Specialist Software Engineer Full Stack

About Amgen

Amgen harnesses the best of biology and technology to fight the world’s toughest diseases, and make people’s lives easier, fuller and longer. We discover, develop, manufacture and deliver innovative medicines to help millions of patients. Amgen helped establish the biotechnology industry more than 40 years ago and remains on the cutting-edge of innovation, using technology and human genetic data to push beyond what’s known today.

About The Role

Role Description:

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Senior Full Stack Software Engineer to join our team. As a Senior Full Stack Engineer, you will be responsible for designing, developing, deploying complex software applications, and mentoring junior developers. You will work closely with cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality, scalable, and maintainable solutions

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Possesses strong rapid prototyping skills and can quickly translate concepts into working code
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to junior developers.
• Take ownership of complex software projects from conception to deployment. Manage software delivery scope, risk, and timeline
• Contribute to both front-end and back-end development using cloud technology.
• Develop innovative solution using generative AI technologies
• Define and implement robust software architectures on the cloud, AWS preferred
• Conduct code reviews to ensure code quality and adherence to best practices.
• Create and maintain documentation on software architecture, design, deployment, disaster recovery, and operations.
• Identify and resolve technical challenges effectively.
• Stay updated with the latest trends and advancements
• Demonstrate the ability to make informed technology choices after due diligence and impact assessment
• Understand whole product, its modules and the interrelationship between them while being an expert in the assigned component or module
• Work closely with product team, business team, and other stakeholders.
  
  

Functional Skills:

Must-Have Skills:

• Hands on experience with various cloud services, understand pros and cons of various cloud service in well architected cloud design principles
• Hands on experience with Full Stack software development including REST APIs and data pipelines. Proficient in programming language Python(preferred) and SQL/NoSQL.
• Experience in microservices architecture and containerization technologies such as Docker, Kubernetes, Azure, AWS, or other cloud platforms.
• Proficient in JavaScript, TypeScript, React framework, HTML5, CSS, and NPM.
• Committed to delivering top-tier quality in product development and support.
  
  

Good-to-Have Skills:

• Experience in SQL/NOSQL database, vector database for large language models
• Experience with prompt engineering, model fine tuning
• Experience with DevOps/MLOps CICD build and deployment pipeline
• Experience with design patterns, data structures, test-driven development
• Knowledge of NLP techniques for text analysis and sentiment analysis
• Familiarity with monitoring tools like Grafana and Prometheus, as well as enterprise architectures.
  
  

Professional Certifications :

• AWS Developer certification (preferred)
• Any SAFe Agile certification (preferred)
  
  

Soft Skills:

• Initiative to explore alternate technology and approaches to solving problems.
• Skilled in breaking down problems, documenting problem statements, and estimating efforts.
• Awareness of industry trends.
• Ability to analyze the impact of technology choices.
• Strong oral and written communication skills.
• Strong interpersonal skills.
• Effective team-building and problem-solving abilities.
• Persistence to completion, especially in the face of setbacks, and the ability to push for results through team spirit.
• Ability to work effectively with global, virtual teams
• Ability to manage multiple priorities successfully.
• Strong presentation and public speaking skills.
  
  

Basic Qualifications:

• Master’s degree in computer science or STEM majors with a minimum of 5 years of Information Systems experience OR
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or STEM majors with a minimum of 7 years of Information Systems experience.
  
  

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 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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