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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.
Specialist Software Engineer
What you will do
Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. In this vital role you will develop, and maintains software applications that meet business needs, ensuring critical systems' availability and performance. This role involves front-end and back-end development, focusing on solutions in the clinical trial data management in the biotech industry. It requires knowledge of clinical data standards, regulations, and database design to create secure, compliant systems. The engineer works with product managers, designers, and other engineers to develop high-quality, scalable solutions, automates operations, monitors system health, and responds to incidents to minimize downtime.
Roles & Responsibilities:
Drive technical discussion related to the Clinical Data Management technologies related to clinical Research & Development (R&D) applications.
Build technical solutions per implementation project plan by working with various members of the product team and business partners.
Implementing intuitive data visualization tools to present complex clinical data effectively.
Designing user interfaces for data entry, review, and analysis using frameworks like React, Angular, and JavaScript
Building secure APIs to handle data exchange between the front-end and database.
Developing data validation and quality checks to maintain data integrity.
Implementing robust data storage mechanisms using databases.
Communicate potential risks and contingency plans with project management to ensure process compliance with all regulatory and Amgen procedural requirements
Participate and contribute to process product or best practices initiatives and support developers and testers during the project lifecycle
Define, author, and present various architecture footprints i.e. Business, Logical, Integration, Security, Infrastructure, etc.
Create and maintain documentation on software architecture, design, deployment, disaster recovery, and operations
Identify and resolve technical challenges effectively
Identify and resolve software bugs and performance issues
Work closely with cross-functional teams, including product management, design, and QA, to deliver high-quality software on time.
What we expect of you
We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients. The [vital attribute] professional we seek is a [type of person] with these qualifications.
Basic Qualifications:
Doctorate Degree OR
Master’s degree with 4 - 6 years of experience in Computer Science, IT or related field OR
Bachelor’s degree with 6 - 8 years of experience in Computer Science, IT or related field OR
Diploma with 10 - 12 years of experience in Computer Science, IT or related field
Preferred Qualifications:
Must-Have Skills:
Working knowledge of clinical trial processes specifically as they relate to Clinical data collection and review
Experience in Front-end development languages: HTML, CSS, JavaScript
Experience in programming languages such as (SAS, R, React JS, Angular, JSON, Python, SQL) with the ability to learn new programming languages
Experience in Clinical teams with a focus on data management, database building, or programming (e.g., SQL, C++, JavaScript, XML)
End-user and/or Administrator experience with Clinical Data Capture software
Understanding of SaaS/Cloud solutions and technology
Experience working with system integrators for IRT, medical coding, eSource, Clinical Trial Management Systems (CTMS), Electronic Trial Master File (eTMF), and other clinical technologies
Good Problem-solving skills - Identifying and fixing bugs, adapting to changes
Excellent communication skills - Explaining design decisions, collaborating with teams
Working knowledge of SAFe Agile principles
Good-to-Have Skills:
Strong understanding of cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, GCP, Azure) and containerization technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes)
Experience with monitoring and logging tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, Splunk)
Experience with data processing tools like Hadoop, Spark, or similar
Experience with SAP integration technologies
Professional Certifications (please mention if the certification is preferred or mandatory for the role):
Relevant certifications such as CISSP, CompTIA Network+, or MCSE (preferred)
Soft Skills:
Excellent analytical and troubleshooting skills
Strong verbal and written communication skills
Ability to work effectively with global, virtual teams
High degree of initiative and self-motivation
Ability to manage multiple priorities successfully
Team-oriented, with a focus on achieving team goals
Strong presentation and public speaking skills
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 competitive and comprehensive Total Rewards Plans that are aligned with local industry standards.
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As an organization dedicated to improving the quality of life for people around the world, Amgen fosters an inclusive environment of diverse, ethical, committed and highly accomplished people who respect each other and live the Amgen values to continue advancing science to serve patients. Together, we compete in the fight against serious disease.
Amgen is an Equal Opportunity employer and will consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, or any other basis protected by applicable law.
We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided 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 accommodation.
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