Senior Engineer, Software

This is where you save and sustain lives

At Baxter, we are deeply connected by our mission. No matter your role at Baxter, your work makes a positive impact on people around the world. You'll feel a sense of purpose throughout the organization, as we know our work improves outcomes for millions of patients.

Baxter's products and therapies are found in almost every hospital worldwide, in clinics and in the home. For over 85 years, we have pioneered significant medical innovations that transform healthcare.

Together, we create a place where we are happy, successful and inspire each other. This is where you can do your best work.

Join us at the intersection of saving and sustaining lives—where your purpose accelerates our mission.

Job Description

The Senior Engineer, Software is part of a team working in an Agile/Scrum software development environment specializing in healthcare solutions based in Gloucestershire.

The Senior Engineer, Software will have a high degree of knowledge and experience for a range of software development disciplines and will share this experience and knowledge to provide expert-level insight for software development activities. They will be involved in figuring out most appropriate technological ways of implementing new features and enhancing existing ones and will work closely with the Lead System Designer/Product Design Owner and Software Architect to help continuously improve the team's software development activities.

What You'll do:

• Senior Engineers are collectively responsible for defining, educating and implementing the coding standards which the department will observe alongside programming “best practice”.
• Senior Engineers will also largely dictate acceptable design patterns, tools and techniques to be employed to perform common operations such as caching, queuing, logging, persistence and security.
• All activities in the SDLC will be undertaken and the Senior Engineers should be capable of anticipating performance and scalability issues pre-implementation.
• The Senior Engineer is also required to undertake 3rd-line support tasks, diagnosing and rectifying issues on customer systems.

We are looking for someone who:

• A minimum of 5 years' commercial experience with PHP, relational databases (MySQL / MS SQL Server) and front-end web technologies
• Experience with jQuery and other JavaScript frameworks
• The ability to effectively communicate in a clear, positive and professional manner to all levels from customers and peers to director level
• Good analytical and problem solving skills
• High level of computer literacy
• The ability to explain technical solutions clearly
• Motivation to continue to improve one's own knowledge and skills
• Ability to work well as part of a team

Qualifications / skills

• Computer Science degree or equivalent qualifications/experience

Desirable

• Experience with Laravel framework
• Experience with Neo4j
• Experience with version control (preferably Git)
• Familiarity with Agile Scrum
• Experience with Docker, Kubernetes and Jenkins
• Experience with Jira and Confluence
• Knowledge of the healthcare sector, including software products designed for clinical use
• PHP certification
• Experience with Zend framework
• Python
• Java

What are some of the benefits of working at Baxter?

• Competitive total compensation package
• Professional development opportunities
• High importance is placed on work-life balance
• Commitment to growing and developing an inclusive and diverse workforce

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

Reasonable Accommodations
Baxter is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities globally. If, because of a medical condition or disability, you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or interview process, please click on the link here and let us know the nature of your request along with your contact information.