Systems, Senior Engineer

Overview

Senior Full Stack Engineer role supporting Takeda's R&D organization, designing and enhancing cloud-native applications that enable data-driven decision-making, with increasing ownership of architecture, engineering best practices and technical leadership.

What you'll do

• Design, develop, test and maintain scalable cloud-native applications across front-end and back-end systems
• Build and enhance modern microservice-based architectures and distributed systems
• Develop and integrate RESTful APIs and system interfaces for enterprise platforms
• Implement infrastructure-as-code solutions and manage cloud environments
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines for automated deployment and delivery
• Contribute to system architecture, technical design and engineering standards
• Create detailed technical documentation including Low-Level Design (LLD), Entity-Relationship (ER) diagrams, and component and class diagrams
• Partner with stakeholders to translate business requirements into scalable technical solutions
• Implement automated testing frameworks (unit, integration, end-to-end)
• Monitor, troubleshoot and resolve production issues related to performance and reliability
• Ensure applications meet security, compliance and operational standards
• Work closely with product managers, data SMEs and cross-functional teams
• Participate in Agile development processes including sprint planning, code reviews and retrospectives
• Collaborate across global teams and vendors to deliver complex solutions
• Integrate applications with enterprise R&D systems and scientific data platforms
• Build data pipelines and support data ingestion, transformation and access
• Enable interoperability using semantic data models and metadata standards
• Drive improvements in development processes, tools and architecture
• Reduce technical debt and improve system scalability and maintainability
• Leverage AI-assisted development tools to improve productivity
• Contribute to cloud-first strategy and digital innovation across R&D
• Take end-to-end ownership of features, from design through deployment
• Act as a technical contributor and mentor supporting junior engineers
• Influence stakeholders and help resolve complex technical challenges

What you'll need

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or a related field and 5+ years of software engineering experience, or Master's degree with 3+ years of experience
• Strong experience with at least one modern programming language (e.g., Python, Java, JavaScript)
• Experience building full-stack applications (front-end + back-end)
• Experience with modern JavaScript frameworks (e.g., React, Angular, Vue)
• Hands-on experience with AWS cloud services (EC2, RDS, S3, etc.)
• Experience with infrastructure-as-code (e.g., Terraform)
• Strong understanding of microservices architecture and cloud-native design
• Experience designing and integrating REST APIs
• Experience with relational databases (e.g., Oracle, PostgreSQL, MySQL)
• Experience with NoSQL databases (e.g., DynamoDB, Neptune)
• Knowledge of data engineering pipelines (e.g., Spark, Databricks)
• Strong understanding of system design and data modeling
• Experience with DevOps tools and CI/CD pipelines
• Strong understanding of automated testing methodologies
• Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments
• Strong problem-solving, analytical and communication skills
• Ability to work independently and collaborate across teams
• Business acumen and ability to translate technical solutions to business impact

Details

• Location: IND - Bengaluru
• Employment type: Full time, Regular employee