Veeva Systems

Builds cloud software for life sciences

Senior Engineer - Back End

AI Application Engineering +1Confirmed live in the last 24 hours

Full-timeBeijing, ChinaNo salary listed

About the Job

Requirements

A bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science or a related field is required.
At least 5 years of software development experience is required.
Proven experience in SaaS platform software design and development is required.
Demonstrated experience designing large-scale distributed systems is required.
Hands-on project experience with AI Agents or LLM applications and proficiency in at least one mainstream framework, such as LangChain, LangGraph, LlamaIndex, or AutoGen, are required.
Familiarity with RAG, prompt engineering, Function Calling, and vector databases is required.
Knowledge of common data structures and algorithms is required.
Proficiency in relational database design and development is required.
A deep understanding of object-oriented design principles is required.
Mastery of at least one mainstream programming language, such as Python, Java, or C++, is required.
Familiarity with web development frameworks, such as Django, Flask, or Spring, is required.
The role requires using Python for development.

Responsibilities

Design, improve, and implement SaaS platform architecture, including technology selection.
Analyze business requirements and provide implementation solutions.
Work with front-end engineers, product managers, and quality assurance engineers to ensure product quality and development progress.
Improve product user experience based on business understanding and use technology to drive business development.
Design and deploy LLM-based AI Agents, integrating Agent capabilities into core business scenarios to increase product intelligence.
Build core Agent capabilities, including Function Calling/Tool Use, memory, planning, and multi-Agent collaboration; build and optimize RAG pipelines, prompt engineering, and related workflows.
Track and research emerging technologies, including LLMs and AI Agents, and apply them to product development.

Desired Qualifications

Knowledge of Agent ecosystem protocols such as MCP (Model Context Protocol) is a plus.
Knowledge of the CRM or life sciences domain is desirable.

Veeva Systems is a mission-driven organization and pioneer in industry cloud, helping life sciences companies bring therapies to patients faster. As one of the fastest-growing SaaS companies in history, we surpassed $3B in revenue in our last fiscal year with extensive growth potential ahead.

At the heart of Veeva are our values: Do the Right Thing, Customer Success, Employee Success, and Speed. We're not just any public company – we made history in 2021 by becoming a public benefit corporation (PBC), legally bound to balancing the interests of customers, employees, society, and investors.

Join us in transforming the life sciences industry, committed to making a positive impact on its customers, employees, and communities.

The Role

Veeva is looking for a Senior Back-end Engineer to join our team in Beijing. This engineer will be responsible for China CRM's applications development of our SaaS cloud products.

What You’ll Do

SaaS platform architecture design, improvement and implementation, technology selection
Analyze business requirements and provide business implementation solutions
Work with front-end engineers, product managers and QA engineers to ensure product quality and development progress
Based on the understanding of the business, improve the user experience of the product and use technology to drive business development
Design and deploy LLM-based AI Agents, integrating Agent capabilities into core business scenarios to boost product intelligence.
Build core Agent capabilities (Function Calling/Tool Use, memory, planning, and multi-Agent collaboration); build and optimize RAG pipelines, prompt engineering, and related workflows.
Tracking and researching cutting-edge technologies and applying them to the company's product development (including LLMs and AI Agents)
Needs to use python for development

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science or a related field.
5+ years of software development experience.
Proven experience in SaaS platform software design and development.
Demonstrated experience in designing large-scale distributed systems.
Hands-on project experience with AI Agents or LLM applications; proficiency in at least one mainstream framework (e.g., LangChain, LangGraph, LlamaIndex, AutoGen).
Familiarity with key technologies including RAG, prompt engineering, Function Calling, and vector databases. Knowledge of Agent ecosystem protocols like MCP (Model Context Protocol) is a plus.
Strong knowledge of common data structures and algorithms.
Proficient in relational database design and development.
Deep understanding of object-oriented design (OOD) principles.
Mastery of at least one mainstream programming language (e.g., Python, Java, C++).
Familiarity with web development frameworks (e.g., Django, Flask, Spring).
Passionate about technology, logically minded, optimistic, and adept at collaborating across cross-functional teams.

Nice to Have

Knowledgeable in CRM or life science domain

Perks & Benefits

Fitness Fee

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Veeva’s headquarters is located in the San Francisco Bay Area with offices in more than 15 countries around the world.

Veeva is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, national origin or ancestry, age, disability, marital status, pregnancy, protected veteran status, protected genetic information, political affiliation, or any other characteristics protected by local laws, regulations, or ordinances.

About the Company

Veeva Systems

Builds cloud software for life sciences

Veeva Systems builds cloud software and data products for pharmaceutical, biotechnology and other life sciences companies. Its applications support clinical trials, regulatory submissions, quality management, drug safety and commercial teams that work with healthcare professionals. Teams use the software to organize documents, track records and coordinate regulated work across departments on Veeva's Vault platform. Veeva earns revenue from subscriptions to its software and data products, alongside implementation, consulting and other professional services. Founded in 2007, Veeva Systems is headquartered in Pleasanton, California, United States.

Company size: 5,001-10,000
Company stage: IPO
Headquarters: Pleasanton, CA
Founded: 2007

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