Specialist Software Engineer

Join Amgen’s Mission of Serving Patients 

At Amgen, if you feel like you’re part of something bigger, it’s because you are. Our shared mission—to serve patients living with serious illnesses—drives all that we do. 

Since 1980, we’ve helped pioneer the world of biotech in our fight against the world’s toughest diseases. With our focus on four therapeutic areas –Oncology, Inflammation, General Medicine, and Rare Disease– we reach millions of patients each year. As a member of the Amgen team, you’ll help make a lasting impact on the lives of patients as we research, manufacture, and deliver innovative medicines to help people live longer, fuller happier lives. Our award-winning culture is collaborative, innovative, and science based. If you have a passion for challenges and the opportunities that lay within them, you’ll thrive as part of the Amgen team. Join us and transform the lives of patients while transforming your career. 

Specialist Software Engineer 

What you will do: 

Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. We are seeking a Specialist Software Engineer to design, build, and scale enterprise-grade AI-powered web applications that enable intelligent workflows across Manufacturing and Operations. The ideal candidate combines strong full-stack engineering expertise with cloud-native development, modern frontend frameworks, backend API design, and practical experience integrating Generative AI capabilities into production applications. 

Roles & Responsibilities 

• Design, prototype, develop, and deploy cloud-based full-stack applications using modern software engineering practices and Generative AI technologies.  

• Build responsive, accessible, and high-performing user interfaces using React and TypeScript across devices and browsers.  

• Develop reusable UI components, design patterns, APIs, modules, integrations, reports, and enhancements that improve scalability, maintainability, and user experience.  

• Partner with UX designers, product managers, business stakeholders, QA, and engineering teams to translate requirements, wireframes, and prototypes into production-ready solutions.  

• Analyze functional and technical requirements and convert them into scalable software architecture, design specifications, and implementation plans.  

• Lead technical design discussions and architecture reviews while defining engineering standards, reusable patterns, and best practices.  

• Build and integrate back-end services, APIs, and system interfaces to enable seamless functionality and data flow across platforms.  

• Ensure software quality through clean code, code reviews, automated testing, CI/CD, performance optimization, accessibility validation, and defect resolution.  

• Create and maintain technical documentation for architecture, design, deployment, disaster recovery, operations, and support.  

• Provide ongoing support, troubleshooting, maintenance, and performance improvements for production applications.  

• Evaluate emerging technologies and recommend adoption strategies that improve user experience, engineering productivity, and platform quality.  

• Automate manual processes and develop reusable frameworks, accelerators, and engineering assets.  

• Mentor junior engineers, promote engineering excellence, and support continuous improvement across the software development lifecycle.  

• Work in Agile/SAFe environments using JIRA, Confluence, and Agile DevOps tools to manage sprints, backlogs, user stories, and incremental delivery. 

What we expect of you: 

We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients. 

Basic Qualifications: 

• Doctorate degree / Master's degree / Bachelor's degree and 8 to 13 years of experience years of experience in Computer Science, IT or related field 

Must-Have Skills 

• Solid understanding and experience in cloud computing principles, particularly within the AWS ecosystem, understand pros and cons of various services in well architected cloud design principles. 

• Knowledge of HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and Typescript along with popular front-end frameworks like React (preferred) or Angular, is required to build interactive and responsive web applications 

• Proficiency in Python/PySpark development, Fast API, REST APIS, Databricks, DevOps Tools, CI/CD, Data Ingestion, and GraphQL. 

• In-depth knowledge of data engineering concepts, ETL processes, and data architecture principles. 

• Experienced with API integration, serverless, microservices and Event-driven architecture. 

• Candidates should be able to write clean, efficient, and maintainable code. 

• Experience with software engineering best practices, version control (Git, Subversion, etc.), CI/CD (Jenkins, Maven, etc.), automated unit testing, and DevOps 

• Ability to quickly learn, adapt, and apply new technologies. 

• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills. 

• Excellent communication and teamwork skills. 

• Experience with Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe), Agile delivery practices, and DevOps practices. 

Good-to-Have Skills 

• Experience with AI assisted code development using tools like GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Claude Code. 

• Experience in biotechnology or pharma industry. 

• Experience with monitoring and logging tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, Splunk) 

Education and Professional Certifications 

• AWS Certified Cloud, Data Engineer, Developer or Solutions Architect preferred 

• Databricks Certificate preferred 

• Scaled Agile SAFe certification preferred 

Soft Skills 

• Excellent analytical and troubleshooting skills. 

• Strong verbal and written communication skills. 

• Ability to work effectively with global, virtual teams. 

• High degree of initiative and self-motivation. 

• Ability to manage multiple priorities successfully. 

• Team-oriented, with a focus on achieving team goals. 

• Ability to learn quickly, be organized, and detail-oriented. 

• Strong presentation and public speaking skills.