Principal Platform Engineer
About The Position
At Johnson & Johnson, we believe health is everything. Our strength in healthcare innovation empowers us to build a world where complex diseases are prevented, treated, and cured, where treatments are smarter and less invasive, and solutions are personal. Through our expertise in Innovative Medicine and MedTech, we are uniquely positioned to innovate across the full spectrum of healthcare solutions today to deliver the breakthroughs of tomorrow, and profoundly impact health for humanity. Learn more at https://www.jnj.com About Innovative Medicine Our expertise in Innovative Medicine is informed and inspired by patients, whose insights fuel our science-based advancements. Visionaries like you work on teams that save lives by developing the medicines of tomorrow. Join us in developing treatments, finding cures, and pioneering the path from lab to life while championing patients every step of the way. Learn more at https://www.jnj.com/innovative-medicine We are searching for the best talent for a Principal Platform Engineer to lead the Platform Operations and Engineering capabilities. The preferred location is Raritan, NJ. Remote work options may be considered on a case-by-case basis and if approved by the Company. The Platform Operations and Engineering role focuses on designing, building, and optimizing platform level technical solutions, leading hands‑on engineering efforts, and ensuring the reliability, scalability, and security of the systems that power Innovative Medicine platforms.
Requirements
- 8+ years of engineering experience supporting enterprise software products and platforms
- Deep understanding of AWS infrastructure
- Experience developing and maintaining data pipelines
- Building and deploying Docker and Kubernetes
- Experience with Data Mesh and/or Data Fabric technologies
- Agile methodologies, test automation, and DevOps practices
- Hands-on experience with collaboration tools like JIRA, Jenkins, Confluence, and Bitbucket
- Experience developing SQL queries, Python, React
Nice To Haves
- Experience in a Pharma R&D data ecosystem
- GCP and Azure
- Experience with Snowflake and/or Databricks
- Data Pipeline tools like Airflow, AWS Glue, Kafka
- API Development
- Understanding AI concepts and frameworks, including agentic AI, with the ability to translate technical capabilities into product strategies.
Responsibilities
- Serve as the technical authority for platform operations, supporting multiple enterprise platforms that deliver critical capabilities across Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine.
- Build strong partnerships across business and IT organizations to understand operational challenges, priorities, and requirements.
- Collaborate with cross‑functional teams to design and implement scalable, reliable, and secure platform solutions.
- Identify, develop, and implement technology driven optimizations and automation initiatives to improve efficiency and reduce total cost of ownership.
- Provide hands‑on mentorship and technical guidance to elevate the engineering capabilities of the team.
- Define and implement platform architecture solutions supporting data ingestion and integration use cases.
Benefits
- Subject to the terms of their respective plans, employees are eligible to participate in the Company’s consolidated retirement plan (pension) and savings plan (401(k)).
- Subject to the terms of their respective policies and date of hire, employees are eligible for the following time off benefits:
- - Vacation –120 hours per calendar year
- - Sick time - 40 hours per calendar year; for employees who reside in the State of Colorado –48 hours per calendar year; for employees who reside in the State of Washington –56 hours per calendar year
- - Holiday pay, including Floating Holidays –13 days per calendar year
- - Work, Personal and Family Time - up to 40 hours per calendar year
- - Parental Leave – 480 hours within one year of the birth/adoption/foster care of a child
- - Bereavement Leave – 240 hours for an immediate family member: 40 hours for an extended family member per calendar year
- - Caregiver Leave – 80 hours in a 52-week rolling period10 days
- - Volunteer Leave – 32 hours per calendar year
- - Military Spouse Time-Off – 80 hours per calendar year
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Principal
