Principal Software Engineer

Company Description

About Eurofins – the global leader in bio-analysis

Eurofins is Testing for Life. The Eurofins network of companies believes that it is the global leader in food, environment, pharmaceutical and cosmetic product testing and in discovery pharmacology, forensics, advanced material sciences and agroscience contract research services. It is also one of the market leaders in certain testing and laboratory services for genomics, and in the support of clinical studies, as well as in biopharma contract development and manufacturing. It also has a rapidly developing presence in highly specialised and molecular clinical diagnostic testing and in-vitro diagnostic products.

With over 62,000 staff across a decentralised and entrepreneurial network of ca. 900 laboratories in 61 countries, Eurofins offers a portfolio of over 200,000 analytical methods to evaluate the safety, identity, composition, authenticity, origin, traceability and purity of a wide range of products, as well as providing innovative clinical diagnostic testing services and in-vitro diagnostic products.

Eurofins companies’ broad range of services are important for the health and safety of people and our planet. The ongoing investment to become fully digital and maintain the best network of state-of-the-art laboratories and equipment supports our objective to provide our customers with high-quality services, innovative solutions and accurate results in the best possible turnaround time (TAT). Eurofins companies are well positioned to support clients’ increasingly stringent quality and safety standards and the increasing demands of regulatory authorities as well as the evolving requirements of healthcare practitioners around the world.

Eurofins has grown very strongly since its inception and its strategy is to continue expanding its technology portfolio and its geographic reach. Through R&D and acquisitions, the Group draws on the latest developments in the field of biotechnology and analytical chemistry to offer its clients unique analytical solutions.

Shares in Eurofins Scientific are listed on the Euronext Paris Stock Exchange (ISIN FR0014000MR3, Reuters EUFI.PA, Bloomberg ERF FP).

Job Description

POSITION TITLE (ENGLISH):                           Principal Software Engineer

REPORTING TO:                                              Development Manager

REPORTING LOCATION:                                 Bangalore

WORKING LOCATION:                                     Bangalore, India

NUMBER OF FTEs UNDER RESPONSIBILITY: 0

SUMMARY OF POSITION AND OBJECTIVES:

A software crasftsman who can contribute to the design, development, troubleshoot, test and document enterprise web applications and services

POSITION & OBJECTIVES:

As a Principal Software Engineer, the main objective of this position is to deliver high quality software on his/her own and/or together with the team (including design, code, tests, document) and to accelerate the delivery.

• Test drive and Implement complex features with quality in a timely manner
• Review team’s code and suggest improvements
• Should be able to efficiently refactor existing code to improve quality
• Liasen with Tech Lead to review and propose technical design changes and ensure team implements it with quality
• Coach team on coding standards and best practices
• Interact in a constructive manner with Business Analysts/Product Owner in order to:
  • Estimate the complexity of the workload;
  • Choose the most appropriate technical solution to meet the user requirements;
  • Reach the optimal requirement artifact that will lead to a working software solution.
• Interact in a constructive manner with other IT teams.

Experience:

• 7 to 12 years of experience with developing end –to- end web applications using Microsoft stack of Technologies.
• Strong working knowledge of Web application development using .NET technologies
• Strong working knowledge of SOLID principles and design patterns
• Good understanding of UML, object-oriented programming (OOP)
• Should have worked on at least one SOA (Service Oriented Architecture) project
• Strong experience in designing and working with n-tier architectures
• Uncompromising attitude towards quality
• TDD, BDD, UML
• Should have worked in an AGILE practice methodology (preferably SCRUM)
• Able to provide technical recommendations and solve technical problems
• Must be a quick learner

Technology skills:

• Strong working knowledge of .NET, C#, MVC, WCF Rest and WebAPI, nUnit/MsUnit, EF
• Working knowledge of JavaScript, TypeScript, JQuery,  Angular 2 or above, Jasmine, HTML5 and CSS3 technologies
• Working knowledge of MS SQL Databases, Powershell
• Working knowledge of ESB or Message Queuing (MSMQ) is an added advantage
• Well versed with Unit testing frameworks
• Familiarity with UI testing framework

EVOLUTION:

What we offer:

• A launch pad into various senior technical roles – within many business lines of Eurofins globally
• An opportunity to grow your technical skills in a demanding, fast growing organization.
• A chance to become part of a highly motivated international team of professionals.

Qualifications

Engineering graduate/post graduate with at least 7 years of experience in total and at least 2 years as a Principal s/w engineer

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.