Senior Manager – Software Engineering

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Job Description

Join Amgen’s Mission of Serving Patients

At Amgen, if you feel like you’re part of something bigger, it’s because you are. Our shared mission—to serve patients living with serious illnesses—drives all that we do.

Since 1980, we’ve helped pioneer the world of biotech in our fight against the world’s toughest diseases. With our focus on four therapeutic areas –Oncology, Inflammation, General Medicine, and Rare Disease– we reach millions of patients each year. As a member of the Amgen team, you’ll help make a lasting impact on the lives of patients as we research, manufacture, and deliver innovative medicines to help people live longer, fuller happier lives.

Our award-winning culture is collaborative, innovative, and science based. If you have a passion for challenges and the opportunities that lay within them, you’ll thrive as part of the Amgen team. Join us and transform the lives of patients while transforming your career.

What you will do

Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. In this vital role you will organization. The Senior Manager will be responsible for driving the successful delivery of strategic business initiatives by overseeing the technical architecture, managing talent, and establishing a culture of excellence in software engineering.

The key aspects of this role involve:

• prior hands-on experience building full stack applications

• management experience in leading software engineering teams and talent development

• Delivering initiatives and applications at enterprise scale

Roles & Responsibilities:

Talent Growth & People Leadership: Lead, mentor, and manage a hard-working team of engineers, fostering an environment that encourages learning,

Collaboration, and innovation. Focus on nurturing future leaders and providing growth opportunities through coaching, training, and mentorship.

Recruitment & Team Expansion: Develop a comprehensive talent strategy that includes recruitment, retention, onboarding, and career development and build a diverse and inclusive team that drives innovation, aligns with Amgen's culture and values, and delivers business priorities

Organizational Leadership: Work closely with senior leaders within the function and across the Amgen India site to align engineering goals with broader organizational objectives and demonstrate leadership by contributing to strategic discussions

Best Practice Establishment: Define and implement software engineering best practices including coding standards, design patterns, and DevOps practices to foster an efficient and high-quality development environment.

Full-Stack Development Evangelism: Promote and drive full-stack development practices within Amgen’s engineering teams, advocating the adoption of the latest technologies and tools for front-end, back-end, and cloud-native solutions.

Delivery of Business Initiatives: Be responsible for the end-to-end delivery of business-critical projects, ensuring that software solutions align with business goals, are delivered on time, and meet quality standards.

Collaboration & multi-functional Leadership: Work closely with product managers, practice leads, technical architects, and multi-functional teams to identify and prioritize opportunities for improving software development processes and technical delivery.

Innovation & Continuous Improvement: Encourage a culture of innovation by exploring new technologies, methodologies, and tools that improve software delivery and enhance engineering productivity.

What we expect of you

We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients.

Basic Qualifications:

• Master’s degree and 8 to 10 years of Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field. experience OR

• Bachelor’s degree and 10 to 14 years of Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field with at least 3 years in a leadership role experience OR

• Diploma and 14 to 18 years of Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• Proficiency in full-stack development technologies (JavaScript, Node.js, React, Angular, etc.).

• Deep understanding of software engineering standard processes, including CI/CD, TDD, and agile methodologies.

• Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.

• Strong project management skills with a consistent record of delivering large-scale software solutions.

Good-to-Have Skills:

• Experience with microservices architecture and containerization (Docker, Kubernetes) using AWS services

• Knowledge of data security, privacy regulations, and scalable software solutions.

• Familiarity with enterprise software systems in life sciences or healthcare domains

What you can expect of us

As we work to develop treatments that take care of others, we also work to care for your professional and personal growth and well-being. From our competitive benefits to our collaborative culture, we’ll support your journey every step of the way.

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

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for a career that defies imagination

Objects in your future are closer than they appear. Join us.

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