Principal Software Engineer, Solutions

Job Description :

Industry : Pharmaceutical / Biotech

Job Category : Information Technology - Developer

A healthier future. It s what drives us to innovate. To continuously advance science and ensure everyone has access to the healthcare they need today and for generations to come. Creating a world where we all have more time with the people we love. That s what makes us.

Advances in AI data and computational sciences are transforming drug discovery and development. The companys Research and Early Development organizations at the company (gRED) and Pharma (pRED) have demonstrated how these technologies accelerate R&D leveraging data and novel computational models to drive impact. Seamless data sharing and access to models across gRED and pRED are essential to maximising these opportunities. The Computational Sciences Center of Excellence (CS CoE) is a strategic unified group whose goal is to harness the transformative power of data and Artificial Intelligence (AI) to assist our scientists in both pRED and gRED to deliver more innovative and life-changing medicines for patients worldwide.

Within the CS CoE organization the Data and Digital Catalyst (DDC) organization leads the modernization of our computational and data ecosystems by integrating digital technologies across Research and Early Development to empower stakeholders advance data-driven science and accelerate decision-making.

The Solutions team within the DDC Organization develops modernized and interconnected computational and data ecosystems. The Data Ecosystem is foundational to building solutions that accelerate the work done by our Computational and Bench Scientists and enable ML / AI tool creation and adoption. Our team specializes in building Data Pipelines and Applications for data acquisition collection storage transformation linkage and sharing.

As a Principal Software Engineer in the Solutions Engineering capability you will work closely with colleagues such as Data Engineers Product Leaders and Tech / ML Ops as well as directly with our key partners including Computational Scientists and Research Scientists. Youll build robust and scalable systems that unlock the potential of our diverse scientific data accelerating the discovery and development of life-changing treatments for patients. As part of this role you ll contribute to building a modern scalable and robust ecosystem of applications agents and other tools to capture move and prepare the scientific data for analysis.

You are passionate about building scalable reliable and reusable capabilities for our shared platform. As a software engineer with strong experience in backend and / or frontend development you design and implement components with scalability and reliability at their core. You bring hands-on expertise in cloud technologies and follow engineering best practices including code reviews unit testing and adherence to coding standards while boosting productivity through AI-powered development tools and environments.

Ideally you are a full-stack software engineer or data engineer with domain knowledge in biology chemistry drug discovery translational medicine or a related scientific discipline. You thrive on leveraging platform components to build common solutions and you excel at engaging with scientific stakeholders to understand their challenges and translate them into effective technology solutions in close collaboration with Product and Engineering teams.

The Opportunity :

Proven track record of leading and delivering complex user-friendly projects and tools in a fast-paced environment

Strategic / Tactical Technical leadership for the ongoing initiatives and by identifying new opportunities with an eye for consolidation deprecation and building common solutions

Responsible for technical excellence and ensuring our solutions and capabilities are innovative best-in-class and integrated by delivering data flows and pipelines within and across DDC and key domains like Research Biology Drug Discovery Translational Medicine and Development and more

Learn deeply understand and improve our Data Workflows Application Architecture and Data Ecosystem by leveraging standard patterns like layered architecture microservices event-driven multi-tenancy etc.

Responsible for ensuring our technical choices are innovative best-in-class and are inter-operable and consistent across DDC and domains like Research Biology Drug Discovery Translational Medicine and Development and more

Understand and influence technical decisions around data workflows and application development while working collaboratively with our key partners

Integrate diverse sets of data together to power AI / ML and Natural Language Search as well as enable our downstream teams working on Workflows Visualization and Analytics

Facilitate the implementation of AI models that take advantage of advances in machine learning and artificial intelligence

Who You Are :

Bachelor s or master s degree in computer science or similar technical field or equivalent experience and 7 years of experience in software engineering.

Deep experience and technical understanding of modern web application development platforms and data engineering approaches including data flow within the cloud and cutting-edge data storage solutions

Deep experience in full stack development is required. You have strong skills building Front Ends using JavaScript React or similar Libraries as well as Backends using high level languages like Python or Java

Extensive experience working with Databases Data Analytics (SQL / NoSQL ETL ELT) and APIs (REST GraphQL) is preferred

Extensive experience working on cloud-native architectures in public clouds (ideally AWS) is preferred

Experience with building Designs for Data Applications which are highly reliable scalable performant secure and robust and ideally on a public cloud platform

Adopts and champions an Open Source Cloud First API First and AI First approach to problem-solving by identifying key trends leveraging cutting-edge technologies and influencing their adoption to deliver innovative solutions

Ability to think strategically and optimize for the long term while acting with a sense of urgency

Provide technical mentorship and leadership to junior developers fostering professional growth and taking accountability for upholding high coding standards

Outstanding communication skills capable of articulating technical concepts clearly to diverse audiences including executives and globally distributed technical teams ensuring effective collaboration and understanding

Experience reducing Tech Debt and consolidating and deprecating legacy solutions

Experience in integrating AI into applications and development practices is a plus

Onsite presence on our South San Francisco campus is expected for at least 3 days a week.

Relocation benefits are available for this job posting.

The expected salary range for this position based on the primary location of California is $162600 - $302000. We tend to hire closer to the mid point of that hiring range. Actual pay will be determined based on experience qualifications geographic location and other job-related factors permitted by law. A discretionary annual bonus may be available based on individual and Company performance. This position also qualifies for the benefits detailed at the link provided below.

Skills and Certifications note : bold skills and certification are required

Bachelor s or master s degree in computer science or similar technical field or equivalent experien

Deep experience and technical understanding of modern web application development platforms and dat

Deep experience in full stack development is have strong skills building Front Ends u

Extensive experience working with Databases Data Analytics (SQL / NoSQL ETL ELT) and APIs (REST Gr

Extensive experience working on cloud-native architectures in public clouds (ideally AWS) is preferr

Experience with building Designs for Data Applications which are highly reliable scalable performa

Security Clearance Required : No

Visa Candidate Considered : No

Compensation

Base Salary - USD $162600 to $302000

• Never repost

Full-time

Benefits - Full

Relocation Assistance Available - Yes

Commission Compensation - No

Bonus Eligible - No

Overtime Eligible - No

Interview Travel Reimbursed - No

Candidate Details

Seniority Level - Mid-Senior

Management Experience Required - No

Minimum Education - Bachelors Degree

Willingness to Travel - Never

Key Skills

Continuous Integration,Docker,Jenkins,Python,System Design,Agile,C / C++,Go,Systems Engineering,Software Development,Java,Distributed Systems

Employment Type : Full Time

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1