Specialist, Software Engineering

Job Description

Specialist Software Engineering, Full-Stack

The Opportunity

Join a global biopharma company with a 130-year legacy and mission to achieve new milestones in healthcare. Be part of a technology-driven, data-led organization supporting a diversified portfolio of medicines, vaccines, and animal health products. Work alongside passionate teams that use data, analytics, and insights to drive decisions and tackle some of the world's greatest health threats.

Our Technology Centers are globally distributed hubs that enable our digital transformation and business outcomes across IT. They bring together diverse teams to collaborate, share best practices, and deliver solutions that save and improve lives.

This role is based at our Hyderabad Tech Center and follows a hybrid working model (3 days onsite, 2 days remote). Candidates are expected to reside within commuting distance of the Hyderabad office.

Role Overview

As a Full-Stack Software Engineer, you will design, develop, and maintain secure, scalable software solutions across the UI, API, data, and cloud layers that meet business and user needs. You will collaborate closely with other engineers, product managers, and delivery leads to translate functional and non-functional needs into high-quality solutions, working both independently as well as part of a global team.

What Will You Do In This Role

• Develop and maintain complex full-stack applications and software configurations in collaboration with global cross-functional teams
• Develop responsive, accessible user interfaces using modern web technologies (e.g., React/Angular, HTML, CSS, JavaScript/TypeScript/Python)
• Design and implement RESTful APIs and microservices using technologies such as Node.js/Express or equivalent
• Design test cases and test scripts independently, mapping back to pre-determined criteria, recording and reporting test outcomes
• Ensure quality through automated and manual testing, code reviews, and participation in design and requirements discussions
• Build, deploy, and operate applications on cloud platforms (AWS and/or Azure and/or GCP), following cloud-native best practices
• Use DevOps tools and practices (e.g., Git, CI/CD, infrastructure as code, monitoring/observability) for versioning, deployment, and release automation
• Leverage modern developer productivity tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot or similar AI-assisted development tools) to improve coding efficiency and quality
• Apply secure development practices, including API security, authentication/authorization, and data protection
• Gather requirements and design lifecycle practices and automation for secure, well-engineered systems and microservices
• Follow Digital SDLC practices, ensuring appropriate documentation, compliance, and governance across all development phases (design, build, test, deploy)
• Participate in Agile delivery processes using tools such as Jira for backlog management, sprint planning, status tracking, and cross-team collaboration
• Demonstrate awareness of AI capabilities and apply AI-assisted tools responsibly to enhance development productivity and solution quality
• Contribute to product planning, execution, and delivery within a matrix organization
• Support performance optimization and scalability improvements across applications
  
  

What Should You Have

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or related field
• 3–7 years of hands-on experience working in full-stack development
• Proficiency in at least one major stack (TypeScript/Node/React, Java, Python, or .NET)
• Knowledge of web fundamentals HTML, CSS, HTTP, REST APIs
• Familiarity with SQL and relational database design (plus practical query optimization)
• Familiarity with cloud platforms (preferably AWS and/or Azure and/or GCP) and cloud-native concepts (e.g., microservices, containerization, managed services)
• Experience with DevOps practices (Git, infrastructure as code, observability, CI/CD)
• Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments with tools such as Jira or equivalent
• Awareness of AI-assisted developer tools or emerging AI capabilities in software engineering
• Strong problem-solving skills with a product and customer-centric mindset
  
  

Primary Skills

• Proficiency in at least one major stack (TypeScript/JavaScript/Node/React, Java, Python, or .NET).
• Familiarity with SQL and relational database design (plus practical query optimization).
• Familiarity with cloud platforms
  
  

Preferred

Secondary Skills Devops, CI/CD

• Cloud-native, AWS/GCP certified
• Familiarity with secure coding and compliance practices
• Basic understanding of Digital SDLC or regulated development lifecycle practices (e.g., documentation, testing, compliance requirements)
• Foundational awareness of AI/GenAI concepts, including prompt engineering basics, RAG patterns, or usage of AI-assisted tools within the software development lifecycle
  
  

Who We Are

We are known as well-known org Inc., Rahway, New Jersey, USA in the United States and Canada and MSD everywhere else. For more than a century, bringing forward medicines and vaccines for many of the world's most challenging diseases. Today, our company continues to be at the forefront of research to deliver innovative health solutions and advance the prevention and treatment of diseases that threaten people and animals around the world.

What We Look For

Imagine getting up in the morning for a job as important as helping to save and improve lives around the world. Here, you have that opportunity. You can put your empathy, creativity, digital mastery, or scientific genius to work in collaboration with a diverse group of colleagues who pursue and bring hope to countless people who are battling some of the most challenging diseases of our time. Our team is constantly evolving, so if you are among the intellectually curious, join us—and start making your impact today.

Required Skills

Full Stack Development, Java, JavaScript, NET Framework, Node.js, Python (Programming Language), React.js, RESTful APIs, Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), Solution Architecture, TypeScript, Web Design Basics

Preferred Skills

Amazon Web Services (AWS), CI/CD, Cloud Platform, DevOps, DevOps Tools, Microsoft Azure

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Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, USA, also known as Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC, Rahway, NJ, USA, does not accept unsolicited assistance from search firms for employment opportunities. All CVs / resumes submitted by search firms to any employee at our company without a valid written search agreement in place for this position will be deemed the sole property of our company. No fee will be paid in the event a candidate is hired by our company as a result of an agency referral where no pre-existing agreement is in place. Where agency agreements are in place, introductions are position specific. Please, no phone calls or emails.

Employee Status

Regular

Relocation

Domestic

VISA Sponsorship

No

Travel Requirements

No Travel Required

Flexible Work Arrangements

Hybrid

Shift

Not Indicated

Valid Driving License

No

Hazardous Material(s)

n/a

Job Posting End Date

08/20/2026

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Requisition ID R410072