Senior Specialist, Scientific Software Engineer, Digital Insights, DSCS Digital Technologies (Hybrid)
Merck3 days ago
Base Salary
$117k - $184k/yr
Responsibilities
- Build, scale, harden, and sustain scientific and automation software from prototypes to secure, maintainable, enterprise-grade production systems.
- Design reusable platforms, backend services, APIs, and integrations that unify analytical instrument and laboratory data.
- Develop and operate production data pipelines, data models, and reusable data products for reliable, analytics-ready data.
- Partner with IT, infrastructure, security, data governance, and vendor teams to deploy and sustain production solutions within enterprise standards.
- Own end-to-end software delivery, including architecture, development, integration testing, documentation, deployment, user acceptance, code review, automated testing, and version control.
- Collaborate with scientists, data scientists, and stakeholders to translate scientific requirements into durable software and provide technical leadership during onboarding, training, and rollout.
- Support impactful technical innovation and cross-functional collaboration in a multidisciplinary environment.
Requirements
- Ph.D. in Computer Science, Data Science, Software Engineering, Chemistry, Physics, Engineering, Pharmaceutical Sciences, or a closely related field; alternatively, an M.S. in a related field with at least 2 years of relevant experience or a B.S. in a related field with at least 4 years of relevant experience.
- Deep software development expertise building production-grade applications, backend services, and APIs using Python and/or equivalent languages.
- Experience scaling and hardening software from prototype to production, architecting reusable platforms, and modernizing or consolidating legacy tools.
- Experience partnering with IT, infrastructure, security, and/or data governance teams to deploy and sustain production software within enterprise standards.
- Strong data engineering experience designing, building, and operating production data pipelines, data models, and data products using databases, data warehouses, or data lakes.
- Experience integrating scientific instruments, laboratory systems, or external platforms through APIs, SDKs, or file-based interfaces.
- Experience with software engineering practices including version control, automated testing, code review, and CI/CD.
- Ability to translate complex scientific requirements into maintainable software and communicate technical concepts clearly to nontechnical audiences.
- Preferred qualifications include pharmaceutical development experience, analytical instrument and chromatography data system integration, ELN/LIMS experience such as Signals, scientific data standards and FAIR principles, laboratory data products, data engineering orchestration frameworks, scientific web applications, cloud platforms, containerization, data governance, data lineage, validation frameworks, and cross-functional deployments or production support.
Benefits
- Comprehensive benefits include medical, dental, vision, healthcare, and other insurance benefits for employees and families.
- Benefits include retirement benefits with 401(k), paid holidays, vacation, and compassionate and sick days.
- Hybrid work arrangement in Rahway, New Jersey, with additional locations potentially subject to different compensation guidelines.
- Regular employee status with domestic/international relocation support and approximately 10% travel.
- The posting is effective through October 28, 2026, before the listed October 29, 2026 end date.
About Merck
Merck & Co. is a publicly traded biopharmaceutical company that discovers, manufactures, and sells prescription medicines, vaccines, and animal health products to healthcare systems, physicians, and governments worldwide. Known as MSD outside the U.S. and Canada, it develops products across oncology, vaccines, infectious diseases, and cardiometabolic conditions, including the cancer therapy Keytruda. Founded in 1891 and headquartered in Rahway, New Jersey, it operates global R&D and manufacturing networks and is listed on the NYSE (MRK).