Senior System Engineer (mfd)

The Position

Do you share our passion for improving healthcare by developing and operating robust innovative IT solutions that support Clinical Development

Then join our product team within IT RDM Medicine. Together with your colleagues you will contribute to the development and end-to-end operation of modern software solutions that address real business needs in a regulated environment.

This role is designed for a technically strong hands-on professional who enjoys building solutions while also taking responsibility for their delivery stability and continuous improvement. The focus is on combining engineering work with ownership across the solution lifecycle in close collaboration with the team and stakeholders.

You will join an international and intercultural team of highly skilled IT professionals based in Germany and Spain. We are moving away from rigid role definitions and are looking for people with a multi-learning mindset who are curious pragmatic and comfortable contributing across technical and operational topics.

Tasks & responsibilities

• In this role you will deliver and operate innovative software solutions in close collaboration with the business community and other IT units using modern technologies and standard IT platforms to build sustainable productionready solutions.
• As a technical partner you will act as a key contact for internal customers (e.g. Medicine) translate business demands into pragmatic and scalable IT solutions and support capability development and roadmap planning in close partnership with the business Capability Owner.
• Working end to end you will take responsibility for IT systems across their entire lifecycle including development releases operation continuous improvement and operational readiness.
• Furthermore you will contribute to IT system leadrelated activities such as release coordination change preparation and incident handling ensuring stable and reliable services.
• As part of a product team you will build solutions from early prototyping to fully productive and scalable services actively participating in agile delivery activities and supporting team coordination as a shared responsibility.
• In addition you will contribute to architectural discussions and solution design in alignment with the overall IT architecture and IT strategy and collaborate with or guide external developers where applicable.

Requirements

• Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science or a related or equivalent discipline combined with proven experience gained over several years in software development using modern programming languages and backend technologies (e.g. Python).
• Proven experience with cloudnative and containerbased solutions including handson development and delivery experience using platforms such as Red Hat OpenShift AWS EKS or AWS Fargate as well as solid knowledge of API design and development.
• Strong experience in CI/CD environments and container platforms including tools such as Jenkins Git Jira and Bitbucket ensuring reliable delivery and operation of IT solutions.
• Good exposure to AWS services and infrastructure concepts such as Infrastructure as Code (CloudFormation Terraform CDK) AWS Lambda API Gateway storage solutions (S3 EFS FSx) and databases (RDS Aurora DynamoDB).
• Experience in IT consultancy automation or data science with a track record of delivering IT solutions from prototyping to productive operation at scale; experience in the pharmaceutical industry or regulated environments (GxP) is a plus.
• Strong willingness to learn and grow beyond a single role paired with excellent communication and teamwork skills in an international interdisciplinary environment.
• professionallevel English communication skills.

Start date: asap
Apply until: April 22nd 2026

Ready to contact us

If you have any questions about the job posting or process - please contact our HR Direct Team Tel: 49 (0) 6132 77-3330 or via mail:

Please include the following documents when applying for this position: CV

Please submit your application documents in English.