Principal Web API Engineer

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• Opportunity to be a part of a dynamic team in Singapore!
• Based in Singapore, the regional hub for Asia Pacific (AP) and top-ranked biopharmaceutical company on The Straits Times and Statista’s list of Best Employers in Singapore for four consecutive years (2020, 2021, 2022, 2023) as well as Great Place to Work-Certified™ company.
• Join the premier biopharmaceutical company that has been in Singapore for more than 25 years and in AP for over 60 years.

Would you like to work on important and meaningful IT solutions that directly impact our business? Would you like to work in a dynamic, cross-functional, self-organized, agile team using modern tools and methods? We want to hear from you now - apply today!

Our Systems Integration Platform is a critical enabler for our digital transformation journey. It enables fast, efficient, and secure data and information exchange across essential systems and applications. As a member of our team, you will work in a modern cloud environment and use modern tools and innovative technologies to design, build, operate, and continuously improve important application integrations using various integration patterns, such as - APIs, microservices, orchestration, messaging, etc.

Terms like agile, automation, continuous integration, and deployment are not just "buzzwords" in our team. As the team is self-organized, self-driven, and has full ownership of the Platform, you will participate in shaping the Platform's future - its mission, goals, roadmap, and ways of working.

We highly value our team spirit based on mutual respect, good relationships, and a "no blame" culture. We have adopted a flexible hybrid working model. In a great collaborative office environment, you will enjoy coming to the office to have productive team meetings - brainstorming, planning, designing, etc. When you need to be productive and focus on individual work, you will work from home with the company's full support.

Primary Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and deploy APIs and integrations using Node.js for the business logic and AWS for deployment.
• Leverage standard platform tools and patterns - Kong API Gateway, Mulesoft Anypoint, etc.
• Contribute to building and improving team tools for development, deployment, automation, etc.
• Work in an agile, cross-functional, self-organized delivery squad and be a good team player - have a proactive approach to team collaboration, participate in team meetings, contribute to planning and prioritization, aim for continuous improvement of the ways of working, etc.
• Collaborate with delivery leads, solution architects, and product managers to ensure we provide the right solution to our stakeholders at the right time.
• "Own" the entire lifecycle of APIs and integrations - from requirements through design and implementation towards production deployment and support.

Expected Skills:

• Strong software engineering skills - at least 5 years experience in a software engineering position.
• Good experience in at least one programming language, preferably - Javascript/Node.js.
• Good understanding of various integration patterns - APIs, microservices, orchestration, messaging, etc.
• Good experience with modern software development based on heavy usage of Git, automated testing, CI/CD pipelines, etc.
• Experience with API-related standards, tools, and technologies - HTTP, REST, OpenAPI Specification, OAuth 2.0, GraphQL, RPC, etc.

Nice to have skills:

• Good knowledge of API management products (eg, Kong) or API Gateway products a plus
• Experience with cloud technologies (AWS, Azure) and command line interfaces (UNIX, Linux).
• Experience with leading integration tools - Mulesoft, Boomi, Tibco BW, SAP BTP, etc.
• General understanding of the pharma industry.
• Experience with IT delivery in large and geo-distributed teams.

Who we are …

We are known as Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, New Jersey, USA in the United States and Canada and MSD everywhere else. For more than a century, we have been inventing for life, bringing forward medicines and vaccines for many of the world's most challenging diseases. Today, our company continues to be at the forefront of research to deliver innovative health solutions and advance the prevention and treatment of diseases that threaten people and animals around the world.
 

What we look for …

Imagine getting up in the morning for a job as important as helping to save and improve lives around the world. Here, you have that opportunity. You can put your empathy, creativity, digital mastery, or scientific genius to work in collaboration with a diverse group of colleagues who pursue and bring hope to countless people who are battling some of the most challenging diseases of our time. Our team is constantly evolving, so if you are among the intellectually curious, join us—and start making your impact today.

We are proud to be a company that embraces the value of bringing diverse, talented, and committed people together. The fastest way to breakthrough innovation is when diverse ideas come together in an inclusive environment. We encourage our colleagues to respectfully challenge one another’s thinking and approach problems collectively. We are an equal opportunity employer, committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse workplace.

Search Firm Representatives Please Read Carefully 
Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, USA, also known as Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC, Rahway, NJ, USA, does not accept unsolicited assistance from search firms for employment opportunities. All CVs / resumes submitted by search firms to any employee at our company without a valid written search agreement in place for this position will be deemed the sole property of our company.  No fee will be paid in the event a candidate is hired by our company as a result of an agency referral where no pre-existing agreement is in place. Where agency agreements are in place, introductions are position specific. Please, no phone calls or emails. 

Employee Status:

Regular

Relocation:

No relocation

VISA Sponsorship:

Yes

Travel Requirements:

10%

Flexible Work Arrangements:

Flex Time, Telecommuting

Shift:

Not Indicated

Valid Driving License:

No

Hazardous Material(s):

Required Skills:

Configuration Management (CM), Data Engineering, Data Visualization, Design Applications, Perform Testing, Software Development, System Designs, Systems Integration

Preferred Skills:

Acceptance Test Driven Development (ATDD), Business Management, Coaching, Collaborative Development, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Continuous Deployment, Continuous Development, Continuous Integrations, DevOps, Digital Project Management, ECMAScript, Health Data Analytics, Health Informatics, Information Technology Management, Information Technology Strategies, IT Business Management, JavaScript Frameworks, NoSQL, Project Integration, Systems Integration, Team Management, Technology Integrations, Technology Platforms, Web Application Frameworks