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Merck Life Science
Merck Life Science

Staff Software Engineer 1

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Salary Estimate

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Seniority

Staff

Tech stacks

Software Development
Agile
Microservices
+42

Permanent role
3 days ago
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Work Your Magic with us!

Ready to explore, break barriers, and discover more? We know you’ve got big plans – so do we! Our colleagues across the globe love innovating with science and technology to enrich people’s lives with our solutions in Healthcare, Life Science, and Electronics. Together, we dream big and are passionate about caring for our rich mix of people, customers, patients, and planet. That's why we are always looking for curious minds that see themselves imagining the unimaginable with us.

Our Digital and eCommerce division is looking to transform the Digital and eCommerce technology engine for the org. As a Staff Software Engineer, you will play a leadership role on a product team to design and build new features and components in our evolving platform, helping to embrace modern principles like microservices and event driven architectures.

About Our Technology

The Digital and eCommerce team currently operates several B2B websites and direct digital sales channels via a globally deployed cloud-based platform that are a growth engine for org's life science business. We provide a comprehensive catalog of all products, enabling our customers to find products and purchase products as well as get detailed scientific information on those products.

Essential Job Functions

  • Work as part of an Agile development team, taking ownership for one or more services
  • Provides leadership to the Agile Development team, driving technical designs to support business goals
  • Ensuring the entire team exemplifies excellence in design, code, test and operation
  • A willingness to lead by example – embracing change and foster a Growth and Learning culture on the team
  • Mentoring team members through code review, design reviews
  • Taking a lead role, working with product owners to help refine the backlog, breaking down features and epics into executable stories
  • Have a high quality software mindset – making sure that the code you write works
  • Design and implement robust data pipelines to ingest, process, and store large volumes of data from various sources.
  • Stay updated with the latest technologies and trends in data engineering and propose innovative solutions.

Qualifications

Education:

  • Bachelor’s/Master’s degree in computer science or equivalent.

Mandatory Skills

  • 8-10+ years of hands-on software engineering experience
  • Recent experience in Java, Kotlin, Oracle, Postgres, Data handling, Spring, Spring Boot
  • Experience in developing REST services.
  • Experience in unit test frameworks.
  • Ability to provide solutions based on business requirements.
  • Ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams.
  • Ability to work with global teams and a flexible work schedule.
  • Must have excellent problem-solving skills and be customer-centric.
  • Excellent communication skills.

Preferred Skills

  • Experience with Microservices, CI/CD, Event Oriented Architectures and Distributed Systems
  • Experience with cloud environments (e.g., Google Cloud Platform, Azure, Amazon Web Services, etc.)
  • Experience leading product oriented engineering development teams is a plus
  • Familiarity with web technologies (e,g,, JavaScript, HTML, CSS), data manipulation (e.g., SQL), and version control systems (e.g., GitHub, GitLab)
  • Familiarity with DevOps practices/principles, Agile/Scrum methodologies, CI/CD pipelines and the product development lifecycle
  • Familiarity with modern web APIs and full stack frameworks.
  • Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, Kafka, in memory caching is a plus
  • Experience with Apache Airflow, Apache Flink, Google BigQuery is a plus
  • Experience developing eCommerce systems – especially B2B eCommerce – is a plus.

What we offer: We are curious minds that come from a broad range of backgrounds, perspectives, and life experiences. We believe that this variety drives excellence and innovation, strengthening our ability to lead in science and technology. We are committed to creating access and opportunities for all to develop and grow at your own pace. Join us in building a culture of inclusion and belonging that impacts millions and empowers everyone to work their magic and champion human progress!

Apply now and become a part of a team that is dedicated to Sparking Discovery and Elevating Humanity!

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