Staff Software Engineer

Merck•Saint Louis, MO

About The Position

Work Your Magic with us! Start your next chapter and join MilliporeSigma. Ready to explore, break barriers, and discover more? We know you’ve got big plans – so do we! Our colleagues across the globe love innovating with science and technology to enrich people’s lives with our solutions in Healthcare, Life Science, and Electronics. Together, we dream big and are passionate about caring for our rich mix of people, customers, patients, and planet. That's why we are always looking for curious minds that see themselves imagining the unimaginable with us. This role does not offer sponsorship for work authorization. External applicants must be eligible to work in the US. Your Role: Our Digital and eCommerce division is looking to transform the Digital and eCommerce technology engine for Merck. As a Staff Software Engineer, you will play a leadership role on a product team to design and build new features and components in our evolving platform, helping to embrace modern principles like microservices and event driven architectures. About Our Technology: The Digital and eCommerce team currently operates several B2B websites and direct digital sales channels via a globally deployed cloud-based platform that are a growth engine for Merck’s life science business. We provide a comprehensive catalog of all products, enabling our customers to find products and purchase products as well as get detailed scientific information on those products.

Requirements

Bachelor’s/Master’s degree in computer science or equivalent.
8-10+ years of hands-on software engineering experience.
Expert knowledge of React and/or NextJS.
Experience with responsive design and modern CSS frameworks.

Nice To Haves

Experience with Microservices, CI/CD, Event Oriented Architectures and Distributed Systems
Experience with cloud environments (e.g., Google Cloud Platform, Azure, Amazon Web Services, etc.)
Experience leading product-oriented engineering development teams is a plus
Experience with version control systems (Git preferred)
Experience with GraphQL.
Experience in consuming REST services.
Experience in unit test frameworks like Jest.
Ability to provide solutions based on business requirements.
Ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams.
Ability to work with global teams and a flexible work schedule.
Must have excellent problem-solving skills and be customer-centric.
Excellent communication skills.
Experience with isomorphic rendering of pages on server and client
Familiarity with DevOps practices/principles, Agile/Scrum methodologies, CI/CD pipelines and the product development lifecycle
Familiarity with modern web APIs and full stack frameworks.
Experience with React, NextJS, GraphQL, Material UI, Kubernetes
Experience developing eCommerce systems – especially B2B eCommerce – is a plus

Responsibilities

Work as part of an Agile development team, taking ownership for one or more Node based applications
Provides leadership to the Agile Development team, driving technical designs to support business goals
Ensuring the entire team exemplifies excellence in design, code, test and operation
A willingness to lead by example – embracing change and foster a Growth and Learning culture on the team
Mentoring team members through code review, design reviews
Taking a lead role, working with product owners to help refine the backlog, breaking down features and epics into executable stories
Have a high quality software mindset – making sure that the code you write works