Principal Software Engineer

Company Description

About Eurofins

Eurofins Scientific is an international life sciences company, providing a unique range of analytical testing services to clients across multiple industries, to make life and the environment safer, healthier and more sustainable. From the food you eat to the medicines you rely on, Eurofins works with the biggest companies in the world to ensure the products they supply are safe, their ingredients are authentic and labelling is accurate. Eurofins is a global leader in food, environmental, pharmaceutical and cosmetic product testing and in agroscience CRO services. It is also one of the global independent market leaders in certain testing and laboratory services for genomics, discovery pharmacology, forensics, CDMO, advanced material sciences and in the support of clinical studies.

In over just 35 years, Eurofins has grown from one laboratory in Nantes, France to 62,000 staff across a network of over 1,000 independent companies in 61 countries, operating 900 laboratories. Performing over 450 million tests every year, Eurofins offers a portfolio of over 200,000 analytical methods to evaluate the safety, identity, composition, authenticity, origin, traceability and purity of biological substances and products, as well as providing innovative clinical diagnostic testing services, as one of the leading global emerging players in specialised clinical diagnostics testing.

Eurofins is one of the fastest growing listed European companies with a listing on the French stock exchange since 1997. 

Eurofins IT Solutions India Pvt Ltd (EITSI) is a fully owned subsidiary of Eurofins and functions as a Global Software Delivery Center exclusively catering to Eurofins Global IT business needs. The code shipped out of EITSI impacts the global network of Eurofins labs and services.

The primary focus at EITSI is to develop the next generation LIMS (Lab Information Management system), Customer portals, e-commerce solutions, ERP/CRM system, Mobile Apps & other B2B platforms for various Eurofins Laboratories and businesses. Young and dynamic, we have a rich culture and we offer fulfilling careers.

Job Description

TITLE: Principal Software Engineer

REPORTING TO: Manager

WORKING LOCATION: Bangalore, India

The Role:  The position shall lead the group of developers, to develop one or more high quality web products (Microsoft based tech stack) and related mobile application for the Primary Eurofins eCommerce Portal. Product is developed in coordination with the India & Europe Team.

Responsibilities: Person should be able to deliver high quality software by oneself and together with the team (including design, code, tests, documentation) with minimum defect leakage and density and within the said cost/time.

Some of the responsibilities are listed below; however, these are not the exhaustive set of responsibilities.

• Deliver high quality shippable product as per the scope of the program. Should ensure that the quality is measured, monitored, and improved with every release.
• Lead team of Developers technically and ensure that all best practices of software engineering is implemented.
• Contribute to planning, daily stand-up meetings, reviews, retrospectives, sprint and release planning, demos, and other agile project related meetings.
• Contribute to code reviews and make sure that coding best practices are followed.
• Ensure the teams are practicing the core agile principles of collaboration, prioritization, team accountability, and visibility.
• Establish clear ownership for project tasks, ensure that team members have the tools needed, and provide timely feedback.

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS:

Experience:

• Overall 10+ years in experience in IT Application/Software Development field.
• Good and hands-on knowledge of Agile adoption (concept of delivering MVP) is mandatory.
• Good to have handled at least 2 web projects development including it’s deployment and maintenance. Additional knowledge of delivering multi-platform mobile apps is an advantage.
• Highly assertive and ability to drive the onsite teams to seek information or clarification.
• Self-Managed and highly independent.
• Healthcare or life science domain will be highly preferred.

Technology skills:

• Strong and proven background in Information Technology.
• Strong working knowledge of .NET Core, C#, REST API, LINQ, Entity Framework, XUnit.
• Troubleshooting issues related to code performance.
• Working knowledge of Angular 15 or later, Typescript, Jest Framework, HTML 5 and CSS 3.
• Working knowledge of MS SQL Databases, troubleshooting issues related to DB performance.
• Good understanding of CI/CD pipelines and SonarQube.
• Basic understanding of containerization using docker.
• Basic understanding of messaging and reverse proxy.
• Good understanding of CQRS, mediator, repository pattern.
• Good understanding of AuthN and AuthZ techniques like (windows, basic, JWT).
• Good understanding of GIT and it’s process like
  • Pull request
  • Merge, pull, commit

Methodology skills

• AGILE, TDD, UML

Personal Skills:

• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent verbal/written communication skills. Fluent in English and the working country language
• Should be a self-motivated, independent, detail oriented, responsible team-player and exhibit exceptional relationship management skills.
• Experience in Agile (Scrum) methodologies would be a plus.
• Ability to adapt quickly to an existing, complex environment.
• Ability to quickly learn new concepts and software is necessary.

PREFERED CANDIDATES:

• Good communication and interpersonal skills to interact with team in Europe
• Will be an added advantage if worked on SaaS method

Qualifications

BE Computer Science/MCA or any other bachelor’s degree with the right experience

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