.
• Curious and eager to learn; comfortable adapting to evolving technologies and requirements.
• Collaborative team player in a cross-functional, international environment.

Experience & Qualifiscations

• University degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent.
• 8+ years of relevant experience building secure, scalable, resilient cloud-native backend systems at enterprise scale.
• Deep proficiency in Python (incl. boto3) and SQL; background in an additional OOP language (Scala, Java, or C#) is a plus.
• Solid AWS expertise: Lambda, Step Functions, Glue, Athena, API Gateway, IAM, S3; serverless and event-driven design patterns.
• CI/CD experience with Azure DevOps and Git; IaC with Terraform, CloudFormation, or CDK.
• Security awareness: AWS security best practices including IAM policies, encryption, and MFA.
• Nice to have: containerization (Docker, Kubernetes, Fargate), Snowflake, Apache Iceberg, NoSQL DBs.
• Business-fluent English (written and spoken)

Role: Expert 3

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