Senior Software Engineer

Job Description

Our company is a global health care leader with a diversified portfolio of prescription medicines, vaccines, and animal health products. The difference between potential and achievement lies in the spark that fuels innovation and inventiveness; this is the space where our company has codified its 130-year legacy. Our success is backed by ethical integrity, forward momentum, and an inspiring mission to achieve new milestones in global healthcare.

We know that our people are the key to our success, which is why our team works to attract, develop, retain, and inspire our people so that they can learn, grow and make a true impact on the world. Together we collaborate to create a culturally rich, diverse organization ensuring we remain innovative and agile.

We are looking for an energetic, self-starter to join our Enterprise Information Technology team to help us identify and deliver business solutions, in partnership with Global Workplace and Enterprise Services and Information Technology colleagues. These critical functions operate at a global scale, supporting our business in over 130 countries.

The Software Engineer is a key role within the GSM/WS Value team. This individual will be closely working with the Technical lead and responsible for configuring, coding and developing new solutions or enhancing existing solutions in the Integrated Facilities Management, Building & Package Management, Real Estate Management, and Smart Building products within the Facilities Management product line to address the core application backlogs, automation, and facilities needs in support of Global Workplace and Enterprise Services leaders.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, modify, and validate software systems and components by developing robust applications and clear technical documentation. Drive continuous improvement initiatives to enhance system functionality and the user experience.

• Develop and implement software capabilities for creating, retrieving, updating, and deleting data, ensuring solutions meet organizational objectives for security, compliance, scalability, efficiency, reliability, data fidelity, flexibility, and portability.

• Perform thorough validation and testing of applications in accordance with organizational security standards and reporting requirements. Support incident management, disaster recovery, and post‑mortem processes to improve operational resilience.

• Prioritize tasks effectively and demonstrate a strong willingness to learn and collaborate with cross-functional teams to meet IT commitments and contribute to organizational goals

Required Qualifications:

• Minimum of 6 years of experience working in large, complex IT development projects.

• A good understanding of DB Management System and DWH and Data Lakehouse concepts is required.

• Hands-on experience in Python or JavaScript programming is necessary. The candidate should be familiar with the Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) paradigm and able to read and should be interested in cross-skilling when necessary.

• Experience working with APIs is essential, specifically in programmatically interacting with API endpoints.

• Experience in SaaS application configuration and providing full lifecycle release support.

• A working knowledge of AWS services such as S3, Lambda, and Glue is good to have.

• Concept of GenAI, RAG, Embedding and Vector stores is good to have.

• Knowledge of Databricks is good to have.

• Exposure to Git version control best practices and working in a collaborative development environment and DevSecOps.

• Supplier, Procurement, Facilities Management experience is preferred

• Excellent written and verbal communications and collaboration skills.

What we offer

• Exciting work in a great team, global projects, international environment

• Opportunity to learn and grow professionally within the company globally

• Hybrid working model, flexible role pattern

• Competitive salary & incentive pay

• Pension and health insurance contributions

• Internal reward system and referral scheme

• 5  weeks annual leave, 5 sick days, 15 days of certified sick leave paid above statutory requirements annually, 40  paid hours annually for volunteering activities, 12 weeks of parental contribution

• Cafeteria for tax free benefits according to your choice (meal vouchers, Lítačka, sport, culture, health, travel, etc.), Multisport Card

• Vodafone, Raiffeisen Bank, Foodora, and discount programmes

• Up-to-date laptop and iPhone

• Parking in the garage, showers, refreshments, massage chairs, library, music corner 

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Required Skills:

Collaboration, Data Engineering, Design Applications, IT Operation, IT Project Implementation, IT Project Lifecycle, JavaScript, Object-Oriented Programming (OOP), Python (Programming Language), Software as a Service (SaaS), Software Development, Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), System Designs, Testing

Preferred Skills:

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Regular

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Hybrid

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Job Posting End Date:

12/31/2025

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