Software Engineering Manager
Software Engineering Manager
Merck Life ScienceThis job is no longer accepting applications
Job Description
Work Your Magic with us!
Ready to explore, break barriers, and discover more We know you've got big plans – so do we! Our colleagues across the globe love innovating with science and technology to enrich people's lives with our solutions in Healthcare, Life Science, and Electronics. Together, we dream big and are passionate about caring for our rich mix of people, customers, patients, and planet. That`s why we are always looking for curious minds that see themselves imagining the unimageable with us.
Your Role
Our Digital and eCommerce division is looking to transform the Digital and eCommerce technology engine for Company's Life Science. As a Software Engineering Manager, you will play a key role leading and growing our Bangalore based development team as we evolve our platform, helping to embrace modern principles like microservices and distributed architecture.
The Digital and eCommerce team currently operates several B2B websites and direct digital sales channels via a globally deployed cloud-based platform that are a growth engine for life science business. We provide a comprehensive catalog of all products, enabling our customers to find products and purchase products as well as get detailed scientific information on those products.
Apply now and become a part of our diverse team!
Ready to explore, break barriers, and discover more We know you've got big plans – so do we! Our colleagues across the globe love innovating with science and technology to enrich people's lives with our solutions in Healthcare, Life Science, and Electronics. Together, we dream big and are passionate about caring for our rich mix of people, customers, patients, and planet. That`s why we are always looking for curious minds that see themselves imagining the unimageable with us.
Your Role
Our Digital and eCommerce division is looking to transform the Digital and eCommerce technology engine for Company's Life Science. As a Software Engineering Manager, you will play a key role leading and growing our Bangalore based development team as we evolve our platform, helping to embrace modern principles like microservices and distributed architecture.
The Digital and eCommerce team currently operates several B2B websites and direct digital sales channels via a globally deployed cloud-based platform that are a growth engine for life science business. We provide a comprehensive catalog of all products, enabling our customers to find products and purchase products as well as get detailed scientific information on those products.
- Take end-to-end responsibility for the development of one or more eCommerce and Digital products, primarily around the e-commerce core order engine and its interfaces.
- Build and grow our engineering team through mentoring, recruiting and guidance.
- Partner with Product Owner(s) to develop a technical vision for our eCommerce products.
- Develop a roadmap in partnership with the rest of the engineering leadership team to modernize our eCommerce and Digital platform.
- Foster a Growth and Learning culture on the team, encouraging teams to embrace change and constantly strive for improvement.
- Ensure the team produces high quality code by fostering effective testing and review processes and a quality mindset.
- Help the team evolve and increase their throughput by adopting modern methodologies like frequent deployments and tirelessly removing obstacles to productivity.
- Know what and how to measure the team to show how they are improving.
- Bachelor's/Master's degree in computer science or equivalent.
- 8+ years of software engineering experience
- 1+ years of software engineering management experience leading and directly managing teams.
- Ability to work with global teams and a flexible work schedule.
- Experience influencing and communicating with non-technical decision makers as a technical thought leader.
- Experience bringing conceptual, analytical, and big picture thinking to strategic problem solving.
- Experience with at least one major programming language (e.g., JavaScript, Python, Java).
- Experience with cloud environments (e.g., Google Cloud Platform, Azure, Amazon Web Services, etc.)
- A deep technical understanding of Microservices, CI/CD, Event Oriented Architectures and Distributed Systems
- 10+ years of software engineering experience
- Familiarity with DevOps practices/principles, Agile/Scrum methodologies, and the product development lifecycle
- Experience collaborating closely with Product Owners and contributing to product strategy.
- Familiarity with modern web APIs and full stack frameworks.
- Experience with AI assisted development methodologies and toolsets
- Experience developing eCommerce systems – especially B2B eCommerce – is a plus.
Apply now and become a part of our diverse team!
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Key Skills
AI assisted development methodologies
full stack frameworks
modern web APIs
eCommerce systems
CI CD
DevOps practices
Event Oriented Architectures




