Specialist Software Engineer

Career Category

Information Systems

Job Description

Join our team at AMGEN Capability Center Portugal, the #1 company in Best Workplaces™ (201–500 employees' category) in Portugal in 2024 by the Great Place to Work Institute. With over 500 talented individuals from more than 40 nationalities, our Lisbon center thrives at the intersection of innovation, excellence, and inspiration. This is your opportunity to explore the future of healthcare through technology and digital innovation, supporting our mission To Serve Patients.  

At AMGEN, Technology isn’t just a support function—it’s a catalyst for discovery, transformation, and real-world impact. Here, your ideas fuel innovation that improves and saves lives of patients in dire need of our medicines. Are you ready to do meaningful work that matters?

Specialist Software Engineer

As a Specialist Software Engineer, you’ll work at the intersection of science, data, and innovation. You’ll collaborate with extraordinary experts across domains to build high-impact digital solutions that accelerate research, streamline operations, and empower better patient outcomes.

A core focus of this role is designing, developing, and maintaining software applications with particular emphasis on Global CRM capabilities. You will work closely with product managers and engineers to deliver enterprise-grade solutions while ensuring operational excellence through automation, system monitoring, and proactive incident management.

The ideal candidate brings deep expertise in the end-to-end software development lifecycle and has a consistent track record of building high-quality, scalable solutions in complex, matrixed environments. Success in this role requires critical thinking, hands-on technical competence, and a commitment to delivering sustainable, high-performing systems.

In this vital role you will:

• Deliver complex software projects end-to-end—from ideation through deployment—ensuring alignment with business objectives and technology strategy
• Manage delivery scope, risks, and timelines in coordination with the Software Engineering team, ensuring completion within Agile frameworks
• Contribute to both front-end and back-end development using Veeva CRM/Salesforce
• Rapidly prototype solutions to translate business concepts into functional code for quick validation and iterative improvements
• Provide hands-on technical expertise and contribute to high-quality engineering outcomes
• Provide technical mentorship across the engineering team
• Influence the technical roadmap and lead cross-team initiatives
• Conduct code reviews to ensure code quality and adherence to best practices, including performance metrics, code quality, and coverage
• Maintain high standards of code quality, enforce coding practices, and ensure comprehensive test coverage
• Create and maintain documentation on software architecture, design, deployment, disaster recovery, and operations
• Identify and resolve technical challenges effectively
• Collaborate closely with product teams, business partners, and cross-functional stakeholders
• Design, develop, and implement applications and modules, including custom reports, interfaces, and enhancements
• Analyze and translate functional and technical requirements into software architecture and design specifications
• Develop and execute unit tests, integration tests, and other testing strategies to ensure software quality
• Troubleshoot and resolve software bugs and performance issues
• Integrate applications with other systems and platforms to ensure seamless data flow and functionality
• Provide ongoing support and maintenance for applications, ensuring reliability and efficiency
• Use Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment as part of DevOps practices and maintain CI/CD pipelines

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What we expect of you 

We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients. The tech professional we seek is a creative problem-solver and a team player with these qualifications: 

Minimum requirements:

• Master’s degree with 5 - 7 years of experience in Computer Science, IT or related
• Proficient in programming languages Visual Force, Apex, SQL, Java
• Strong expertise in software design principles, and system integration experience with DevOps Tool set (Jira, Git, Jenkins, Copado)
• Proven experience (5 years) as Software Engineer, leading the design and development of software solutions
• Development experience of Veeva CRM
• Proficiency in Salesforce development
• Strong understanding of software development methodologies, including Agile and Scrum
• Experience with version control systems like Git & Release management tools like Copado
• Excellent analytical and solving skills
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to work effectively with global, virtual teams
• High degree of initiative and self-motivation
• Ability to manage multiple priorities successfully
• Team-oriented, with a focus on achieving team goal
• A passion for applying technology to make a real-world impact
• Fluency in English.

Preferred requirements:

• Experience with test automation
• Updated with the latest technology trends and advancements
• Certifications related to Veeva CRM, Salesforce, Copado, Safe are advantageous

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