Senior Software Engineer

Danaher Corporation; Woking; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative company is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to lead the design and development of high-quality software solutions. This role offers the opportunity to work with cutting-edge technologies and collaborate with a talented team to solve complex problems. You will guide the team in maintaining best practices and ensuring the delivery of scalable, reliable, and performant systems. If you are passionate about technology and mentoring others, this position provides a dynamic and flexible work environment where your contributions will make a real impact.

Benefits

Flexible working arrangements

Professional development opportunities

Collaborative team environment

Qualifications

• Multi-year Java expertise with strong OOP and multithreading knowledge.
• Experience with AWS and Terraform for cloud infrastructure management.

Responsibilities

• Lead development activities and ensure code quality and adherence to standards.
• Collaborate with engineers to support architectural and design work.

Skills

Java SE and EE

AWS services

SQL and NoSQL databases

JavaScript/TypeScript

Mentorship

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Terraform

Docker

Kubernetes

Jenkins

Job description

ABOUT IDBS

IDBS helps BioPharma organizations unlock the potential of AI/ML to improve the lives of patients. As a trusted long-term partner to 80% of the top 20 global BioPharma companies1, IDBS delivers powerful cloud software and services specifically designed to meet the evolving needs of the BioPharma sector.

IDBS, a Danaher company, leverages 35 years of scientific informatics expertise to help organizations design, execute and orchestrate processes, manage, contextualize and structure data and gain valuable insights throughout the product lifecycle, from R&D through manufacturing. Known for its signature IDBS E-WorkBook software, IDBS has extended its flexible, scalable solutions to the IDBS Polar and PIMS cloud platforms to help scientists make smarter decisions with assured confidence in both GxP and non-GxP environments.

Do you want to work in a dynamic, fast paced, high performing, safe to fail and fun environment which is founded on trust, empowerment and autonomy? Do you enjoy solving complex customer problems as a team?

We are currently seeking a Senior Software Engineer who will be responsible for leading the design and development of high-quality software solutions. Our Software Engineers are at the core of our technical expertise and delivery teams. They own, design and deliver software functionality and contribute to the architectural, technical approach and implementation mechanisms adopted by the team.They will be directly involved in the delivery of datacentric products including pipelines, warehouses and APIs.

This role involves providing technical leadership, where you will guide the team and ensure that best practices and high standards are maintained. You will be involved in the design and architecture of complex systems, ensuring they are scalable, reliable, and performant. You will also ensure code quality, security, and adherence to standards through code reviews.

What we’ll get you doing:

• Deliver quality software (code). Lead development activities on a block of work, particularly those involving the design and implementation of complex functionality and ensuring conformance to IDBS Engineering Quality System.
• Support the elaboration of requirements, formulation of the technical implementation plan and backlog refinement. Provide technical perspective to products enhancements & new requirements activities.
• Collaborate with principal engineers and architects to support module level architectural and design work, considering security and performance requirements, architectural guidelines, and your team(s) deployment and monitoring strategy. Drive development of shared components & leverage this system-level understanding to provide technical guidance for module design and lead technical decisions.
• Research, and promote new technologies, design patterns, approaches, tools and methodologies that could optimise and accelerate development.
• Identify existing and future potential systemic issues and coach team members in problem resolution. Drive post-mortem root cause analysis including follow on actions and formulate solutions such as re-architecting areas of the system as appropriate.

Here is what success in this role looks like:

• Multi-year Java Expertise: Excellent understanding of Java SE and EE, including core concepts like OOP, multithreading, and memory management.
• Experience with AWS services for cloud computing and infrastructure management including deployment via Terraform for infrastructure as code
• Commercial experience with Snowflake or Databricks would be preferred or experience with SQL and NoSQL databases and data pipelines.
• JavaScript/TypeScript/HTML/CSS knowledge & Frontend Framework experience (React/Angular)
• Mentorship: Experience mentoring junior developers, and fostering a collaborative environment.

It would be a plus if you also possess previous experience in:

• TDD/ATDD/BDD, DDD, Pair/Ensemble Programming
• Oracle SQL, Docker/Kubernetes, Kafka, Jenkins
• GWT, Jest, Vite, Cypress, Playwright, eslint, esbuild, webpack, web components

At IDBS we believe in designing a better, more sustainable workforce. We recognize the benefits of flexible working arrangements for eligible roles and are committed to providing enriching careers, no matter the work arrangement. This position is eligible for a flexible work arrangement in which you can work part-time at the Company location identified above and part-time remotely from your home. Additional information about this work arrangement will be provided by your interview team. Explore the flexibility and challenge that working for IDBS can provide.

Join our winning team today. Together, we’ll accelerate the real-life impact of tomorrow’s science and technology. We partner with customers across the globe to help them solve their most complex challenges, architecting solutions that bring the power of science to life.

For more information, visit www.danaher.com.

At Danaher, we value diversity and the existence of similarities and differences, both visible and not, found in our workforce, workplace and throughout the markets we serve. Our associates, customers and shareholders contribute unique and different perspectives as a result of these diverse attributes.