Sr Associate Software Engineer
About this opportunity
Career Category
Information Systems
Job Description
Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. In this vital role as Senior Associate Software Engineer at Amgen you will be responsible for designing, building, maintaining cloud applications and APIs and designing, maintaining, analyzing and interpreting data to provide actionable insights that drive business decisions. This role involves working with APIs, Cloud based apps, large datasets, developing reports, supporting and executing data initiatives and, visualizing data to ensure data is accessible, reliable, and efficiently managed. The ideal candidate has strong technical skills, experience with building APIs, cloud apps, big data technologies, and a deep understanding of data architecture and ETL processes.
Build Rest APIs, Bulk APIs, SOAP APIs to integrate different systems
Strong experience with designing schema and writing postgresSQL queries and SQL queries in general
Solid understanding of AWS Lambda, S3 bucket upload, EMR and EC2
Understanding of Object model in Salesforce applications
Design, develop, and optimize data pipelines/workflows using Databricks (Spark, Delta Lake) for ingestion, transformation, and processing of large-scale data. A knowledge of Medallion Architecture will be an added advantage
Build ETL pipeline with Informatica or other ETL tools
Support data governance and metadata management
Experience using static code scan tools
Collaborate with Data Architects, Business SMEs, and Data Scientists to design and develop end-to-end data pipelines to meet fast paced business needs across geographic regions
Identify and resolve complex challenges
Adhere to best practices for coding, testing, and designing reusable code/component
Analyze business and technical requirements and begin translating them into simple development tasks
Execute unit and integration tests, and contribute to maintaining software quality
Identify and fix bugs and defects during development or testing phases
Contribute to the maintenance and support of applications by monitoring performance and reporting issues
Use CI/CD pipelines as part of DevOps practices and assist in the release process
What we expect of you
We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients.
Basic Qualifications:
Master’s/Bachelor’s degree and 5 to 8 years of Computer Science, IT or related field experience
Preferred Qualifications:
Experience with Software engineering best-practices, including but not limited to version control, infrastructure-as-code, CI/CD, and automated testing
Knowledge of Python/R, REST APIs, SQL, Databricks, cloud data platforms
Strong understanding of data governance frameworks, tools, and best practices.
Knowledge of data protection regulations and compliance requirements (e.g., GDPR, CCPA)
Must-Have Skills:
Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science, Data Science, or a related field.
Hands on experience with big data technologies and platforms, such as Databricks, REST APIs, Bulk APIs, Apache Spark (PySpark, SparkSQL), python for workflow orchestration, performance tuning on big data processing
Proficiency in data analysis tools (eg. SQL)
Proficient in SQL for extracting, transforming, and analyzing complex datasets from relational data stores
Strong programming skills in Python, PySpark, and SQL.
Familiarity with Informatica and/or other ETL tools.
Experience working with cloud data services (Azure, AWS, or GCP).
Strong understanding of data modeling, entity relationships
Professional Certifications
AWS Certified Data Engineer (preferred)
Databricks Certificate (preferred)
Soft Skills:
Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills
Strong communication and interpersonal abilities
High attention to detail and commitment to quality
Ability to prioritize tasks and work under pressure
Team-oriented with a proactive and collaborative mindset
Willingness to mentor junior developers and promote best practices
Adaptable to changing project requirements and evolving technology
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Job details
How this role compares
Computed from every other active Information Technology role in our database, not just this employer's listings.
We currently track 378 comparable Senior Information Technology roles across 34 biopharma companies.
Salary context
45 of 378 peers report a salary range (USD, annualized)
Peers share this role's job function and a matching or adjacent seniority level -- not necessarily the same therapeutic area or country.
Where these roles are based
Top locations among the 378 comparable roles
+ 15 more countries
Seniority mix
378 of 378 peers have a known seniority level
Therapeutic area mix
0 of 378 peers have a known therapeutic area; the rest are genuinely unlabeled, not hidden
No peers with a known therapeutic area yet.
Similar opportunities
The closest matches from our peer group, ranked by how similar they are, not how well you'd qualify for them -- treat this as market context, not a guaranteed shortlist; a weak match is labeled as one below.
How we calculate "similar"
No black box, no LLM guesswork: a deterministic score built from four normalized attributes. Here's this role's own peer group at different match levels, so you can see the mechanism, not just the result.
Every comparison starts from the same 100-point budget: 25 for working in the same function, 40 for the same therapeutic area, 20 for the same or adjacent seniority, 15 for the same country. A dimension we can't confirm on both sides contributes nothing, never a guess, never a free pass.
0 points, never a partial guess. A role we know almost nothing about beyond its function bottoms out at 25%; it never inflates to 100% just because there's little to compare against. Seniority uses a defined ladder (Associate → Manager → Associate Director → Senior → Principal → Director → Senior Director → Executive/VP) so "Director" and "Senior Director" count as adjacent, but "Director" and "Executive/VP" do not.