Senior Manager, Principal Software Engineer

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Position Summary

Senior Software Engineer responsible for Pharmacometrics product suite development within the Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmacometrics (CPP) product team. The pharmacometrics product suite supports scientists who work on various pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic (PK/PD) modeling methods. In this role, you will have the opportunity to tap into your curiosity and collaborate with some of the most innovative and diverse product team members. Here, you will make an impact by developing software solutions by understanding information needs of the Pharmacometrics scientists.

Will be working under the direction of the Product Owner, Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmacometrics.  

• Will be working as a part of the development team responsible for the overall technical deliverables of the various tools/applications/platforms used within Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmacometrics.  

• Will work on enhancement requests within release schedules, interim workaround, application life-cycle management and assist with new product evaluations and deployments.

• Will work with other internal IT (LDAP, AWS, Info Security, ITQM/ITQA, Scientific Computing Services, and storage teams), and external vendors (Metrum, Simulations Plus, PumasAI/JuliaHub, AWS, and other partners).

• Develops documentation, flowcharts, layouts, diagrams, charts, code comments, and clear code

• Utilize available internal training opportunities

• Collects, analyzes, and summarizes development and service issues

Key Responsibilities

• Support deployment and operation of AI/ML models, simulation tools, and dashboards for scientific users.

• Lead the integration of HPC, cloud, and Kubernetes-based compute environments; optimize parallelization and resource utilization.

• Collaborate with domain scientists, IT, and other stakeholders to gather requirements and translate scientific workflows into robust technical solutions.

·       Drive continuous improvement through automation, system upgrades, and stakeholder feedback.

·       Strong software development skills to enable statistical analysis and PK/PD modeling and simulation tools for the Pharmacometrics scientific community.

• Working knowledge of Unix/Linux Desktop virtual machines, HPC grid (SGE, Slurm)

• Architect, develop, and maintain scalable software systems and data platforms for clinical pharmacology and pharmacometrics use cases.

• Mentor engineers and contribute to best practices (CI/CD, DevOps, Agile).

• Strong documentation, and presentation skills

• Troubleshoot, monitor, and optimize performance of deployed systems.

Qualifications & Experience

• 5-7 years hands-on experience in software engineering, ideally in life sciences or healthcare domains.

• 5+ years experience developing and managing AWS environments, including Parallel Cluster, Kubernetes, Multiverse.

• 5+ years’ experience working in a Linux environment

• 3+ years of hands-on experience designing and building data pipelines is required.

• 3+ years’ experience configuring and developing software leveraging modeling and simulation tools such as R, Python, NONMEM, Monolix, Python, PsN, Pirana, SAS, JupyterHub.

• 1-2 years’ experience working with validated systems

• Good working experience building and enhancing custom shell and python scripts

• Proven track record architecting and delivering production-grade software and data platforms (preferably supporting scientific research, modeling or analytics).

• Experience with version control (SVN, GitHub)

• Familiarity with R package management strategies

• Integration experience

Primary Skills

·       Developer with programming skills in Python (primary) and R, integrating with  API endpoints in AWS or Google cloud, knowledge of markdown languages such as Quarto/Typst

·       Experience working with LLM content ingestion, prompt engineering and content generation involving complex tables and images including special characters, headers, footers and merged columns to create new report from a variety of source documents would be preferred 

·       Experience working of cloud services (AWS, Azure, GCP), HPC, Kubernetes, and parallel/distributed computing.

·       Experience implementing robust access controls, NFS, ACLs, and enterprise authentication

·       Experience in Shell scripting

•       Understand all aspects of software development lifecycle

•       Understand various SDLC methodologies (Agile, Scrum, Waterfall etc.)

•       Familiarity with R/RStudio/RShiny

• Working System Administration knowledge for Linux

•     Transferring functional to technical requirements

·       Proficient in MS Office applications including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook

Additional Skills

·       knowledge of vector databases and graph RAG would be a plus  

·       Familiar with Data Bricks and Data Zone. 

·       Knowledge of Pharmacometrics modeling or pharmaceutical R&D workflows

•     Familiar with various IT and PM tools – JIRA, RTC etc.

•     Agile methodologies

•     ITIL certified

•     Proficiency in one or more of the following areas: UI/UX Design and Development, Cloud (AWS/Azure), work with SaaS / PaaS products

If you come across a role that intrigues you but doesn’t perfectly line up with your resume, we encourage you to apply anyway. You could be one step away from work that will transform your life and career.

The starting compensation range(s) for this role are listed above for a full-time employee (FTE) basis. Additional incentive cash and stock opportunities (based on eligibility) may be available. The starting pay rate takes into account characteristics of the job, such as required skills, where the job is performed, the employee’s work schedule, job-related knowledge, and experience. Final, individual compensation will be decided based on demonstrated experience. 
Eligibility for specific benefits listed on our careers site may vary based on the job and location. For more on benefits, please visit https://careers.bms.com/life-at-bms/.
 

Benefit offerings are subject to the terms and conditions of the applicable plans in effect at the time and may require enrollment. Our benefits include:

• Health Coverage: Medical, pharmacy, dental, and vision care.

• Wellbeing Support: Programs such as BMS Well-Being Account, BMS Living Life Better, and Employee Assistance Programs (EAP).

• Financial Well-being and Protection: 401(k) plan, short- and long-term disability, life insurance, accident insurance, supplemental health insurance, business travel protection, personal liability protection, identity theft benefit, legal support, and survivor support.

​Work-life benefits include:

Paid Time Off

• US Exempt Employees: flexible time off (unlimited, with manager approval, 11 paid national holidays (not applicable to employees in Phoenix, AZ, Puerto Rico or Rayzebio employees)

• Phoenix, AZ, Puerto Rico and Rayzebio Exempt, Non-Exempt, Hourly Employees: 160 hours annual paid vacation for new hires with manager approval, 11 national holidays, and 3 optional holidays

Based on eligibility*, additional time off for employees may include unlimited paid sick time, up to 2 paid volunteer days per year, summer hours flexibility, leaves of absence for medical, personal, parental, caregiver, bereavement, and military needs and an annual Global Shutdown between Christmas and New Years Day.

All global employees full and part-time who are actively employed at and paid directly by BMS at the end of the calendar year are eligible to take advantage of the Global Shutdown.

*Eligibility Disclosure: The summer hours program is for United States (U.S.) office-based employees due to the unique nature of their work. Summer hours are generally not available for field sales and manufacturing operations and may also be limited for the capability centers. Employees in remote-by-design or lab-based roles may be eligible for summer hours, depending on the nature of their work, and should discuss eligibility with their manager. Employees covered under a collective bargaining agreement should consult that document to determine if they are eligible. Contractors, leased workers and other service providers are not eligible to participate in the program.

Uniquely Interesting Work, Life-changing Careers
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On-site Protocol

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Site-essential roles require 100% of shifts onsite at your assigned facility. Site-by-design roles may be eligible for a hybrid work model with at least 50% onsite at your assigned facility. For these roles, onsite presence is considered an essential job function and is critical to collaboration, innovation, productivity, and a positive Company culture. For field-based and remote-by-design roles the ability to physically travel to visit customers, patients or business partners and to attend meetings on behalf of BMS as directed is an essential job function.

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