Principal Software Engineer

Eurofins Scientific is an international life sciences company, providing a unique range of analytical testing services to clients across multiple industries, to make life and our environment safer, healthier and more sustainable. From the food you eat, to the water you drink, to the medicines you rely on, Eurofins laboratories work with the biggest companies in the world to ensure the products they supply are safe, their ingredients are authentic and labelling is accurate.

The Eurofins network of companies believes that it is a global leader in food, environment, pharmaceutical and cosmetic product testing and in discovery pharmacology, forensics, advanced material sciences and AgroScience contract research services. It is also one of the market leaders in certain testing and laboratory services for genomics, and in the support of clinical studies, as well as in biopharma contract development and manufacturing. It also has a rapidly developing presence in highly specialised and molecular clinical diagnostic testing and in-vitro diagnostic products.

In over 37 years, Eurofins has grown from one laboratory in Nantes, France to over 65,000 staff across a decentralised and entrepreneurial network of more than 950 laboratories in over 1,000 companies across 59 countries. Eurofins companies offer a portfolio of over 200,000 analytical methods to evaluate the safety, identity, composition, authenticity, origin, traceability and purity of biological substances and products.

In 2024, Eurofins generated total revenues of EUR 6.95 billion; and has been among the best performing stocks in Europe over the past 20 years.

POSITION TITLE: Principal Software Engineer
REPORTING TO: Manager
LOCATION: Bangalore

POSITION & OBJECTIVES:
As a Technical Lead, the main objective of this position is to deliver high quality software on his/her own and/or together with the team (including design, code, tests, document) and to accelerate the delivery.

Job description:

• Test drive and implement complex features with quality in a timely manner
• Review team’s code and suggest improvements
• Should be able to efficiently refactor existing code to improve quality
• Collaborate with Architects to review and propose architectural design changes and ensure team implements it with quality
• Interact in a constructive manner with Business Analysts in order to:
• Estimate the complexity and the workload.
• Choose the most appropriate technical solution to meet the user requirements.
• Reach the optimal requirement artifact that will lead to a working software solution.
• Interact in a constructive manner with other IT teams.

 Experience:

• 8 to 11 years of experience with developing end –to- end web applications using Microsoft stack of Technologies.
• Strong working knowledge of Web application development using .NET technologies
• Strong working knowledge of SOLID principles and design patterns
• Good understanding of UML, object-oriented programming (OOP) and Object Oriented Design principles
• Should have worked on at least one SOA (Service Oriented Architecture) project
• Strong experience in designing and working with n-tier architecture
• Uncompromising attitude towards quality
• TDD, BDD, UML
• Should have worked in an AGILE practice methodology (preferably SCRUM)
• Able to provide technical recommendations and solve technical problems
• Must be a quick learner

Technology skills:

• Strong working knowledge of .NET, C#, MVC, WCF Rest and WebAPI, nUnit/MsUnit, EF
• Working knowledge of JavaScript, TypeScript, jQuery, Angular 2 or above, Jasmine, HTML5 and CSS3 technologies
• Working knowledge of MS SQL Databases, PowerShell
• Working knowledge of ESB or Message Queuing (MSMQ) is an added advantage
• Well versed with Unit testing frameworks
• Familiarity with UI testing framework
• Familiarity with WPF

EVOLUTION:

What we offer:

• A launch pad into various senior technical roles – within many business lines of Eurofins globally
• An opportunity to grow your technical skills in a demanding, fast-growing organization.
• A chance to become part of a highly motivated international team of professionals.
• In a fast-growing group, successful leaders are frequently being offered increased areas of responsibility (subject to geographic mobility).

Required Qualifications:
Bachelors in Engineering or Masters in Computer Science or equivalent

Personal Skills:

• Customer-service oriented with a problem-solving attitude;
• Strong attention to detail and accuracy is essential;
• Entrepreneurial thinking and flexibility to change;
• Very good English communication skills (concise writing and orally convincing);
• Structured and clear writing skills;
• Proven ability to solve complex business problems using analytical reasoning;
• Demonstrated positive attitude, self-motivated, team player.

PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL CRITERIA: Eurofins has a strong focus on Performance Management system. This includes quarterly calibrations, half-yearly reviews and annual reviews. The KPIs shall be set and may vary slightly between projects. These will be clearly communicated, documented during the first 30 days of your joining.