Principal Engr Platform/Cloud Engineering

Johnson & Johnson Co.

Beerse

Hybrid

EUR 80,000 - 138,000

Full time

6 days ago

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Job summary

Johnson & Johnson is seeking a Principal Engineer, Platform & Cloud Engineering to lead AI-native drug discovery platforms. Location options include Spring House, PA; Raritan, NJ; Beerse, BE; Leiden, NL; Madrid, ES; Maidenhead, UK.

Role focuses on architecture, cloud deployments, and strategic technology leadership across multiple countries. The position emphasizes collaboration with Therapeutics Discovery, Data Sciences, and Life Sciences external partners, with a broad cloud and AI focus to

Qualifications

Bachelor's or Master's in Computer Science or related field with solid industry experience.
Ability to lead technology platforms and programs with technical acumen.
Experience with AWS EC2/S3, RDS, Lambda and hands-on GraphQL API.
Strong programming skills in Python, Java, C++ and container tech.

Responsibilities

Set technology strategy/roadmaps and lead deployments for AI-native drug discovery.
Partner with business stakeholders across Therapeutics Discovery and Data Sciences.
Architect and deploy scalable, cost-optimised platform solutions on cloud.
Coach and motivate junior engineers; drive cross-functional collaboration.
Incorporate containerization, serverless and AI/ML advancements in solutions.
Design generative/agentic AI platforms with LLM-powered apps and RAG workflows.

Skills

Python

Java

C++

Docker

Kubernetes

Cloud computing

AWS EKS

GraphQL API

AI/ML

GC/Serverless

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Master's degree in Computer Science

Tools

AWS

Azure

GCP

GraphQL

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

At Johnson & Johnson, we believe health is everything. Our strength in healthcare innovation empowers us to build a world where complex diseases are prevented, treated, and cured, where treatments are smarter and less invasive, and solutions are personal. Through our expertise in Innovative Medicine and MedTech, we are uniquely positioned to innovate across the full spectrum of healthcare solutions today to deliver the breakthroughs of tomorrow, and profoundly impact health for humanity. Learn more at jnj.com.

As guided by Our Credo, Johnson & Johnson is responsible to our employees who work with us throughout the world. We provide an inclusive work environment where each person is considered as an individual. At Johnson & Johnson, we respect the diversity and dignity of our employees and recognize their merit.

Job Function

Technology Product & Platform Management

Job Sub Function

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Beerse, Antwerp, Belgium

Job Description

We are searching for the best talent for a Principal Engr Platform/Cloud Engineering to be located in either Springhouse, PA, Raritan, NJ or Beerse, Belgium.

Please note that this role is available across multiple countries and may be posted under different requisition numbers to comply with local requirements. While you are welcome to apply to any or all of the postings, we recommend focusing on the specific country(s) that align with your preferred location(s):

Springhouse, PA, Raritan, NJ, Beerse, Belgium

Springhouse NJ - Requisition Number: R-104331

Remember, whether you apply to one or all of these requisition numbers, your applications will be considered as a single submission.

About the Job

Job Description

Innovative Medicine Research & Development, a Johnson & Johnson company, is recruiting for Principal Engineer, Platform & Cloud Engineering in our R&D Advanced Computing group focused on AI Native Drug Discovery. This position will be located in Spring House, PA; Raritan, NJ; Beerse, BE; Leiden, NL; Madrid, ES; or Maidenhead, UK.

The R&D Advanced Computing team is part of a broader R&D Engineering organization that works on leading-edge technology solutions to drive the Innovative Medicine R&D business. R&D Advanced Computing is made up of a group of technical engineers and solution architects engaged in the hands‑on delivery of business solutions. Team members typically work directly with business partners in delivering solutions. The team prides itself on being closely involved in all aspects of deployments, including assisting with defining business value propositions and user story collections, designing robust solution architectures and implementing the technical solutions. Our mission is to architect, design and implement the best technology to deliver high performing, scalable, reusable and cost optimised solutions across the IM R&D organization, enabling opportunities and significant business value that could not have been accomplished before, accelerating medicine to patients who are waiting.

The Principal Engineer, Platform/Cloud Engineering will be a part of this team, providing technology leadership, assessing and influencing technology strategy roadmaps, being at the table with business partners, solution architecting/designing, implementing and deploying solutions to drive the overall AI Native Drug Discovery ecosystem and related disciplines.

