Senior Software Engineer

Job Description

The Opportunity

• Based in Hyderabad, join a global healthcare biopharma company and be part of a 130- year legacy of success backed by ethical integrity, forward momentum, and an inspiring mission to achieve new milestones in global healthcare.
• Be part of an organisation driven by digital technology and data-backed approaches that support a diversified portfolio of prescription medicines, vaccines, and animal health products.
• Drive innovation and execution excellence. Be a part of a team with passion for using data, analytics, and insights to drive decision-making, and which creates custom software, allowing us to tackle some of the world's greatest health threats.

Our Technology Centers focus on creating a space where teams can come together to deliver business solutions that save and improve lives. An integral part of our companys’ IT operating model, Tech Centers are globally distributed locations where each IT division has employees to enable our digital transformation journey and drive business outcomes. These locations, in addition to the other sites, are essential to supporting our business and strategy.

A focused group of leaders in each Tech Center helps to ensure we can manage and improve each location, from investing in growth, success, and well-being of our people, to making sure colleagues from each IT division feel a sense of belonging to managing critical emergencies. And together, we must leverage the strength of our team to collaborate globally to optimize connections and share best practices across the Tech Centers.

Role Overview

We are seeking a Software Engineer with expertise in full-stack development, cloud technologies, and AI-driven engineering practices to build scalable enterprise solutions.

The role focuses on developing, deploying, and supporting AI products and platforms using modern technologies, DevSecOps, and automated delivery pipelines. The individual will collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive innovation, deliver high-quality software, and transition new concepts from pilot stages to production.

What you would do:

• We are looking for an innovative technologist passionate about cutting-edge tools and ready to accelerate delivery through AI code generation, pair programming assistants, and automated workflows
• Software development on backend (Python,TypeScript) and frontend (TypeScript/JavaScript - React framework).
• Write efficient and maintainable code following best practices in software engineering.
• Working with DevSecOps tools for deploying and versioning code.
• Deploy solutions on the cloud with CI/CD integration.
• Deliver enterprise AI projects, products, and platforms with a focus on scalability and reusability.
• Work on technical pilots and feasibility studies of new opportunities to create value and transitioning successful pilots to scalable production implementations.
• Develop integrations with other applications and services.
• Develop automated testing pipelines.
• Application release and second level support.
• Stay up to date with the latest advancements in software engineering technologies.
• Participate in Agile ceremonies with the team to execute on prioritized projects and features.
• Work closely with cross-functional teams, including product managers, data scientists, and software engineers, to understand requirements and deliver AI-driven solutions.

What you should have :

• 5+ years hands-on coding and software design experience building robust and scalable software using Python, SQL, REST, TypeScript/JavaScript - React framework.
• Experience in building data intensive applications in a modern technology stack: Cloud services (AWS), data pipelines, SQL/No-SQL databases (graph databases is a plus)
• Experience in designing, architecting, and maintaining applications.
• Experience building and consuming web-based APIs.
• Experience with CI/CD environments and test-driven development leveraging a Version Control system.
• Excellent collaboration and communication skills for working with cross-functional teams.
• Experienced with developing automated testing strategies.
• Understanding of System Integration patterns.

Preferred:

• Experience working with AWS Cloud
• Experience working in an Agile Methodology
• Familiar in fields related to artificial intelligence, machine learning, and data science.
• Knowledge of Generative AI solutions and applications
• Experience with building, deploying, and managing docker images
• Experience working with Domino's data platform

Qualifications:

• Candidates are evaluated case-by-case but appreciate qualifications in quantitative, scientific and technology disciplines such as Mathematics, Statistics, Computer Science, Data Science, Analytics, Physics, and Bioinformatics.

Required Skills:

Agile Methodology, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Application Lifecycle Management Tools, Automated Software Testing, Automated Testing, AWS Data Pipeline, Business Value Creation, Cloud Computing, Collaborative Communications, Computer Science, Data Engineering, Data Pipelines, Data Science, Data Visualization, Design Applications, Engineering Software, Generative AI, React.js, Software Configurations, Software Development, Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), Solution Architecture, System Designs, System Integration, Testing

Our technology teams operate as business partners, proposing ideas and innovative solutions that enable new organizational capabilities. We collaborate internationally to deliver services and solutions that help everyone be more productive and enable innovation.

Who we are

We are known as Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, New Jersey, USA in the United States and Canada and MSD everywhere else. For more than a century, we have been inventing , bringing forward medicines and vaccines for many of the world's most challenging diseases. Today, our company continues to be at the forefront of research to deliver innovative health solutions and advance the prevention and treatment of diseases that threaten people and animals around the world.

What we look for

Imagine getting up in the morning for a job as important as helping to save and improve lives around the world. Here, you have that opportunity. You can put your empathy, creativity, digital mastery, or scientific genius to work in collaboration with a diverse group of colleagues who pursue and bring hope to countless people who are battling some of the most challenging diseases of our time. Our team is constantly evolving, so if you are among the intellectually curious, join us-and start making your impact today.

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