Senior Software Engineer Backend

Job Description

At Agilent, we advance the quality of life by enabling scientific discovery through world-class instruments, software, and services. We’re committed to innovation, collaboration, and excellence. You’ll be part of a team that values creativity, continuous learning, and delivering impactful digital solutions. If you're passionate about eCommerce solutions for Cart, Checkout and much more; and want to help shape the future of online experiences, we’d love to hear from you.

This role currently follows a hybrid work model. Work arrangements may evolve based on future business needs

What you’ll do

• Work with a team of engineers to deliver feature set that are crucial to Revenue growth.

• Be a part of a world class global organization.

• Push the bar to solve complex technical challenges of scale and performance.

• Architect, develop, and maintain robust, high-performance backend services and APIs using NodeJS.

• Design and setup NOSQL databases and Search index required for end-end API flows.

• Provide mentorship to engineering peers and uphold high standards in code quality and development practices.

Champion modern, maintainable infrastructure aligned with industry best practices and emerging technologies

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, or related field.

• 8+ years of experience in API development.

• Expert Programming skills in Python, JavaScript, NodeJS,

• Understanding of SaaS, PaaS, IaaS industry with hands-on experience with public cloud offerings (e.g., AWS, GCP, or Azure)

• Experience in relational or noSQL DB such as Dynamodb, Search technolgoes such as OpenSearch, Graph DB.

• Must be able to pick up new backend technologies as the need arises.

• Must be familiar with API standards and frameworks.

• Knowledge to evaluate trade-offs based on cost, risk, effort analysis.

• Practice in mentoring other engineers and influencing decision makers throughout the organization

• Consideration of customer impact when making technical decisions

Ways To Stand Out From The Crowd

• Substantial experience with AI/LLM driven use cases

• Experience in Code AI tools to gain productivity in coding. Eg. Copilot, Windsurf etc

• Good problem-solving skills

• Ability to work in a distributed team environment.

• Good written and spoken communications skills are crucial