Software Development Lead Engineer AI ML Waters Connect

Waters Corporation; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 2,500,000 - 4,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Waters Corporation in Bengaluru seeks a Senior Application Engineer to drive full-stack development across on-premises and cloud-connected software. You’ll work with C#/.NET backend and Angular frontend, contributing to proof-of-concept work, existing applications, and AI integration explorations.

Expect to collaborate with engineers and product stakeholders in an agile environment, deliver high-quality code, and advance automation and testing practices while learning new technologies.

Qualifications

• Minimum 6-8 years of software development experience.
• Strong experience building applications with C# and .NET.
• Front-end development skills with Angular or other modern frameworks.
• Comfortable across multiple codebases and learning new tech quickly.
• Solid engineering practices including testing, code reviews & maintainable design.
• Experience in Agile or iterative teams.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain applications using C# and .NET across back-end services and user-facing software.
• Contribute to a mix of existing application work, investigations and proof-of-concept development.
• Build and enhance front-end applications with Angular.
• Explore AI integration options and MCP client/server concepts.
• Collaborate with engineers, architects and product stakeholders to deliver high-quality software.
• Write clean, maintainable code and automated tests.

Skills

Years of experience

C# and .NET

Front-end development

Testing & code review

Agile/iterative teams

Problem-solving / hands-on

Tools

Angular

CI/CD pipelines

Containerisation

Job description

Overview

We are building a small research-focused engineering team to explore new technologies and help shape the future direction of our software platform.As a Senior Application Engineer, you will work across existing applications, proof-of-concept development and integration work, with opportunities to explore areas such as AI and agentic integrations.This role includes front-end and back-end engineering. Angular will be used in the role, but we are open to candidates whose front-end experience comes from other modern frameworks. The role spans both on-premise and cloud-connected software, so cloud experience is beneficial but not essential.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain applications using C# and .NET across back-end services and user-facing software.
• Contribute to a mix of existing application work, technical investigations and proof-of-concept development.
• Build and enhance front-end applications, with Angular used in the role.
• Explore AI integration options, including work on MCP clients and servers.
• Work across multiple repositories and get up to speed quickly in unfamiliar codebases.
• Collaborate with engineers, architects and product stakeholders to deliver practical, high-quality software.
• Write clean, maintainable code and automated tests.
• Support software running inon-premiseenvironments and, where needed, cloud-connected solutions.

Qualifications

Required Skills

• Minimum 6-8 Years of Software Development Experience.
• Strong experience building applications using C# and .NET.
• Front-end development skills are required. Experience with Angular is welcome, but we are open to candidates with strong experience in other modern front-end frameworks.
• Comfortable working across different codebases and learning new technologies quickly.
• Solid software engineering practices, including testing, code review and maintainable design.
• Experience contributing to application development in Agile or iterative teams.
• Strong problem-solving skills and a flexible, hands‑on approach.

Desired (Nice to Have)

• Experience with AI integrations, developer tooling, or emerging technology exploration.
• Familiarity with MCP client/server concepts or a willingness to learn quickly.
• Experience with bothon-premisesoftware and cloud-based systems.
• Exposure to APIs, CI/CD pipelines, containerisation, or modern development tooling.

Company Description

Waters Corporation (NYSE:WAT)is a global leader in life sciences and diagnostics, dedicated to accelerating the benefits of pioneering science through analytical technologies, informatics, and service. With a focus on regulated, high-volume testing environments, our innovative portfolio harnesses deep scientific expertise across chemistry, physics, and biology. We collaborate with customers around the world to advance the release of effective, high-quality medicines, ensure the safety of food and water, and drive better patient outcomes by detecting diseases earlier, managing routine infections, and combating antibiotic resistance. Through a shared culture of relentless innovation, our passionate team of ~16,000 colleagues turn scientific challenges into breakthroughs that improve lives worldwide.

Diversity and inclusion are fundamental to our core values at Waters Corporation. It benefits our employees, our products, our customers and our community. Waters complies with all applicable federal, state,and local laws. Qualified applicants are considered without regard to sex, race, color, ancestry, national origin, citizenship status, religion, age, marital status (including civil unions), military service, veteran status, pregnancy (including childbirth and related medical conditions), genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, legally recognized disability, domestic violence victim status,or any other characteristic protected by law. Waters is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. All hiring decisions are based solely on qualifications, merit, and business needs at the time.