Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Alphanumeric Systems is hiring a Senior Software Engineer / Cloud Engineer to support a global leader dedicated to improving lives through medical and pharmaceutical innovation. The role combines hands-on application development with cloud engineering, requiring the design and implementation of reliable, scalable, secure cloud-native applications and infrastructure. The engineer will translate loosely defined requirements into technical solutions, collaborate across teams, and contribute to software quality, security, CI/CD, and continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and implement reliable, scalable, and secure cloud-native applications
• Translate business and technical requirements into well-designed software solutions and technical specifications
• Develop and maintain production-quality software within modern cloud environments
• Design solutions across Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Microsoft Azure, and/or Amazon Web Services (AWS), with GCP strongly preferred
• Build and maintain cloud infrastructure using Terraform and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) practices
• Partner with product teams, software engineers, cloud engineers, and internal and external stakeholders throughout the development lifecycle
• Apply software engineering best practices to system design, implementation, testing, security, reliability, and scalability
• Support modern CI/CD and automated deployment practices
• Participate in Agile development activities, technical design discussions, code reviews, and collaborative problem-solving
• Champion secure engineering practices and contribute to continuous improvement across the engineering organization

Skills

• Candidates must be eligible to work directly on Alphanumeric's W2 without requiring sponsorship now or in the future
• • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related technical discipline; Master's or PhD welcomed
• • Approximately 8-10+ years of relevant software/cloud engineering experience or equivalent experience
• • Strong hands-on software engineering experience is required
• • Experience developing production applications, backend services, APIs, microservices, or other cloud-native software solutions
• • Hands-on experience with at least one major cloud platform:
• + Microsoft Azure
• + Amazon Web Services (AWS)
• • Strong experience with Terraform / Infrastructure as Code
• • Experience working within an Agile software development environment
• • Ability to independently architect and build solutions from loosely defined business or technical requirements
• • Strong communication and collaboration skills
• • Hands-on Rust programming experience
• • Experience with Python, Go, or other modern software development languages
• • Kubernetes and containerization experience
• • Cloud infrastructure engineering experience
• • Experience developing cloud-native applications and microservices
• • Pharmaceutical, life sciences, healthcare, or other regulated-industry experience
• Location: Fully Remote - Eastern Time Zone preferred

Benefits

• Fully remote work arrangement (Eastern Time Zone preferred)
• Collaborative engineering environment
• Opportunity to support innovative work within a leading global pharmaceutical organization

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