Senior Software Engineer

Position Overview

TraceLink is seeking an experienced full-time Senior Software Engineer to join our team to work on our Analytics products. As part of our Engineering organization, you will be responsible for the design, development, and maintenance of cutting-edge cloud-based Analytics applications, running in our sophisticated, Kubernetes (AWS EKS) hosted, RxJava/Vert.x cloud platform, the Digital Network Platform (OPUS). All of this within the Life Sciences / Pharma supply chain domain.

In this senior role, you will be responsible for back-end, server-centric components and will provide critical architectural input, guiding projects from start to finish within the application development process.

Responsibilities

• Develop Analytics solutions that will help clients optimize their supply chain operations and adhere to compliance regulations.
• Provide architectural input for software development efforts utilizing a thorough understanding of various technologies such as web applications, relational databases, information security, and cloud-based services.
• Provide high-level analysis and design reviews to apply appropriate technologies and architecture to solve conceptual problems.
• Ensure design, structure, and content meet performance guidelines.
• Work closely with Domain experts, Data scientists, Architects, Product managers, and Product Engineers to design and implement Analytics products.
• Size complex stories or epics incorporating interdependent deliverables and resources.
• Help keep a project that may span several user stories on track from start to finish.
• Help peers understand downstream implications of decisions.
• Act as a proactive contributor in helping to inform product strategy and roadmap.
• Write clean, high performance, and scalable code across different frameworks and languages.
• Work in fast-paced Agile teams and utilize the ability to quickly learn and adapt to new tools and technologies.
• Work with QA teams to align on test planning and help in test executions.
• Actively participate in all phases of the software development lifecycle.

Required Skills and Qualifications

• 8+ years of software development experience.
• Hands-on experience with writing SQL queries.
• Expertise in Java /JavaScript.
• Familiarity with AWS Cloud Data storage and processing services including S3, Glue, Athena, Redshift, RDS, Elastic Search, Kafka/Kinesis, SQS, and SNS.
• Solid understanding of RESTful APIs, Microservices architecture, and containerization using Kubernetes.
• Strong understanding of event-driven architecture and asynchronous messaging.
• Strong Computer Science fundamentals, specifically in Data Structures and Algorithms.
• Analytical thinking and collaborative mindset with excellent communication skills.
• Experience working in an Agile environment with teams distributed across the US and India.
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience required.

Preferred Skills and Qualifications

• Knowledge and Experience building Agentic AI systems.
• Knowledge and Experience with Prompt/Context Engineering.
• Exposure to GraphQL, Vert.x, and Rx/Java.
• Experience in developing Enterprise Software (e.g. Supply Chain, ERP, Manufacturing).
• Experience with the pharmaceutical industry.