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Job DescriptionAbout the role:
You will report to the Head of Portfolio Strategy and Operational Excellence. You will lead the design, development, and delivery of internal digital products and related technical documentation and training. This role supports Takeda's mission by helping shape secure, reliable, and scalable software solutions that improve internal and external business operations across multiple products and teams.
How you will contribute:
• Lead end-to-end digital product engineering across multiple products and teams, from architecture and design through delivery, support, and continuous improvement
• Design full-stack solutions, including application programming interfaces, microservices, frontend architecture, and integration patterns that support business needs
• Build and guide backend engineering work using Java, .NET, or Node, REST/GraphQL, messaging, and performance tuning
• Shape frontend engineering decisions using React, Angular, or Vue, with attention to component design, state management, and accessibility
• Drive cloud-native delivery across Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud Platform, including containers, Kubernetes, and infrastructure as code
• Lead DevSecOps practices, including continuous integration and continuous delivery, automated testing, static and dynamic application security testing, and secrets management
• Apply security by design principles, including Open Web Application Security Project Top 10, authentication, authorization, and zero trust patterns
• Guide data layer design across structured and unstructured data stores, schema design, caching, and data migration planning
• Strengthen observability and reliability through logging, metrics, tracing, service level objectives, and incident response practices
• Establish engineering quality standards through coding practices, code reviews, test strategy, and software development life cycle controls
• Provide technical oversight for external vendors and partners, including architecture reviews, delivery tracking, and acceptance criteria
• Lead, coach, and support senior engineers, including hiring, performance management, and career development
• Partner with product and business teams to turn strategy into technical roadmaps, manage trade-offs, and align delivery priorities
• Support cost-aware engineering decisions, including cloud cost controls, capacity planning, and license usage where relevant
Skills and qualifications:
• Required: 7+ years of software engineering experience
• Deep experience leading digital product engineering with end-to-end ownership across multiple products and teams
• Strong architecture background in full-stack systems, including application programming interfaces, microservices, frontend architecture, and integration patterns
• Strong backend engineering expertise in Java, .NET, or Node, with hands-on experience in application programming interfaces, GraphQL, messaging, and performance tuning
• Strong frontend engineering expertise in React, Angular, or Vue, including component design, state management, and accessibility
• Strong experience with cloud platforms such as Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud Platform, plus containers, Kubernetes, and infrastructure as code
• Strong DevSecOps knowledge, including continuous integration and continuous delivery, automated testing, security testing, and secrets management
• Strong understanding of secure development practices, including Open Web Application Security Project Top 10, authentication, authorization, and zero trust patterns
• Strong data engineering and database experience with SQL, NoSQL, schema design, caching, and data migrations
• Strong understanding of observability, reliability, service level objectives, logging, metrics, tracing, and incident response
• Strong leadership experience guiding engineering standards, code reviews, test strategy, and software development life cycle controls
• Comfort using AI-enabled developer tools, for example code assistance, test generation, or documentation, with appropriate security and privacy practices
• Experience managing technical vendors and partners through architecture reviews, delivery oversight, and acceptance criteria
• Experience leading and developing senior engineers through hiring, coaching, and performance management
• Experience working with product and business partners to shape technical roadmaps and manage delivery trade-offs
• Experience applying cost optimization principles to cloud usage, capacity planning, and licensing where relevant
As an experienced professional, you specialize in solving various complex problems, sometimes referring to established precedents and policies. Your work involves analyzing diverse data and selecting appropriate methods for solutions, while networking with senior professionals in your field. You possess a complete understanding of principles, concepts, and industry practices, exerting some influence on organizational objectives. You often work independently under general direction, occasionally leading small project teams, and may represent the organization in contractual or project matters, interacting with senior internal and external personnel. You might also participate in training junior staff.
LocationsIND - BengaluruWorker TypeEmployeeWorker Sub-TypeRegularTime TypeFull timeSkills Required
- 7+ years of software engineering experience
- Experience leading digital product engineering with end-to-end ownership across multiple products and teams
- Strong full-stack architecture experience, including APIs, microservices, frontend architecture, and integration patterns
- Backend engineering expertise in Java, .NET, or Node, including APIs, GraphQL, messaging, and performance tuning
- Frontend engineering expertise in React, Angular, or Vue, including component design, state management, and accessibility
- Experience with AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform, plus containers, Kubernetes, and infrastructure as code
- DevSecOps knowledge, including CI/CD, automated testing, security testing, and secrets management
- Understanding of secure development practices, OWASP Top 10, authentication, authorization, and zero trust patterns
- Data engineering and database experience with SQL, NoSQL, schema design, caching, and data migrations
- Understanding of observability, reliability, service level objectives, logging, metrics, tracing, and incident response
- Experience guiding engineering standards, code reviews, test strategy, and software development life cycle controls
- Comfort using AI-enabled developer tools with appropriate security and privacy practices
- Experience managing technical vendors and partners through architecture reviews, delivery oversight, and acceptance criteria
- Experience leading and developing senior engineers through hiring, coaching, and performance management
- Experience working with product and business partners to shape technical roadmaps and manage delivery trade-offs
- Experience applying cloud cost optimization, capacity planning, and licensing principles
Takeda Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Takeda and has not been reviewed or approved by Takeda.
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Retirement Support — Employer-funded retirement is described as notably strong, combining a dollar-for-dollar 401(k) match with an additional company contribution that scales with age and service. Access to an employee stock purchase plan further supports long-term wealth building.
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Parental & Family Support — Paid bonding leave for all parents, substantial adoption/surrogacy reimbursement, and robust caregiver resources (backup care and Maven family-forming support) are emphasized as core strengths. These offerings create a comprehensive safety net for a range of family situations.
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Healthcare Strength — Multiple medical plan options (nationwide PPO/HSA and regional HMOs), employer HSA funding, and integrated mental-health and well-being programs signal depth in coverage. Preventive care is covered in-network, and plan choices by state expand access.
Takeda Insights
What We Do
For over 240 years, Takeda’s propensity to evolve has driven the next generation of innovation, and as a future-focused organization, we’re continuing to drive forward with endurance in our steadfast pursuit to achieve the best outcomes for our patients in a rapidly changing world. We have been preparing for this period of value creation by investing in data, digital and technology, and we’re proud of our employees and their commitment to turning groundbreaking ideas into life-changing impacts. Since our founding in Japan, integrity and putting patients first have been at the heart of our identity, and we will emerge ready for our future as one of the most trusted and science-driven digital biopharmaceutical companies. Join a team where your innovation impacts lives. Together, we’ll realize improved outcomes by improving data quality, enhancing launch execution and improving the patient journey. You’ll play a critical role in accelerating data collection and increasing accuracy across all parts of the business. Patients across the globe will benefit from access to treatments afforded by greater opportunities and efficiency in our research and development.
Why Work With Us
We connect to our history and Japanese heritage through everything we do to bring our purpose, values, vision, and imperatives to life. We are committed to bringing better health and a brighter future to patients. Being a part of Takeda means having the opportunity to be a part of something bigger than yourself.
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