Senior Associate Software Engineer

Join Amgen's Mission to Serve Patients

If you feel like you're part of something bigger, it's because you are. At Amgen, our shared mission—to serve patients—drives all that we do. It is key to our becoming one of the world's leading biotechnology companies. We are global collaborators who achieve together—researching, manufacturing, and delivering ever-better products that reach over 10 million patients worldwide. It's time for a career you can be proud of.

Sr Associate Software Engineer
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What you will do

We are seeking a highly motivated and detail-oriented Senior Associate Software Engineer to join our team. The role involves designing, developing, testing, and maintaining software applications that meet business and technical requirements. The ideal candidate has strong programming skills, a collaborative mindset, and a passion for delivering high-quality, scalable software solutions.

• Expertise in programming languages such as Python, Java, React, typescript, or similar. Experience in REST and/or GraphQL
• Design, implement, test, and maintain software applications, services, and tools..
• Work closely with cross-functional teams including product managers, QA engineers, and business analysts to gather requirements and deliver solutions.
• Write clean, maintainable, and efficient code following best practices and coding standards.
• Analyze, troubleshoot, and resolve technical issues in development and production environments.
• Build and maintain robust, cloud-native APIs and backend services to support high-availability infrastructure (e.g., AWS, GCP, Azure
• Implement CI/CD pipelines, observability, and monitoring for production-grade search systems
• Work closely with Product Owners, Tech Architect.
• Contribute to architectural discussions, propose improvements, and implement new technologies to enhance system performance.
• Documentation: Prepare and maintain technical documentation for applications,
• Demonstrate strong initiative and ability to work with minimal supervision or direction
• Strong experience with cloud infrastructure (AWS, Azure, or GCP) and infrastructure as code like Teraform
• In-depth knowledge of relational and columnar SQL databases
• Experience in creating Spark jobs for data transformation and aggregation
• Experience with distributed, multi-tiered systems, algorithms, and relational databases.
• Possesses strong rapid prototyping skills and can quickly translate concepts into working code
• Develop and execute unit tests, integration tests, and other testing strategies to ensure the quality of the software
• Analyze and understand the functional and technical requirements of applications
• Identify and resolve software bugs and performance issues
• Maintain detailed documentation of software designs, code, and development processes

Basic Qualifications:

• Master's degree in computer science & engineering preferred with 5-8years of software development experience OR
• Bachelor's degree in computer science & engineering preferred with 6 - 9 years of software development experience
• Hands on experience with Full Stack software development. Proficient in programming language, React , Java ,Python, Fast Python , SQL (Posgres/Databricks /Mongo DB)
• Experience with web development frameworks, RESTful APIs, and microservices.
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud) and related services (e.g., S3, Redshift, BigQuery, Databricks)
• Strong problem solving, analytical skills; Ability to learn quickly; Excellent communication and interpersonal skills

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in, Java , React,Fast Python,Typescript,Javascript, CSS HTML is desirable
• Experienced with API integration, serverless, microservices architecture.
• Solid understanding of data governance, data security, and data quality best practices
• Experience with Unit Testing, Building and Debugging the Code
• Experienced with AWS /Azure Platform, Building and deploying the code
• Understanding of version control systems (Git) and CI/CD pipelines.
• Excellent problem-solving, analytical, and communication skills.
• Experience with DevOps CICD build and deployment pipeline
• Experience in Agile software development methodologies
• Experience in End to End testing
• Experience in additional Modern Database terminologies.
• Strong attention to detail and commitment to delivering high-quality software.
• Ability to work independently as well as collaboratively in a team environment
• Adaptability to changing business needs and emerging technologies.
• Effective time management and organizational skills.

Good to Have Skills

• Willingness to work on AI Applications
• Experience with popular large language models
• Experience with Langchain or llamaIndex framework for language models
• Experience with prompt engineering, model fine tuning
• Knowledge of NLP techniques for text analysis and sentiment analysis

Soft Skills:

• Excellent analytical and troubleshooting skills.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to work effectively with global teams.
• High degree of initiative and self-motivation.
• Team-oriented, with a focus on achieving team goals.
• Strong presentation and public speaking skills.

Thrive

What you can expect of us

As we work to develop treatments that take care of others, we also work to care for our teammates' professional and personal growth and well-being.

In addition to the base salary, Amgen offers competitive and comprehensive Total Rewards Plans that are aligned with local industry standards.

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for a career that defies imagination

In our quest to serve patients above all else, Amgen is the first to imagine, and the last to doubt. Join us.

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 to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request an accommodation.

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