Sr Full Stack Developer

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Job Description

Join Amgen’s Mission of Serving Patients

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. 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 lay within them, you’ll thrive as part of the Amgen team. Join us and transform the lives of patients while transforming your career.

Sr Full Stack Developer

What you will do

Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. In this vital role you will play a key role in a regulatory submission content automation initiative which will modernize and digitize the regulatory submission process, positioning Amgen as a leader in regulatory innovation. The initiative brings to bear innovative technologies, including Generative AI, Structured Content Management, and integrated data to automate the creation, review, and approval of regulatory content.

Role Description: The Sr Full Stack Developer is 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.

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Lead full-stack web-based application development for various components of our regulatory submission capability.
• Lead a team of programmers while also willing to jump in and code based on project demands. Hands on programming is expected.
• Take ownership of complex software projects from conception to deployment.
• Manage software delivery scope, risk, and timeline.
• Rapidly prototype concepts into working code.
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to junior developers.
• Contribute to front-end and back-end development using cloud technology.
• Develop innovative solutions using generative AI technologies.
• Integrate with other systems and platforms to ensure seamless data flow and functionality.
• Conduct code reviews to ensure code quality and alignment to standard processes.
• Create and maintain documentation on software architecture, design, deployment, disaster recovery, and operations.
• Analyze and understand the functional and technical requirements of applications, solutions, and systems and translate them into software architecture and design specifications.
• Work closely with product team, multi-functional teams, enterprise technology teams and QA, to deliver high-quality and compliant software on time.
• Ensure high quality software deliverables free of bugs and performance issues through proper design and comprehensive testing strategies.
• Customize modules to meet specific business requirements.
• Provide ongoing support and maintenance for applications, ensuring that they operate smoothly and efficiently.
• Stay updated with the latest trends and advancements.

What we expect of you

We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients.

Basic Qualifications:

• Master’s degree with 4 - 6 years of experience in Computer Science, IT or related field
• Bachelor’s degree with 6 - 8 years of experience in Computer Science, IT or related field
• Diploma with 10 - 12 years of experience in Computer Science, IT or related field

Functional Skills:

• Proficiency with Full Stack software development.
• Proficiency in programming languages Python (preferred), JavaScript, SQL/NoSQL.
• Experience with modern front-end frameworks and libraries (e.g., React, Node.js), and expertise in building responsive and user-friendly UIs.
• Experienced with API integration, serverless, microservices architecture.
• Experience with website development, understanding of website localization processes, which involve adapting content to fit cultural and linguistic contexts.
• Experience with version control and CI/CD using GitLab.
• Experience with various cloud services, understanding pros and cons of various cloud services in well-architected cloud design principles.
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills; Ability to learn quickly; Superb communication and interpersonal skills.
• Good understanding of software development methodologies, including Agile and Scrum.

Good-to-Have Skills:

• Good understanding of cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, GCP, Azure) and containerization technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes).
• Experience with monitoring and logging tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, Splunk).
• Experience with data processing tools like Hadoop, Spark, or similar.
• Experience with Langchain or llamaIndex framework for language models; Experience with prompt engineering, model fine-tuning.
• Experience in SQL/NoSQL database, vector database for large language models.
• Experience with popular large language models.

Professional Certifications:

• AWS Certified Developer (preferred)

Soft Skills:

• 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.

Equal opportunity statement

Amgen is an Equal Opportunity employer and will consider you without regard to your race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability status.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided with 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 an accommodation.

What you can expect of us

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’ll support your journey every step of the way.

In addition to the base salary, Amgen offers competitive and comprehensive Total Rewards Plans that are aligned with local industry standards.

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As an organization dedicated to improving the quality of life for people around the world, Amgen fosters an inclusive environment of diverse, ethical, committed and highly accomplished people who respect each other and live the Amgen values to continue advancing science to serve patients. Together, we compete in the fight against serious disease.

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.

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.