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: Principal Software Engineer

REPORTING TO: IT Development Manager

REPORTING LOCATION: BANGALORE 

WORKING LOCATION: BANGALORE

SUMMARY OF POSITION AND OBJECTIVES:

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

• 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.
• Troubleshoot and resolve production issues

POSITION & OBJECTIVES:    

Job description:

Principal Software Engineer as part of the respective scrum team should have the ability to analyze, code and deliver tasks as planned with defined quality.. Also appreciate to have the ability to learn and acquire new technology skills as a long term objective. This role expects the candidate to work closely with the scrum team effectively understand the requirements and think through all possible use cases and deliver a quality code per the defined standard and timelines.

Requirements:

• 6 to 8 years of experience with developing end to end solutions using .net Technologies.
• Strong working knowledge on server side development (ASP.NET MVC, .net Core)
• Good working knowledge of MS SQL, Performance Optimization of queries.
• Strong experience in designing and working with n-tier architectures
• Hands-on experience in unit testing (NUNIT)
• Working knowledge of Angular, 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 Linux
• Unit testing : NUNIT
• Angular, JQuery, Javascript, HTML5 and CSS3 technologies
• SQL Server

Technology – Nice to have:

• Azure or AWS platform knowledge
• Experience in Azure DevOps, PowerShell
• Experience in Liquibase, Knockout JS
• TDD/ATDD (FitNesse preferred)

Methodology skills

• AGILE Development (Scrum)

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 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

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

Additional Information

EVOLUTION: 

What we offer:

• A launch pad into various senior 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 project management skills in a demanding, fast growing organization.
• A chance to become part of a highly motivated international team of professionals.

In a fast growing group, successful leaders are frequently being offered increased areas of responsibility (subject to geographic mobility)