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As a Senior Software Engineer, you will work with cross-functional teams to design and develop backend applications that support clinical trials, optimize their design and execution, and improve risk management. You will collaborate with business owners, subject matter experts, and go-to-market teams to build innovative solutions. You’ll be involved in every stage of the product development lifecycle, turning prototypes into well-abstracted, reusable services and exposing business logic through APIs and responsive UIs. Supporting a culture of continuous improvement, you will also provide architectural guidance, shape coding standards, and mentor engineers.

The ideal candidate is an experienced backend developer with strong Python skills and a solid understanding of software architecture, design patterns (such as SOLID), and modern development frameworks like FastAPI and Flask.

Key Responsibilities:

• Consistently deliver robust, high-quality, reliable engineering outcomes in cross-functional autonomous scrum teams.
• Research current and emerging industry tools and techniques, sharing findings with colleagues.
• Drive curiosity and innovation, establishing and enforcing standards.
• Facilitate cross-team knowledge sharing.
• Design and lead engineering efforts for building business applications using Python and its frameworks (e.g., FastAPI, Flask).
• Collaborate with engineers and leaders from other organizations inside the company.
• Support product owners by understanding business requirements and helping the team break these into stories.
• Lead cross-team exercises, including DevOps incident management bridges.
• Lead documentation efforts for product architecture and security compliance.
• Perform code reviews and provide constructive feedback for work submitted by other engineers.
• Consistently apply SDLC processes.
• Mentor interns, apprentices, and other engineers.

Required Skills:

• Strong experience in backend development using Python.
• Proficiency with frameworks such as FastAPI and Flask.
• Solid understanding of software design principles and patterns, including SOLID.
• Experience designing applications using a microservices architecture.
• Experience building and consuming RESTful APIs.
• Familiarity with design systems and scalable architecture.
• Experience with relational databases and SQL.
• Knowledge of container orchestration platforms like Kubernetes.
• Experience with Linux command line tools.
• Demonstrated in-depth understanding of the product development lifecycle.
• Good verbal and written communication skills.
• Experience working in Agile environments.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience working with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, etc.).
• Knowledge of UX principles.
• Experience with the clinical domain and regulated data.

IQVIA is a leading global provider of clinical research services, commercial insights and healthcare intelligence to the life sciences and healthcare industries. We create intelligent connections to accelerate the development and commercialization of innovative medical treatments to help improve patient outcomes and population health worldwide. Learn more at https://jobs.iqvia.com