Senior Cloud Applications Engineer

Medidata Solutions; New Jersey; Hybrid; USD 114,750 - 153,000; Full time

Job summary

Medidata Solutions in Iselin, NJ is seeking a Software Applications Engineer with 5+ years of experience building cloud-based web services. The role focuses on Ruby on Rails, with interest in strong OO design, testing, and scalable code in a PaaS environment.

You will develop new functionality, improve test automation, and troubleshoot complex issues while collaborating with product managers, UI engineers, and UX designers in an agile setting.

Qualifications

• 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

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
• Work with product managers, UI engineers and UX designers in an agile environment
• Debug and analyze issues in a distributed SOA environment to find root causes
• Thrive in a fast paced dynamic environment
• Stay current with new technologies and engineering concepts
• Present and communicate service contracts effectively

Skills

Verbal communication

Written communication

Team collaboration

Time management

Self-motivation

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS or related field

5+ years C#.NET / ASP.NET / MVC / SQL

OO analysis & design

AI development tools (Copilot, Claude, Codex)

Docker / Kubernetes

Tools

Git

Docker

Kubernetes

CI/CD tooling

Job description

Medidata Solutions in Iselin, NJ is seeking a Software Applications Engineer with 5+ years of experience building cloud-based web services. The role focuses on Ruby on Rails, with interest in strong OO design, testing, and scalable code in a PaaS environment.

You will develop new functionality, improve test automation, and troubleshoot complex issues while collaborating with product managers, UI engineers, and UX designers in an agile setting.