Sr. DevOps Engineer/Sr. Associate Software Engineer
Initial Therapeutics, Inc.
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Job summary
Initial Therapeutics, Inc. is seeking a Sr. DevOps Engineer to design, develop, and maintain software applications that meet business needs. This role includes delivering scalable software solutions while ensuring application performance and reliability.
The ideal candidate should possess at least a bachelor's degree combined with relevant experience, particularly in large-scale web infrastructure, CI/CD workflows, and AWS services.
Qualifications
- Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities successfully.
- Experience with Agile, Scrum, Design Thinking, and Lean Startup principles.
Responsibilities
- Take ownership of complex software projects from conception to deployment.
- Manage software delivery scope, risk, and timeline.
- Develop innovative solutions using generative AI technologies.
Skills
Education
Job description
At Amgen, if you feel like you’re part of something bigger, it’s because you are. Our shared mission to serve patients living with serious illnesses drives all that we do.
Since 1980, we’ve helped pioneer the world of biotech in our fight against the world’s toughest diseases. With our focus on four therapeutic areas – Oncology, Inflammation, General Medicine, and Rare Disease – we reach millions of patients each year. Amgen is advancing a broad and deep pipeline of medicines to treat cancer, heart disease, inflammatory conditions, rare diseases, and obesity and obesity‑related conditions. As a member of the Amgen team, you’ll help make a lasting impact on the lives of patients as we research, manufacture, and deliver innovative medicines to help people live longer, fuller, happier lives.
Our award‑winning culture is collaborative, innovative, and science‑based. If you have a passion for challenges and the opportunities that lie within them, you’ll thrive as part of the Amgen team. Join us and transform the lives of patients while transforming your career.
Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. In this vital role, you will be responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining software applications and solutions that meet business needs and ensuring the availability and performance of critical systems and applications. This role involves working closely with product managers, designers, and other engineers to create high‑quality, scalable software solutions and automating operations, monitoring system health, and responding to incidents to minimize downtime.
- Take ownership of complex software projects from conception to deployment.
- Manage software delivery scope, risk, and timeline.
- Possesses strong rapid prototyping skills and can quickly translate concepts into working code.
- Contribute to both front‑end and back‑end development using cloud technology.
- Develop innovative solutions using generative AI technologies.
- Conduct code reviews to ensure code quality and adherence to best practices.
- Create and maintain documentation on software architecture, design, deployment, disaster recovery, and operations.
- Identify and resolve technical challenges effectively.
- Stay updated with the latest trends and advancements.
- Work closely with product team, business team, and other stakeholders.
- Design, develop, and implement applications and modules, including custom reports, interfaces, and enhancements.
- Analyze and understand the functional and technical requirements of applications, solutions, and systems and translate them into software architecture and design specifications.
- Develop and execute unit tests, integration tests, and other testing strategies to ensure the quality of the software.
- Identify and resolve software bugs and performance issues.
- Work closely with cross‑functional teams, including product management, design, and QA, to deliver high‑quality software on time.
- Maintain detailed documentation of software designs, code, and development processes.
- Customize modules to meet specific business requirements.
- Work on integrating with other systems and platforms to ensure seamless data flow and functionality.
- Provide ongoing support and maintenance for applications, ensuring that they operate smoothly and efficiently.
We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients. The professional we seek is an individual with these qualifications.
Masters degree
OR
Bachelors degree and 2 years of Computer Science, IT or related field
OR
Associates degree and 6 years of Computer Science, IT or related field
OR
High school diploma / GED and 8 years of Computer Science, IT or related field
- Solid understanding of information systems and network technologies.
- 2+ years of experience providing support for large‑scale web infrastructure.
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines, GitLab, Jenkins, or GitHub Actions.
- Experience with AWS Services (e.g., CloudFront CDN, Load balancers, EKS, ECS, Fargate, EC2, S3, Lambda, CloudWatch).
- Working understanding of Agile, Scrum, Design Thinking, and Lean Startup principles.
- Proficiency in at least one scripting or programming language such as Python.
- Excellent analytical and troubleshooting skills.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills.
- Ability to work effectively with global, virtual teams.
- High degree of initiative and self‑motivation.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities successfully.
- Team‑oriented, with a focus on achieving team goals.
- Strong presentation and public speaking skills.
As we work to develop treatments that take care of others, we also work to care for your professional and personal growth and well‑being. From our competitive benefits to our collaborative culture, we support your journey every step of the way.
The expected annual salary range for this role in the U.S. (excluding Puerto Rico) is posted. Actual salary will vary based on several factors including but not limited to, relevant skills, experience, and qualifications.
In addition to the base salary, Amgen offers a Total Rewards Plan, based on eligibility, comprising of health and welfare plans for staff and eligible dependents, financial plans with opportunities to save towards retirement or other goals, work/life balance, and career development opportunities that may include:
- A comprehensive employee benefits package, including a Retirement and Savings Plan with generous company contributions, group medical, dental and vision coverage, life and disability insurance, and flexible spending accounts
- A discretionary annual bonus program, or for field sales representatives, a sales-based incentive plan
- Stock‑based long‑term incentives
- Award‑winning time‑off plans
- Flexible work models where possible. Refer to the Work Location Type in the job posting to see if this applies
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.
Amgen is an Equal Opportunity employer and will consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, or any other basis protected by applicable law.
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