Senior Software Engineer

At Bayer were visionaries driven to solve the worlds toughest challenges and striving for a world where Health for all Hunger for none is no longer a dream but a real possibility. Were doing it with energy curiosity and sheer dedication always learning from unique perspectives of those around us expanding our thinking growing our capabilities and redefining impossible. There are so many reasons to join us. If youre hungry to build a varied and meaningful career in a community of brilliant and diverse minds to make a real difference theres only one choice.

Senior Software Engineer

POSITION PURPOSE:

The position holder leads development on one or a small number of related product teams. Individuals in this role will:

• Network and communicate with senior stakeholders across enterprises and seek opportunities for improvement
• Be proficient in a wide range of technical systems
• Be involved in identifying appropriate technology and approaches deciding when software should be written
• Carry out horizon scanning across the industry identifying emerging trends and their potential impact and opportunity
• Provide technical leadership coaching and mentoring of the team
• Promote knowledge sharing and adoption of good practice
• Take a leading role in the overall direction of business and digital capabilities
• Identify priorities for change to enable delivery at increasing pace
• Lead and influence the delivery of cross-cutting capabilities that enable change

YOUR TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Enterprise Thinking

• Assess how trends in society and industry practices might impact the organization
• Work with people outside of the organization to inform policies strategies and standards
• Anticipate changes to policy and build resilience through architectural work
• Coach others in identifying important trends

Architecture Communication

• Communicate with technical and non-technical stakeholders at all levels and across organizations using architecture communication techniques
• Mediate between people in difficult architectural discussions
• Gain support from business and technical stakeholders for architectural initiatives with high levels of risk impact and complexity
• Coach and support others in architecture communication

Community Collaboration

• Work collaboratively in a group actively networking with others
• Adapt feedback to ensure its effective and sustainable
• Identify problems or issues in the team dynamic and rectify them
• Identify issues through team facilitation and coach brainstorming to develop contingencies

Architectural Design

• Design and architecture that defines the technology people process and other elements needed to achieve organizational objectives
• Work with others across the organization to ensure best practice designs are used to achieve the organizations objectives

Architectural Decision Making

• Make and guide architectural design decisions characterized by medium risk and complexity
• Identify and address architectural risks that affect multiple teams or domains
• Use architectural guidance and assurance to make design decisions and manage technical risks at the appropriate level
• Contribute to the development of architectural guidance and assurance

Programming and Build

• Advise on the right way to apply standards and methods to ensure compliance
• Maintain technical responsibility for all the stages and iterations of a software development project
• Provide technical advice to stakeholders and set the team-based standards for programming tools and techniques

Systems Integration

• Define the integration build
• Co-ordinate build activities across systems
• Understand how to undertake and support integration testing activities

Information Security

• Maintain a strong understanding of information security
• Design solutions and services with security controls embedded specifically engineered with mitigation of security threats as a core feature.

WHO YOU ARE:

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science Information Technology or a related field
• 12 years experience in IT with a focus on systems architecture software development and IT process
• 7 years experience in a senior IT role preferably as an Enterprise Architect or similar leadership position
• Proficiency in IT infrastructure including cloud computing networking databases and application development
• Expert knowledge of integration patterns and practices
• Expert understanding of software development lifecycle and software development methodologies (e.g. Agile Scrum)
• Strong proficiency in software design and architecture
• Extensive experience with version control systems like Git
• Strong knowledge of software development tools and practices including continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD)
• Extensive experience with microservices architecture and RESTful API design
• Extensive experience with automated testing frameworks and tools
• In-depth knowledge of cloud platforms (AWS Azure Google Cloud)
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
• Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment
• Strong leadership and team management skills
• Ability to translate technical language to non-technical stakeholders

Preferred

• Extensive experience with containerization and orchestrations tools (Docker Kubernetes)
• Expertise in a specific area such as machine learning cybersecurity or mobile development
• Deep understanding of DevOps practices and tools
• Proven ability to lead and mentor junior developers
• Strong understanding of software security principles and best practices

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