Overview
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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.
United As One for Patients, our purpose in Healthcare is to help create, improve and prolong lives. We develop medicines, intelligent devices and innovative technologies in therapeutic areas such as Oncology, Neurology and Fertility. Our teams work together across 6 continents with passion and relentless curiosity in order to help patients at every stage of life. Joining our Healthcare team is becoming part of a diverse, inclusive and flexible working culture, presenting great opportunities for personal development and career advancement across the globe.
Role and location
This position requires on-site presence in Spain and offers a multicultural, agile work environment with autonomy in decision-making.
Responsibilities
* As a Senior Cloud Platform Back-End Engineer in the Data & AI Solutions - Engineering team within Healthcare R&D, leverage AWS expertise to enhance a cloud-based analytics platform for drug development.
* Implement the technical roadmap, maintain platform functionalities, adapt to emerging technologies, and manage infrastructure and security.
* Design new features, oversee deployments, and optimize performance updates.
* Implement data archival strategies and manage compliance with data regulations.
Qualifications
* A university degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
* Exceptional problem-solving skills.
* Around 5 years of relevant experience.
* Proven track record building and delivering secure, scalable, and resilient cloud-native systems using AWS at an enterprise level.
* Fluency in English with excellent communication skills.
* Willingness to work in a multinational environment and collaborate with cross-functional teams across the US, Europe (primarily Germany), and India.
* A strong sense of accountability and ownership, with capacity for rapid learning.
Key Technical Skills and Experience
* Programming : Python, SQL, and strong proficiency in an object-oriented language such as Scala, C#, or Java.
* Architecture : RESTful APIs and microservices on AWS; AWS Lambda with boto3; serverless design.
* Cloud : AWS services (VPC, IAM, STS, EKS, RDS, EC2, ECS, SQS, SNS, Route 53, CloudWatch, CloudTrail, Secrets Manager, S3, API Gateway, Lambda, MWAA).
* Containerization : Docker, Kubernetes, AWS Fargate.
* Best practices : OOP, SOLID, data and service contracts; code quality and documentation; code reviews.
* CI / CD & Automation : CI / CD pipelines, experience with Azure DevOps.
* Testing : Unit and integration testing and mocking frameworks.
* Security : AWS security best practices (MFA, encryption, IAM roles and policies).
* Data Tools : Iceberg and Snowflake.
Nice to have
* Terraform, CloudFormation, or CDK for infrastructure automation; Microsoft Entra ID for identity and access management.
* Experience building streaming applications (Kafka, Kinesis, etc.).
* Knowledge of NoSQL databases.
This role can be hired in Portugal and Poland, in addition to Spain.
What we offer
We are curious minds that come from a broad range of backgrounds, perspectives, and life experiences. 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!
Seniority level
* Mid-Senior level
Employment type
* Full-time
Job function
* Business Development, Strategy / Planning, and Analyst
* Industries : Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
Note: The final line about a separate backend job listing has been removed to keep this description focused on the Senior Cloud Platform Back-End Engineer role.
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