Software Engineer

Clinical device team in R&D IT supports technology needs in digital health across various parts of Biogen. This position offers a unique opportunity to be a key member of the team that supports Digital Medicine, Digital Therapeutics and Tech enabled remote clinical trials. Biogen is adding to its Engineering team in the Research & Development IT group. The team uses modern Software Engineering best practices to rapidly build robust niche applications leveraging Biogen’s massive repositories of complex data. There is no single solution to the complex data problems Biogen is trying to tackle. In order to tackle the non-trivial data ingestion, visualization and analytics components we need to build a suite of new custom applications leveraging some of the most innovative ideas, algorithms and leading edge components. We need quick learning multi-skilled software engineers to integrate the technology, write robust multi-tiered applications and build creative UI/UX. It’s all green-field work, using the most exciting areas of technology, working with smart & creative people in a booming industry. Right now we need really strong Java engineers to work on a number of innovative AWS cloud native projects involving the ingestion and harmonization of large volumes of semi-structured data. The core technology focuses around Java (Spring), JavaScript (AngularJS), Linux, AWS (Lambda, S3, EC2, SQS, EBS, RDS etc) and a tool chest of APIs, indexes and NoSql data stores. We run small DevOps teams and follow Agile Scrum or Agile Kanban depending on the needs of the project and the best approach for the team. This is a rare opportunity to work with AWS, Spring Framework, leading edge JavaScript development and NoSql. In addition your work will have a direct influence on Biogen’s research into MS, ALS, and Alzheimer’s.

Technical skills (essential)

• Very strong Java with Spring Framework (Spring Data, Spring Boot etc)
• Good core knowledge of Linux and shell scripting
• Solid AWS experience and understanding of cloud native applications
• Git, JIRA, Bamboo, Maven

Biogen has one of the most exciting pipelines in the Biotech / Pharmaceutical industry. Along with this growth comes a number of exciting opportunities to work with our expanding business areas. One of these opportunities is to work in R&D IT to support the needs of the Digital Medicine team across the Biogen organization.