Job Description

Career Category

Research

The Research & Automation Technologies (R&AT) group within Amgen’s Automation, Research Informatics, and AI (ARIA) organization is seeking a highly creative candidate for a Software Engineer position. This person will be responsible for the development and delivery of full-stack solutions that accelerate the discovery and development of Amgen’s life-saving therapeutics. These solutions will require integration with multiple systems across our informatic ecosystem, using a variety of existing and emerging technologies, including source code repository and automated build system management, AWS infrastructure management, device driver development, and data integration. This Software Engineer will play a key role in developing solutions that enable the evolution of our Research labs into highly automated, highly integrated next-generation facilities. Our goal is to develop transformative, automated systems that fundamentally change the way science is executed in our Research labs. To effectively communicate and collaborate with a diverse group of stakeholders, an understanding of biology, chemistry and drug discovery is essential.

Roles & Responsibilities

• Development of code using C#, Dotnet and Python (desktop applications, web applications, AWS lambda functions, etc.) to: control lab automation instruments; take input from lab information management systems and transform it into automation system-specific instructions; data extraction, transformation, and loading from lab automation instruments to lab information management systems.

• Continuous outreach, collaboration, and communication with scientists across multiple research organizations and geographies to identify opportunities, ideate solutions, manage expectations, and deliver fit-for-purpose lab informatic systems and integrations.

• Identify emerging, transformative technologies and develop innovative solutions that improve existing processes or enable novel processes.

• Identify and establish best practices across the full spectrum of software development tasks, including DevOps, documentation, end-user training, delivery, and support (Windows/ Linux OS)

Basic Qualifications

• Master’s/ Bachelor's degree with 4+ years of experience in Software Engineering, Computer Science/Information Technology.

• AWS certification (Developer, Solutions Architect, or similar) preferred

Thrive

What you can expect of us

As we work to develop treatments that take care of others, so we work to care for our teammates’ professional and personal growth and well-being.

• Vast opportunities to learn and develop within our global organization

• Diverse and inclusive community of belonging, where teammates are empowered to bring ideas to the table and act

• Generous Total Rewards Plan comprising health, finance and wealth, work/life balance, and career benefits