HOW MIGHT YOU DEFY IMAGINATION?

Would you like to take your full-stack development skills and help deliver the world's most advanced and life-changing biotech medicines by building creative and ground-breaking software frameworks? Amgen is using cloud technology, DevOps frameworks, and continuous deployment pipelines to build new drug therapies for patients that address grievous illnesses.

Software Engineer- Biologics

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What you will do

Let’s do this. Let’s change the world! In this vital role you will join our Research Informatics team in delivering solutions by using best practices in Agile and DevOps. You will help build innovative scientific applications with modern technology stacks that will be used by our research partners to drive Amgen’s innovation in drug discovery.
 

Key Responsibilities:

• Rapidly build new data workflows to enable innovation and automate reporting for data integrity initiatives

• Develop software components as part of technical workstreams in support of R&D scientific business objectives

• Design, develop and deliver high-quality, scalable, and robust software products & components in collaboration with product management, stakeholders & engineering teams

• Ensure effective design, development, and management of software products that align with security & quality standards of Amgen

• Collaborate with scientists to evaluate and apply innovative technologies in the industry to meet scientific business needs
   

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What we expect of you
 

Basic Qualifications:

• Master’s degree
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• Bachelor’s degree and 2 years of Informatics and/or Information Systems experience
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• Associate’s degree and 6 years of Informatics and/or Information Systems experience
  OR

• High school diploma / GED and 8 years of Informatics and/or Information Systems experience
   

Preferred Qualifications:

• Strong foundation in software design and engineering practices

• Experience with modern, configuration-driven laboratory platforms that include scientific plugin and/or REST API integrations

• Experience with one or more agile software development methodologies

• Strong proficiency in one or more of the following technologies:

• Java or Python programming languages

• JavaScript web application framework, such as ExtJS or ReactJS

• Relational databases such as Oracle or Postgres

• AWS services related to compute and storage, such as EC2, S3, Lambda, ECS or Batch

• CI/CD pipelines, such as GitLab CI/CD or Jenkins

• Ability to pick up scientific knowledge and understand scientists’ software requirements and workflows

• High learning agility, innovation, and analytical skills