Senior specialist LCS Software Engineer

Job Description

The Opportunity

·       Based in Hyderabad, join a global healthcare biopharma company and be part of a 130- year legacy of success backed by ethical integrity, forward momentum, and an inspiring mission to achieve new milestones in global healthcare.

·       Be part of an organisation driven by digital technology and data-backed approaches that support a diversified portfolio of prescription medicines, vaccines, and animal health products.

·       Drive innovation and execution excellence. Be a part of a team with passion for using data, analytics, and insights to drive decision-making, and which creates custom software, allowing us to tackle some of the world's greatest health threats.

Our Technology Centres focus on creating a space where teams can come together to deliver business solutions that save and improve lives. An integral part of our company’s IT operating model, Tech Centres are globally distributed locations where each IT division has employees to enable our digital transformation journey and drive business outcomes. These locations, in addition to the other sites, are essential to supporting our business and strategy.

A focused group of leaders in each Tech Centre helps to ensure we can manage and improve each location, from investing in growth, success, and well-being of our people, to making sure colleagues from each IT division feel a sense of belonging to managing critical emergencies. And together, we must leverage the strength of our team to collaborate globally to optimize connections and share best practices across the Tech Centres.

  

Role Overview

 

As a Sr. Specialist, Software Engineering within the Enterprise IT Legal, Compliance & Security Value Team, you will support the Compliance Product Line, delivering technology solutions for the Ethics & Compliance Office (ECO). In this role, you will serve as a technical leader, initially focusing on the enterprise-wide Restricted Party Screening (RPS) program. You will be responsible for architecting, developing, and supporting complex integrations across the enterprise landscape, owning the end-to-end software development lifecycle (SDLC) for integration projects. This role demands deep expertise in MuleSoft, strong Java backend skills, hands-on experience with AWS services including Amazon Aurora RDS, and the ability to drive technical decisions that ensure scalability, reliability, and compliance. You will engage directly with stakeholders, present solutions, and manage technical expectations while collaborating closely with Solution Architects, Business Analysts, Delivery Managers, and the Technical Product Manager. You will also mentor junior developers and contribute to team knowledge sharing. Over time, this role may expand to support additional programs and products across the broader Compliance Product Line. You should be ready to lead technically with a high degree of ownership, demonstrate flexibility in collaborating across time zones, and bring a deep personal investment in the success of the solutions you build.

What will you do in this role

·       Architect, design, and implement advanced integrations between enterprise systems using MuleSoft, ensuring scalability, reliability, and compliance for the RPS program.

·       Lead and manage all phases of the SDLC for integration projects, including requirements gathering, design, development, testing, deployment, and support.

·       Serve as a technical expert, communicating complex integration concepts, presenting solutions to stakeholders, and managing technical expectations across business and IT audiences.

·       Apply strong Java backend expertise to build robust, high-performance integration logic and troubleshoot complex issues across the RPS integration landscape.

·       Manage and support AWS Aurora RDS databases supporting the RPS integration landscape, including database configuration, monitoring, performance tuning, and executing data modification scripts as needed.

·       Integrate AI/LLM technologies to enhance automation, data processing, and intelligent decision-making within integration flows.

·       Proactively identify opportunities for innovation and optimization, including developing tools and mock services to enable internal performance testing, integration testing, and solution robustness.

·       Collaborate with cross-functional teams — including Solution Architects, Business Analysts, Delivery Managers, Product Managers, and application integration teams — to align integration solutions with business goals and technical standards.

·       Maintain comprehensive technical documentation and ensure best practices in code quality, security, and compliance.

·       Mentor junior developers and contribute to team knowledge sharing, fostering technical growth and best practice adoption within the delivery team.

·       Support incident investigation and resolution, leveraging insights from support activities to identify and propose improvements and optimizations to the RPS solution.

·       Demonstrate extraordinary flexibility in collaborating with colleagues and stakeholders across time zones to ensure seamless delivery and alignment.

·       Contribute to broader Compliance Product Line initiatives as the portfolio evolves, applying integration development expertise to additional compliance programs and products in partnership with the Ethics & Compliance Office.

·       Work within a matrix organizational structure, reporting to both the functional manager and collaborating with the Product Manager. Participate in product planning, execution, and delivery, ensuring alignment with both functional and product goals.

What should you have

Primary Skills - Mulesoft Integration, Java Backend, Devops CI/CD
Seccondary Skills -AI - LLM

Must Have

·       Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.

·       7+ years of enterprise software development experience, with at least 4+ years of hands-on MuleSoft integration development, strong Java backend expertise, and hands-on experience with AWS services, including Amazon Aurora RDS.

·       Hands-on experience with the full SDLC, Agile/Scrum methodologies, and DevOps practices (Git, CI/CD, infrastructure as code, observability).

·       Experience with AWS cloud services, including managing and supporting Amazon Aurora RDS databases (e.g., database configuration, monitoring, performance tuning, and data modification scripts).

·       Ability to architect and develop innovative tools and utilities (e.g., mock services, test data generators) on own initiative to support testing, performance validation, and solution robustness.

·       Demonstrated communication skills, including technical presentations, stakeholder management, and solution advocacy.

·       Excellent troubleshooting, problem-solving, and documentation skills, with a focus on technical excellence and compliance.

·       High degree of initiative, ownership, adaptability, self-sufficiency, and personal investment in solution success.

·       Flexibility and willingness to collaborate across time zones in a globally distributed team.

Nice-to-Have / Beneficial

·       Master's degree in a related field.

·       Proven track record of delivering complex, large-scale integration projects in regulated environments (pharmaceutical, life sciences, compliance, or similar).

·       Experience implementing or integrating AI/LLM technologies in integration or automation scenarios.

·       Experience mentoring junior developers and contributing to team knowledge sharing and technical growth.

·       Familiarity with ServiceNow.

·       MuleSoft certification is highly desirable.

·       Knowledge of GRC (Governance, Risk, and Compliance) principles and enterprise risk management.

Our technology teams operate as business partners, proposing ideas and innovative solutions that enable new organizational capabilities. We collaborate internationally to deliver services and solutions that help everyone be more productive and enable innovation.

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 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.

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Required Skills:

Animal Vaccination, Computer Science, Data Engineering, Data Visualization, Design Applications, Digital Technology, Digital Transformation, Incident Investigations, Information Technology Operations, Mule Software, Product Planning, Software Configurations, Software Development, Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), Solution Architecture, Stakeholder Engagement, Stakeholder Management, System Designs, System Integration, Technical Leadership, Technical Writing Documentation, Testing

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Job Posting End Date:

06/27/2026

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