Systems, Senior Engineer
Role Overview
As a Senior Full Stack Engineer, you will design, build, and enhance cloud-native applications that support the R&D organization.
Operating at the intersection of science and technology, you will partner with product owners, data experts, and global engineering teams to deliver scalable, high-quality solutions that enable data-driven decision-making.
This role combines full-stack development, cloud engineering, and system design, with increasing ownership of architecture, engineering best practices, and technical leadership.
Key Skills for This Role
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Job Description
As a Senior Full Stack Engineer, you will design, build, and enhance cloud-native applications that support the R&D organization. Operating at the intersection of science and technology, you will partner with product owners, data experts, and global engineering teams to deliver scalable, high-quality solutions that enable data-driven decision-making.
This role combines full-stack development, cloud engineering, and system design, with increasing ownership of architecture, engineering best practices, and technical leadership.
Engineering & Development
Design, develop, test, and maintain scalable cloud-native applications across front-end and back-end systems
Build and enhance modern microservice-based architectures and distributed systems
Develop and integrate RESTful APIs and system interfaces for enterprise platforms
Implement infrastructure-as-code solutions and manage cloud environments
Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines for automated deployment and delivery
Architecture & Design
Contribute to system architecture, technical design, and engineering standards
Create detailed technical documentation including:
Low-Level Design (LLD)
Entity-Relationship (ER) diagrams
Component and class diagrams
Partner with stakeholders to translate business requirements into scalable technical solutions
Quality & Reliability
Implement automated testing frameworks (unit, integration, end-to-end)
Monitor, troubleshoot, and resolve production issues related to performance and reliability
Ensure applications meet security, compliance, and operational standards
Collaboration & Delivery
Work closely with product managers, data SMEs, and cross-functional teams
Participate in Agile development processes including sprint planning, code reviews, and retrospectives
Collaborate across global teams and vendors to deliver complex solutions
Data & Platform Integration
Integrate applications with enterprise R&D systems and scientific data platforms
Build data pipelines and support data ingestion, transformation, and access
Enable interoperability using semantic data models and metadata standards
Continuous Improvement & Innovation
Drive improvements in development processes, tools, and architecture
Reduce technical debt and improve system scalability and maintainability
Leverage AI-assisted development tools to improve productivity
Contribute to cloud-first strategy and digital innovation across RD
Leadership & Ownership
Take end-to-end ownership of features—from design through deployment
Act as a technical contributor and mentor supporting junior engineers
Influence stakeholders and help resolve complex technical challenges
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field and 5+ years of software engineering experience. Or Master’s degree with 3+ years of experience
- Strong experience with at least one of modern programming languages (e.g., Python, Java, JavaScript)
- Experience building full-stack applications (front-end + back-end)
- Experience with modern JavaScript frameworks (e.g., React, Angular, Vue)
- Hands-on experience with AWS cloud services (EC2, RDS, S3, etc.)
- Experience with infrastructure-as-code (e.g., Terraform)
- Strong understanding of microservices architecture and cloud-native design
- Experience designing and integrating REST APIs
- Data & Systems
- Experience with relational databases (e.g., Oracle, PostgreSQL, MySQL)
- Experience with NoSQL databases (e.g., DynamoDB, Neptune)
- Knowledge of data engineering pipelines (e.g., Spark, Databricks)
- Strong understanding of system design and data modeling
- Engineering Practices
- Experience with DevOps tools and CI/CD pipelines
- Strong understanding of automated testing methodologies
- Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments
- Professional Skills
- Strong problem-solving, analytical, and communication skills
- Ability to work independently and collaborate across teams
- Business acumen and ability to translate technical solutions to business impact
- Locations
- IND - Bengaluru
- Worker Type
- Employee
- Worker Sub-Type
- Regular
- Time Type
- Full time
Technical Skills
- Strong experience with at least one of modern programming languages (e.g., Python, Java, JavaScript)
- Experience building full-stack applications (front-end + back-end)
- Experience with modern JavaScript frameworks (e.g., React, Angular, Vue)
- Hands-on experience with AWS cloud services (EC2, RDS, S3, etc.)
- Experience with infrastructure-as-code (e.g., Terraform)
- Strong understanding of microservices architecture and cloud-native design
- Experience designing and integrating REST APIs
Data & Systems
Experience with relational databases (e.g., Oracle, PostgreSQL, MySQL)
Experience with NoSQL databases (e.g., DynamoDB, Neptune)
Knowledge of data engineering pipelines (e.g., Spark, Databricks)
Strong understanding of system design and data modeling
Engineering Practices
Experience with DevOps tools and CI/CD pipelines
Strong understanding of automated testing methodologies
Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments
Professional Skills
Strong problem-solving, analytical, and communication skills
Ability to work independently and collaborate across teams
Business acumen and ability to translate technical solutions to business impact
Locations
IND - Bengaluru
Worker Type
Employee
Worker Sub-Type
Regular
Time Type
Full time
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, test, and maintain scalable cloud-native applications across front-end and back-end systems
- Build and enhance modern microservice-based architectures and distributed systems
- Develop and integrate RESTful APIs and system interfaces for enterprise platforms
- Implement infrastructure-as-code solutions and manage cloud environments
- Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines for automated deployment and delivery
- Contribute to system architecture, technical design, and engineering standards
- Create detailed technical documentation including:
- Low-Level Design (LLD)
- Entity-Relationship (ER) diagrams
- Component and class diagrams
- Partner with stakeholders to translate business requirements into scalable technical solutions
- Implement automated testing frameworks (unit, integration, end-to-end)
- Monitor, troubleshoot, and resolve production issues related to performance and reliability
- Ensure applications meet security, compliance, and operational standards
- Work closely with product managers, data SMEs, and cross-functional teams
- Participate in Agile development processes including sprint planning, code reviews, and retrospectives
- Collaborate across global teams and vendors to deliver complex solutions
- Integrate applications with enterprise R&D systems and scientific data platforms
- Build data pipelines and support data ingestion, transformation, and access
- Enable interoperability using semantic data models and metadata standards
- Drive improvements in development processes, tools, and architecture
- Reduce technical debt and improve system scalability and maintainability
- Leverage AI-assisted development tools to improve productivity
- Contribute to cloud-first strategy and digital innovation across RD
- Take end-to-end ownership of features—from design through deployment
- Act as a technical contributor and mentor supporting junior engineers
- Influence stakeholders and help resolve complex technical challenges
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