Senior Applications Engineer

Medidata Solutions; New Jersey; Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Medidata Solutions is seeking a Software Applications Engineer to build cloud-based web services with a focus on Ruby on Rails and .NET ecosystems. You will contribute to automation testing, code quality, and scalable architecture in a fast-paced, Agile environment.

Ideal candidates have 5+ years of experience in C#.NET, ASP.NET MVC, SQL, and modern test practices, plus familiarity with Docker/Kubernetes and AI-assisted development tools.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or software development.
• 5+ years C#.NET, ASP.NET Webforms or MVC, and MS SQL experience.
• 1+ years using AI software development tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot, Claude/ Codex).
• 1+ years with Docker and Kubernetes.

Responsibilities

• Develop new functionality for the product.
• Improve and refactor test automation frameworks.
• Implement new test cases and test step definitions.
• Support, debug, and troubleshoot complex issues and provide root-cause analysis.
• Define automation test strategy, structure, and methodology.
• Collaborate with product managers, UI engineers and UX designers in an agile environment.
• Debug issues in a distributed SOA environment and assess impact.
• Stay current with new technologies and engineering concepts.

Skills

Ruby on Rails

C#.NET / ASP.NET MVC

SQL

Test automation

Unit testing

BDD / TDD

OO analysis & design

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or software development

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Git

CI/CD

Azure / AWS

Job description

Location: Hybrid, Iselin, NJ

Medidata follows a hybrid office policy in which employees who are hired for an in-person position are expected to work on site a certain number of days per week following Company policy.

About our Company:

Medidata is powering smarter treatments and healthier people through digital solutions to support clinical trials. Celebrating over 25 years of ground-breaking technological innovation across more than 38,000 trials and 12 million patients, Medidata offers industry-leading expertise, analytics-powered insights, and one of the largest clinical trial data sets in the industry. More than 1 million registered users across approximately 2,300 customers trust Medidata's seamless, end-to-end platform to improve patient experiences, accelerate clinical breakthroughs, and bring therapies to market faster. A Dassault Systèmes brand (Euronext Paris: FR0014003TT8, DSY.PA), Medidata is headquartered in New York City and has been recognized as a Leader by Everest Group and IDC. Discover more at www.medidata.com. Listen to our latest podcast, from Dreamers to Disruptors, and follow us at @Medidata.

About the Team:

Software Applications Engineer(s) with 5+ years’ experience building cloud based web services. We work mainly in Ruby on Rails, but we’re interesting in finding high quality software engineers using other object-oriented languages.

You’ll need to demonstrate a passion for your craft, be self-motivated and eager to engage in high impact, challenging, engineering problems while continuously raising the standard of quality in our products and services in a full solutions-oriented PaaS environment.

Responsibilities:

• Develop new functionality for the product
• Improve and refactor test automation frameworks
• Implement new test cases and test step definitions
• Support, Debug, and troubleshoot complex issues, assist with root-cause analysis, and provide solutions
• Define automation test strategy, structure, and methodology
• Analyze use cases and test scenarios in conjunction with Business and Software Quality Assurance Analysts
• Capability to develop scalable, highly performant code
• Works collaboratively as part of the development team with product managers, UI engineers and UX designers, in an agile environment
• Ability to debug and analyze issues in a distributed SOA environment to find root causes and make technical impact assessments.
• Can thrive working in a fast paced dynamic environment
• A desire to stay current with new technologies and engineering concepts
• Strong presentation and communication skills, including development of service contracts

Your Competencies:

• Basic understanding of clinical research (pharma, device and/or biotech sectors) and of Clinical Research SaaS technology
• Able to demonstrate good verbal/written communication combined with some organizational skills
• Exhibits time management skills combined with strong collaboration and team-building awareness
• Experience in supporting project teams and meeting project timelines would be advantageous
• Self-motivated and able to assume responsibility in a professional manner
• Can demonstrate some computing skills and has experience with MS Office suite, Word, Excel and PowerPoint

Your Education & Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in a computer science or Software development related field or equivalent experience
• 5+ years C#.NET, ASP.NET Webforms and/or MVC and Microsoft SQL
• 5+ years experience with Object Oriented analysis and design
• 1+ years using AI software development tools i.e. Github Copilot, Claude Code, Codex, etc. Plus ChatGPT, Gemini,Copilot, etc. to accelerate development and your work
• 1+ years experience with Docker containers / kubernetes
• Ability to effectively critique other's code in Pull Requests
• Capacity to refactor code
• Experience with unit test frameworks
• Ability to write acceptance criteria for features in simple business language
• Experience with complex SQL queries and database performance issues
• Use of a distributed source control system (such as Git)
• Experience with BDD and TDD and ability to apply appropriate design patterns preferred