Specialist Software Engineer

ABOUT AMGEN

Amgen harnesses the best of biology and technology to fight the world’s toughest diseases, and make people’s lives easier,fullerand longer. We discover, develop,manufactureand deliver innovative medicines to help millions of patients. Amgen helpedestablishthe biotechnology industry more than 40 years ago andremainson thecutting-edgeof innovation, using technology and human genetic data to push beyondwhat’sknown today.

ABOUT THE ROLE

Role Description:

The SpecialistSoftwareEngineerwillberesponsible fordesigning, developing, andmaintainingsoftware applications and solutions that meet business needs and ensuring the availability and performance of critical systems and applicationswithin the Clinical Computation Platform Product Team.This role involves working closely with product managers, designers, and other engineers to create high-quality, scalable software solutions and automating operations, monitoring system health, and responding to incidents to minimize downtime.

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with business partners and other software engineers to develop and deploy the latest, advanced technologies in support of product optimization

• Work closely with the delivery and platform teams to ensure that the applications are aligned with standard city planning approved architectural and development guidelines

• 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

• Design, develop, test, andmaintainbackend services, APIs, and microservices using modern programming languages

• Develop event-driven or service-oriented architectures that support large-scale enterprise systems.

• Implement database schemas, queries, and data-processing pipelines across relational and NoSQL datastores.

• Work with designers, data engineers, and platform teams to translate technical and business needs into backend solutions.

• Produce documentation for service architecture, operational runbooks, and disaster recovery workflows.

• Support requirements gathering and specification creation process for the development work

• Conduct code reviews to ensure code quality and adherence to best practices

• Create andmaintaindocumentation on software architecture, design, deployment, disaster recovery, and operations

• Identifyand resolve technical challenges effectively

• Perform system testing and validation to ensure all components function correctly and efficiently

• Implement automation tools and processes to improve the efficiencyand reliability of managed systems

Basic Qualifications and Experience:

• Master’s / Bachelor’s degree with 9 - 12 years of experience in Computer Science,ITor relatedfield 

Functional Skills:

Must-Have Skills:

• Experience with messaging technologies (Kafka, SNS/SQS, Event Hubs). 

• Knowledge of data modeling, data warehousing, and ETL/ELT concepts.

• Experience with programming languagesincludingPythonand Java

• Strong understanding of software development methodologies, including Agile and Scrum

• Experience withdatabases likeSQL, Oracle, Redshift

• Experience working with and developing APIs

Good-to-Have Skills:

• Experience with DevOps tools and practices

• Strong understanding of systems engineering processes and methodologies

• Experience with systems integration and validation

• ExperiencewithClinical Domain andGxPregulations

Soft Skills:

• Excellent analytical and troubleshooting skills

• Strong verbal and written communication skills

• Ability to work effectively with global, virtual teams

• High degree of initiative and self-motivation

• Ability to manage multiple priorities successfully

• Willingness to learnnew technologies

Shift Information:

This position requires you to work a later shift and may beassigneda second or third shift schedule. Candidates must be willing and able to work during evening or night shifts, asrequiredbased on business requirements.

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY STATEMENT

Amgen is an Equal Opportunity employer and will consider you without regard to your race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability status.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided with reasonable accommodation toparticipatein the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to requestan accommodation.