Cloud Solutions Architect /Senior Cloud Backend Engineer

Bangalore, Karnataka April 16, 2026 Phenom

 

Work Your Magic with us!  

 

Ready to explore, break barriers, and discover more? We know you’ve got big plans – so do we! Our colleagues across the globe love innovating with science and technology to enrich people’s lives with our solutions in Healthcare, Life Science, and Electronics. Together, we dream big and are passionate about caring for our rich mix of people, customers, patients, and planet. That's why we are always looking for curious minds that see themselves imagining the unimaginable with us.  

 

United As One for Patients, our purpose in Healthcare is to help create, improve and prolong lives. We develop medicines, intelligent devices and innovative technologies in therapeutic areas such as Oncology, Neurology and Fertility. Our teams work together across 6 continents with passion and relentless curiosity in order to help patients at every stage of life. Joining our Healthcare team is becoming part of a diverse, inclusive and flexible working culture, presenting great opportunities for personal development and career advancement across the globe.

 


Your Role:

As a Senior Cloud Backend Engineer, you will join the Data & AI Solutions - Engineering team in our Healthcare R&D business. You will leverage your expertise in our D&A Landscape primarly using AWS Cloud Services and Azure AD, supporting our R&D efforts in drug discovery and development.

 

Your role includes supporting and implementing the technical roadmap, maintaining platform functionalities, engineer data archive process and adapting to emerging technologies. Responsibilities involve implementing new features and building and managing deployments.

 

Who You Are:

· A university degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.

· Exceptional problem-solving skills.

· Around 10 years of relevant experience.

· A proven track record of building and delivering secure, scalable, and resilient cloud-native systems using AWS services at an enterprise level.

· Fluency in English with excellent communication skills.

· Eager to learn and collaborate in a multinational environment, working with cross-functional teams across the US, Europe (primarily Germany), and India.

· A strong sense of accountability and ownership, with a capacity for rapid learning.

 

Key Technical Skills and Experience:

· Programming Skills: In-depth experience in Python, relational databases, SQL, and a background in object oriented programming languages such as Scala, C#, or Java is advantageous

· Services : Knowledge of RESTful APIs and microservices built on AWS, with experience in AWS Lambda (using the boto3 library) and serverless design.

· Cloud Skills: Experience in building cloud-native systems using AWS services at an enterprise level with a learning mindset.

· Best Practices: Knowledge of Object Oriented Programming (OOP) and design patternsand excellent code and technical documentation as well as experience with code review.

· CI/CD & Automation: Understanding of CI/CD pipelines, with experience in building and deploying CI/CD pipelines (preferably using Azure DevOps).

· Testing Framework: Experience in testing framework

· Security: Familiarity with AWS security best practices (MFA, encryption, user roles & policies).

 

Nice to Have:

· Containerization: Experience in building and deploying container services (Docker, Kubernetes, AWS Fargate).

· Data Tools: Experience with Iceberg and Snowflake.

· Familiarity with Terraform, CloudFormation, or CDK for infrastructure automation.

· Knowledge of NoSQL databases.

 


 

What we offer: We are curious minds that come from a broad range of backgrounds, perspectives, and life experiences. We believe that this variety drives excellence and innovation, strengthening our ability to lead in science and technology. We are committed to creating access and opportunities for all to develop and grow at your own pace. Join us in building a culture of inclusion and belonging that impacts millions and empowers everyone to work their magic and champion human progress!

 

Apply now and become a part of a team that is dedicated to Sparking Discovery and Elevating Humanity!

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