Full Stack Engineer

About Norstella

At Norstella, our mission is simple: to help our clients bring life-saving therapies to market quicker—and help patients in need.

Founded in 2022, but with history going back to 1939, Norstella unites best-in-class brands to help clients navigate the complexities at each step of the drug development life cycle —and get the right treatments to the right patients at the right time.

Each organization (Citeline, Evaluate, MMIT, Panalgo, The Dedham Group) delivers must-have answers for critical strategic and commercial decision-making. Together, via our market-leading brands, we help our clients:

• Citeline – accelerate the drug development cycle
• Evaluate – bring the right drugs to market
• MMIT – identify barrier to patient access
• Panalgo – turn data into insight faster
• The Dedham Group – think strategically for specialty therapeutics

By combining the efforts of each organization under Norstella, we can offer an even wider breadth of expertise, cutting-edge data solutions and expert advisory services alongside advanced technologies such as real-world data, machine learning and predictive analytics. As one of the largest global pharma intelligence solution providers, Norstella has a footprint across the globe with teams of experts delivering world class solutions in the USA, UK, The Netherlands, Japan, China and India.

Job Description

Have you wondered how lifesaving drugs and therapies are created, tested, marketed and made available to patients in need? Have you wondered how clinical trials are conducted at a global scale? How governments and health authorities regulate various organizations participating in this marketplace? Have you wondered how those companies and insurance providers price a certain drug, and how a care provider determines the right treatment for a given patient? If yes, Norstella could the next step in your career.

Reporting into Director, Software Engineering, the Senior Software Engineer will work with internal and external developers responsible for the development and subsequent support of the various platform services components underpinning all the customer facing applications across Norstella. As part of a large technology group, the Senior Software Engineer will work with product management, architecture and other software engineering teams in support of the product development roadmap.

We are looking for an experienced senior software engineer with great communication skills, deep experience in software engineering, and most importantly, the ability and willingness to keep learning in this ever-changing technology landscape.

Education: Minimum bachelor’s degree in computer science and engineering or related field of study, or equivalent experience

Responsibilities:

• Work on projects with significant complexity
• Be an excellent teammate, focusing on results, collaboration and winning as a team
• Have a strong sense of ownership of the solutions that your team works on
• Be willing to work with and invest yourself in learning new technologies, programming languages, databases etc.
• Be proactive, and a self-learner.
• Communicate effectively
• Be an "agile" person. You desire a fast-paced dynamic work environment
• Review existing technologies for suitability and make recommendations for change

Requirements:

• Excellent understanding of the foundational technologies of the web: HTML, CSS, Javascript (including knowledge of JS frameworks and libraries, jQuery, React), AJAX
• 5+ years in modern programming languages like C# / .NET Core
• 5+ years in Software Engineering Experience with service-oriented and/or microservices architecture
• 3+ years hands-on experience working with cloud technology and various services:
• AWS: S3, API Gateway, AWS Lambdas, DynamoDB, RDS
• Azure: Blob Storage, API Management, Azure Functions, CosmosDB, Azure SQL Managed Instances
• Proficiency with RESTful API and API security frameworks
• Experience with Caching Frameworks including Distributed Caching
• Advanced knowledge of maintaining and debugging live software systems
• Strong investigation, code analysis and code review skills
• Experience with relational and/or non-relational databases like PostgreSQL, DynamoDB, MySQL, CosmosDB, SQL Server, etc is a big plus
• Experience with Data Structures, Algorithms, and general Computer Science concepts
• Good understanding of code design principles and patterns
• Experience with Agile development and delivery – Scrum, Lean, XP, Kanban methodologies
• Experience within pharma/healthcare sector is a plus
• Experience with “Test First” (TDD) software development process
• Experience with Agile development and delivery – Scrum, Lean, XP, Kanban methodologies
• Hands on DevOps experience – Terraform, Serverless, AWS Cloud Formation, Azure Front Door, CI/CD in Azure Devops, Security groups, auto scaling etc, Git/GitHub, Monitoring, Log Analytics

Benefits:

• Health Insurance
• Provident Fund
• Reimbursement of Certification Expenses
• Gratuity
• 24x7 Health Desk

Our guiding principles for success at Norstella

01: Bold, Passionate, Mission-First

We have a lofty mission to Smooth Access to Life Saving Therapies and we will get there by being bold and passionate about the mission and our clients. Our clients and the mission in what we are trying to accomplish must be in the forefront of our minds in everything we do.

02: Integrity, Truth, Reality

We make promises that we can keep, and goals that push us to new heights. Our integrity offers us the opportunity to learn and improve by being honest about what works and what doesn’t. By being true to the data and producing realistic metrics, we are able to create plans and resources to achieve our goals.

03: Kindness, Empathy, Grace

We will empathize with everyone's situation, provide positive and constructive feedback with kindness, and accept opportunities for improvement with grace and gratitude. We use this principle across the organization to collaborate and build lines of open communication.

04: Resilience, Mettle, Perseverance

We will persevere – even in difficult and challenging situations. Our ability to recover from missteps and failures in a positive way will help us to be successful in our mission.

05: Humility, Gratitude, Learning

We will be true learners by showing humility and gratitude in our work. We recognize that the smartest person in the room is the one who is always listening, learning, and willing to shift their thinking.

Norstella is an equal opportunities employer and does not discriminate on the grounds of gender, sexual orientation, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, gender reassignment, race, color, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, disability or age. Our ethos is to respect and value people’s differences, to help everyone achieve more at work as well as in their personal lives so that they feel proud of the part they play in our success. We believe that all decisions about people at work should be based on the individual’s abilities, skills, performance and behavior and our business requirements. Norstella operates a zero-tolerance policy to any form of discrimination, abuse or harassment.

Sometimes the best opportunities are hidden by self-doubt. We disqualify ourselves before we have the opportunity to be considered. Regardless of where you came from, how you identify, or the path that led you here- you are welcome. If you read this job description and feel passion and excitement, we’re just as excited about you.