Director Software Development Engineering

About Amgen

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.

What you will do and what we expect of you

Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. In this vital role you will:

Duties:

• Recruit, build and manage software development team, including fulltime employee and contract worker
• Manage project execution to ensure adherence to budget, schedule, and scope
• Monitor or track project milestones, progress and deliverables to meet deliverable timelines
• Direct or coordinate activities of project personnel
• Monitor the performance of project team members, providing and documenting performance feedback
• Analyze and decompose high-level business needs into actionable tasks and deliverables
• Prioritize tasks effectively based on business impact, resource availability, and project timelines
• Invent, develop, and extend the internally developed software frameworks to improve efficacy, enhance operational workflows, and deliver advanced and life-changing biotech medicines
• Define feature sets for innovative software solutions to meet Amgen's software development needs and DevOps for software implementation and enhancement
• Design and improve capabilities across Amgen's cloud security architecture to integrate server less and micro services Cl/CD pipelines with Amazon Web Services, custom code development, DataOps, and Commercial-Off-The-Shelf (COTS) applications
• Design, build, and develop rapid Proof-of-Concept (POC) solutions and services
• Develop, test, deploy, and operate the service globally using one or more general purpose programming languages
• Maintaining the highest levels of development practices, including technical design, solution development, systems configuration, test documentation/execution, issue identification and resolution, and writing clean, modular, and self-sustaining code
• Collaborate closely with cross-functional engineering and business teams to gather and understand detailed requirements
• Report on project deliverables to stakeholders
• Determine software architecture and ensure quality, security, and compliance
• May telecommute
• Supervises direct reports.

Requirements

Master’s degree (or foreign equivalent) in Biomedical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field & 6 years of experience in the job offered or in a software development-related occupation. Position requires 6 years of experience in the following:

• Utilizing Cloud Computing Infrastructure Services including AWS, Microsoft Azure or Google Cloud Platform to Deploy and Operate Software Applications
• Utilizing Serverless Programming Technologies including AWS Lambda or Kubernetes to Develop Micro-Service Backend Software Services
• Utilizing Fullstack Engineering Technologies including Javascript or Nodejs, Html5, CSS to Develop Web-Based Applications
• Utilizing Mainstream Programming Languages including Java, Javascript, or Python to Develop Custom Software Solutions
• Utilizing DevOps practices and version control systems such as SVN and Git to develop application platforms that meet software development lifecycle requirements.

Benefits

• Stock
• Retirement
• Medical insurance
• Life insurance
• Disability insurance
• Health insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Flexible spending accounts
• Annual bonus or for sales roles, other incentive compensation
• Stock-based long-term incentives
• Award-winning time-off plans
• Flexible work models, including remote and hybrid work arrangements, where possible

Additional Information

• The annual salary range for this position in the U.S. is $213,179.00 – $258,666.00 per year.
• In addition to the base salary, Amgen offers a Total Rewards Plan, based on eligibility, comprising of health and welfare plans for staff and eligible dependents, financial plans with opportunities to save towards retirement or other goals, work/life balance, and career development opportunities.
• The expected annual salary range for this role in the U.S. (excluding Puerto Rico) is posted. Actual salary will vary based on several factors including but not limited to, relevant skills, experience, and qualifications.
• Amgen does not have an application deadline for this position; we will continue accepting applications until we receive a sufficient number or select a candidate for the position.
• 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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