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Senior Software Engineer-INF004725

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Merck & Co., Inc. Kenilworth, N.J., U.S.A. known as Merck in the United States and Canada, is a global health care leader with a diversified portfolio of prescription medicines, vaccines and animal health products. The difference between potential and achievement lies in the spark that fuels innovation and inventiveness; this is the space where Merck has codified its legacy for over a century. Merck’s success is backed by ethical integrity, forward momentum, and an inspiring mission to achieve new milestones in global healthcare.

Merck’s Information Technology organization partners with colleagues across the business to help serve our patients and customers around the world. Ours is a high energy team of dynamic, innovative individuals dedicated to advancing Merck’s contribution to global medical innovation by leveraging information and technology to efficiently advance the business by driving revenue and productivity.

How will you invent the future?

As a Senior Software Engineer at Merck’s Austin IT HUB, you will be part of inventing tomorrow. Our Innovative centers are where great people come together and deliver solutions that save and improve lives.

We are seeking motivated talent interested in solving problems to improve tomorrow.

You will:

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Be an active member of a team building leading edge, scientific domain applications and services across the drug discovery pipeline.

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Be in a technical role that requires deep knowledge and experience with programming and will work closely with architects, business analyst to design and implement software tools used in scientific workflows.

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Manage and mentor junior members of the team.

You will work and learn more about:

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Pharmaceutical business as it relates to basic research and pre-clinical drug development.

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Laboratory Information Systems and how they operate within the context of drug development life cycle.

Qualifications

Educational:

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M.S. or B.S. in IT, Software Engineering, Computer Science, or related fields

Required Experience:

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5+ years of relevant work experience, preferably including leading small to medium teams of developers.

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Experience with multiple programming in core languages such as C, Fortran and Java and in scripting languages such as Python, Perl and Javascript.

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Experience with Agile Development Principles.

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Experience with distributed development systems (DVCS) such as git, mercurial, BitBucket.

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Experience with various bug tracking and planning systems such as Jira.

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Ability to interpret architecture designs and to abstract and define interfaces.

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Hands-on experience with a service oriented approach including RESTful services.

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Excellent attention to detail and a passion for continuous improvement.

Preferred Experience:

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Exposure to biotechnology or life sciences like Molecular Biology is a big plus.

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Ability to understand strategic IT goals in order to be able to execute own tasks in support of technology integration initiatives.

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Ability to work independently, asynchronously (across time zones) and with excellent communication skills that cross language/culture/geographic boundaries.

Your role at Merck is integral to helping the world meet new breakthroughs that affect generations to come, and we’re counting on your skills and inventiveness to help make meaningful contributions to global medical advancement. At Merck, we’re inventing for life.

If you need an accommodation for the application process please email us at staffingaadar@merck.com.

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Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

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Job: Information Technology

Job Title:Sr. Spclst, Eng., Dev. & Integration

Primary Location: NA-US-TX-Austin

Employee Status: Regular

Travel: Yes, 20 % of the Time

Number of Openings: 1

Company Trade Name:Merck

Company

Our vision is to make a difference in the lives of people globally through our innovative medicines, vaccines, biologic therapies, consumer health and animal products. We aspire to be the best healthcare company in the world and are dedicated to providing leading innovations and solutions for tomorrow.

We have made it our mission to provide innovative, distinctive products and services that save and improve lives, satisfy customer needs and to be recognized as a great place to work

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