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: MANAGER

REPORTING LOCATION:BANGALORE

WORKING LOCATION: BANGALORE

NUMBER OF FTEs UNDER RESPONSIBILITY:0

SUMMARY OF POSITION AND OBJECTIVES:

Contribute to the design, development, troubleshoot, unit test and document a range of applications including backend (server-side), Web (Angular), WPF applications.

• Interact in a constructive manner with Business Analysts in order to:
  • Estimate the complexity and 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.
• Master and apply team technologies and processes, and take active part in creating Eurofins and team success.

POSITION AND OBJECTIVES:

Job description:

EVOLUTION

What we offer:

• A launch pad into various senior technical and management opportunities – within the many business lines of Eurofins globally – or into the management hierarchy in our different corporate functions.
• The opportunity to grow your architectural / project management skills in a demanding, fast-growing organization.
• A chance to become part of a highly motivated international team of professionals.

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:

Profile description:

Requirements:

Experience:

• 7 to 9 years of experience with developing end to end solutions using Microsoft Stack of Technologies.
• Strong knowledge on server-side development (backend - Web API, Entity Framework)
• Working knowledge of WPF or windows applications (Minimum 2 years of working experience)
• Good working knowledge of MSSQL – SQL, T-SQL etc.
• Strong working knowledge of application development using .NET, C#
• Strong experience in designing and working with n-tier architectures.
• Hands-on experience in unit testing (XUNIT or NUNIT or VS Unit Test)
• Working knowledge of TypeScript, Angular 2 or above, HTML5 and CSS3 technologies
• Should have worked on at least one SOA (Service Oriented Architecture) project.
• Good understanding of UML, object-oriented programming (OOP) and Object Oriented Design principles
• Strong knowledge of software implementation best practices
• 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 and proven background in Information Technology
• Strong design skills,  Solid principles, Design patterns, documentation of design using UML
• Strong working knowledge of .NET, C#, WebAPI, WPF and WebAPI
• Unit testing : XUNIT or NUNIT or VS Unit Test
• TypeScript, JQuery, Angular 2 or above, HTML5 and CSS3 technologies
• Entity framework, SQL Server, MS SQL, PowerShell

Technology – Nice to have:

• Working knowledge of ESB or Message Queuing (MSMQ) is an added advantage.
• TDD/ATDD (FitNesse preferred).

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.
• Ability to work in a complex, challenging and highly collaborative international environment.
• 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.

Qualifications

Additional Information

PREFERED CANDIDATES:

• The successful candidate will have a self-motivated, get-it-done attitude; the ability to think critically; enjoy working with teams spread globally and across cultures; a desire to learn in new areas; and the discipline to pay attention to deadlines, details and quality.
• Good communication and interpersonal skills to interact with team in Europe
• BE Computer Science/MCA or any other Bachelor’s degree with the right experience
• Will be an added advantage if worked on SaaS method
• International work experience