Key Responsibilities

Be a key contributor in setting technology strategy/roadmaps, as well as lead and implement technology deployments to business partners in AI Native Drug Discovery and related disciplines
Maintain strong partnerships with business partners in Therapeutics Discovery, Therapeutic Areas, Data Sciences, and others based on incoming demand
Contribute technology expertise to help identify and assess areas of greatest opportunity and impact for AI Native Drug Discovery technology platforms in pharmaceutical research and development at Innovative Medicine, and execution of platform capabilities
Collaborate with numerous groups across the IT organization, engage and influence in sector and enterprise technology leadership, as well as partner externally with the Life Sciences industry community
Drive the team's technology stack, including capabilities for scheduling, communication, monitoring, reporting, alerting, deployment, orchestration, configuration management, infrastructure, reuse and reproducibility
Leverage the unique capabilities of cloud computing to deliver effective solutions
Establish long term sustainable operational processing and resource models
Stay abreast of the rapidly changing technology landscape and incorporate technologies such as containerization, serverless and accelerated AI / Machine Learning / Deep Learning / Agentic AI as appropriate to deliver business value
Design and develop generative and agentic AI platforms, including LLM-powered applications, autonomous and multi‑agent workflows, retrieval‑augmented generation (RAG), and model orchestration that accelerate drug discovery workflows
Build and operationalize solutions on Cloud (AWS or Azure) using comparable foundation models, establishing reusable patterns for prompt engineering, tool/function calling, agent orchestration, evaluation, and responsible AI guardrails
Exhibit capable and authentic technology leadership to learn from, develop, support, and motivate junior team members
Experience with other major cloud providers such as Microsoft Azure and Google Compute Engine

Qualifications

Required

A minimum of a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Bioinformatics, Computational Science, or related field and a minimum of 6 years of industry experience; OR a Master’s degree in Computer Science, Bioinformatics, Computational Science, or related field and a minimum of 4 years of industry experience
Proven ability to lead technology platforms, programs, projects and apply technical acumen to create new opportunities
Experience with Python, Java, C++, or related complex programming language
Experience with AWS EC2 and S3
Experience with AWS RDS
Experience with AWS Lambda
Experience with hands on GraphQL API implementation
Experience with visualization technologies and techniques
Experience with container functionality (Docker/Singularity/Kubernetes) and AWS EKS
Experience with GPUs for areas such as computational sciences, advanced AI / ML / Deep Learning image analysis and predictive model training
Experience working with high performance storage solutions
Experience with functionality of Windows platforms
Experience with functionality of Linux platforms
Experience with technical vendor management
Experience working on cross functional and global teams
Experience working in a fast‑paced collaborative environment

Preferred

Experience building generative or agentic AI solutions with AWS Bedrock, Anthropic Claude, or similar foundation models
Experience with agent frameworks and RAG architectures (e.g., LangChain, LangGraph, LlamaIndex, Strands, vector databases, etc.)
Familiarity with management and analysis technologies in the area of drug discovery
Experience working with Chef for configuration management
Hands‑on experience building generative or agentic AI solutions with AWS Bedrock, Claude, or similar foundation models.

Bonus

Experience implementing GxP projects
Experience working with Agile methodology
Experience working with High Performance Computing cluster technologies (e.g., Grid Engine, Slurm)
Experience with other major cloud providers such as Microsoft Azure and Google Compute Engine

Required Skills

Preferred Skills

Accessible Design, Agility Jumps, Business Alignment, Cloud Computing, Cloud Migrations, Cloud Security, Coaching, Critical Thinking, Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), Hybrid Clouds, Multi Cloud Models, Organizing, Presentation Design, Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), Software Development Management, Tactical Planning, Technical Credibility, Technical Writing

The anticipated base pay range for this position is

€79,800.00 - €137,770.00

Benefits

In addition to base pay, we offer the following benefits*: an annual bonus with set target (% of pay) depending on pay grade / location, where the actual amount is based on the employees’ and companies’ performance of the previous calendar year, or sales commissions. Moreover, we offer vacation days, parental leave for a minimum of 12 weeks, bereavement leave, caregiver leave, volunteer leave, well-being reimbursement, programs for financial, physical and mental health. We also offer service anniversary and recognition awards, and subject to the terms of their respective plans, employees - and in some location’s eligible dependents - can participate in several insurance plans. For more information, visit Employee benefits | Supporting well-being & career growth | Johnson & Johnson Careers.

*This is for informative purposes only. Amounts and actual benefits may vary by location and are subject to change.

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Johnson & Johnson is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by federal, state or local law. We actively seek qualified candidates who are protected veterans and individuals with disabilities as defined under VEVRAA and Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act.

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