Software Engineer

Company Description

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: Software Engineer

REPORTING TO: Development Manager

WORKING LOCATION: Bangalore (IN)

OVERALL OBJECTIVES:

• Deliver and maintain high quality software by oneself and together, within a team, including; analysis, design, code, testing, documentation, operation, support, etc.
• Promote high quality engineering of the target solutions;
• Embrace Agile practices and adhere to Eurofins guidelines in all the phases of the SDLC;
• Collaborate with users, functional analysts, application architects, deployment team(a) and other stakeholders to design fit for purpose software and features;
• Develop working relationships within the wider Eurofins IT community and with internal customers;
• Be a mentor, create and contribute to a good team spirit;

ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

1. Design, develop, deploy, and maintain .NET applications and Angular applications.
2. Work with different stakeholders to author, review, and improve technical and functional specifications, which includes tests description and acceptance criteria.
3. Author and contribute, timely and at the appropriate quality level, to the design, development, operations, maintenance, troubleshooting, tests and documentation of the company’s application suite;
4. Follow and promote development practices and policies in order to produce high quality software which can be easily implemented within the company;
5. Use state-of-art software engineering practices and development frameworks – namely Agile – so as to ensure superior quality on every delivery;
6. Escalate and follow-up on timely manner any and all the issues that might be a blocker, issue deviation from SPOs, guidelines, etc.
7. Create and maintain technical and operational documentation that describes program code, logic, changes, and corrections for assigned functions.

OTHER ASSIGNMENTS:

1. Oversee timely and accurately system updates, upgrades, fixes and new functionalities release management;
2. Manage, whenever applicable, onshore and offshore resource(s);
3. Be responsible for the communication between onshore and offshore team(s);
4. Perform other responsibilities and duties as assigned;

EVOLUTION

The Eurofins Drug Discovery and Bioanalytics Services is a fairly new business line within the Organization, with an aggressive technological roadmap being implemented to support all the business processes worldwide.

Being part of fast paced worldwide group, this position offers great opportunity of personal and professional growth inside the business line and the rest of the Organization (may be subject to geographical relocation).

PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL CRITERIA:

Eurofins has a strong focus on performance management. This includes prior definition of SMART objectives with frequent calibrations, half-yearly reviews and annual reviews.

Experience:

• At least 5 years as a software developer or system engineer in web enabled environment.
• Strong technical and analytical skills required, including a thorough understanding of application architecture;
• Will be an added advantage if have past experience working with on Laboratory Management related software;
• Experience in collaborating in projects in multiple international geographical locations.

Technical Skills:

Mandatory                                              

• C#, Entity Framework, WPF, WebAPI
• Strong knowledge of design patterns and Service-Oriented-Architecture (SOA)
• Proven ability and interest in building new application features and functionality which interact with existing applications and infrastructure
• SQL Programming (SQL queries and SPROCs)
• OO programming and design
• Working experience with source control systems (Team Foundation Server)
• Basic understanding of SOA and experience in implementing services with WCF
• Experience in using Unit Testing frameworks like MSTest, NUnit, XUnit

Optional

• UML and BPM diagram is a plus – Experience implementing mathematical & statistical algorithms into applications – Understanding of information systems architecture and full life cycle development – Experience in Agile (Scrum) framework would be highly appreciated.

Qualifications

BE Computer Science/MCA or any other Bachelor’s degree with the relevant experience.

Additional Information

• Autonomous and Proactive
• Excellent analytical and problem solving skills with ability to make independent judgment
• Good oral and written communication skills
• Ability to understand end-user needs
• Risk oriented sensitivity
• Eager to learn and continuously develop personal and technical capabilities.

Travel:

• The role may require 5-10% travel to various labs across Europe and US.