Principal Software Development Engineer
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Career CategoryInformation Systems Job Description Join Amgen’s Mission of Serving Patients At Amgen, if you feel like you’re part of something bigger, it’s because you are.
Join Amgen’s Mission of Serving Patients
At Amgen, if you feel like you’re part of something bigger, it’s because you are. Our shared mission—to serve patients living with serious illnesses—drives all that we do.
Since 1980, we’ve helped pioneer the world of biotech in our fight against the world’s toughest diseases. With our focus on four therapeutic areas –Oncology, Inflammation, General Medicine, and Rare Disease– we reach millions of patients each year. As a member of the Amgen team, you’ll help make a lasting impact on the lives of patients as we research, manufacture, and deliver innovative medicines to help people live longer, fuller happier lives.
Our award-winning culture is collaborative, innovative, and science based. If you have a passion for challenges and the opportunities that lay within them, you’ll thrive as part of the Amgen team. Join us and transform the lives of patients while transforming your career.
You will play a pivotal role in advancing digital capabilities across Process Development and Manufacturing. Leveraging state-of-the-art technologies, including Generative AI and Machine Learning, you will ensure the seamless flow of instrument data across operational business processes and applications enabling a unified data platform for robust, consistent, standardized data and analytics across the Amgen network. Additionally, you will help streamline the experience for Lab Scientists, Production Operators, Floor management, and Quality Assurance fostering Best-In-Class Process Innovation.
Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. In this vital role you will work as part of a Product Team focusing on Unified Lab Management (ULM) platform accelerating Amgen’s product development and commercial manufacturing working together with a dynamic team of technical product owners, business analysts, test/validation engineers, project managers and scrum masters on the design, development, management, and optimization of Amgen Operation’s Electronic Lab Notebook and Instrument Data Acquisition Platform.
The role requires strong expertise in ELN Applications, Enterprise Application Integration, end-to-end data and process harmonization, as well as handling the seamless integration of Lab Instrument data to various enterprise business applications. This individual will manage key vendors and partner with stakeholders orchestrating the implementation of solutions that enable next generation lab processes including simulations, machine learning and knowledge management.
They should also have experience leading and effectively working with large, diverse and globally dispersed teams within a matrixed organization. Extensive collaboration with global cross functional teams is required to ensure seamless integration and operational excellence. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in the end-to-end software development lifecycle, technical product ownership, business analysis, be a Scaled Agile practitioner, coupled with leadership and transformation experience. This role demands the ability to drive and deliver against key organizational critical initiatives, develop a collaborative environment, and deliver high-quality results in a matrixed organizational structure.
Responsibilities
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Serves as a technical leader across multiple teams
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Coaches mid-level and senior software development engineers
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Drive architectural decisions across multiple projects
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Maintain technical excellence and scalability in products
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Design, develop, and implement IS solutions to enable end to end digitization of lab experimentation, simulations and electronic recipe management across Operations.
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Actively engage with business users to analyze business needs, identify technology solutions capture, and document design guided by best practices in Agile development.
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Collaborate with IS Architects and System Owners to implement an integrated solution across PLM, ERP, MES, and Enterprise Data Lake
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Perform hands-on development of technology solutions including configuration of commercial software as well as extensions and integrations
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Represents software development team in cross-functional leadership meetings
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Serve as lead Solution Engineer: as well as oversee external contractors and consultants
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Review project deliverables throughout development to ensure quality and traceability to requirements and adherence to all quality management plans and standards. Participate in IS quality validation reviews.
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Oversee the backlog of requirements/user stories
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Collaborate with Platform Owners, Product Owners, Service Owners, and delivery teams to ensure delivery matches commitments, acting as a critical issue point and facilitating communication when service commitments are unmet.
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Ensure overall compliance with quality and GxP in technology services, monitor emerging technologies and trends for platform growth, and ensure ongoing alignment with strategy, compliance, and regulatory requirements.
Requirements
~1 min readMaster’s degree with 8 - 14 years of experience in Engineering, IT or related field OR
Bachelor’s degree with 10 - 16 years of experience in Engineering, IT or related field OR
Functional Skills:
Nice to Have
~1 min readExcellent leadership and team management skills.
Strong transformation and change management experience.
Ability to work effectively with global, virtual teams.
Excellent analytical and troubleshooting skills.
Ability to manage multiple priorities successfully.
Strong presentation and public speaking skills.
Strong verbal and written communication skills.
High degree of initiative and self-motivation.
As we work to develop treatments that take care of others, we also work to care for your professional and personal growth and well-being. From our competitive benefits to our collaborative culture, we’ll support your journey every step of the way.
In addition to the base salary, Amgen offers competitive and comprehensive Total Rewards Plans that are aligned with local industry standards.
As an organization dedicated to improving the quality of life for people around the world, Amgen fosters an inclusive environment of diverse, ethical, committed and highly accomplished people who respect each other and live the Amgen values to continue advancing science to serve patients. Together, we compete in the fight against serious disease.
Amgen is an Equal Opportunity employer and will consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, or any other basis protected by applicable law.
We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.
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- September 28, 2026
- Last seen
- September 28, 2026
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