Technical Lead, Full-Stack Engineering

Role overview

Technical Lead, Full-Stack Engineering at Merck

The role requires hands-on, enterprise-grade experience with Next.js, React, and REST APIs, plus deep understanding of design patterns.

Responsibilities

• Work Your Magic with us!
• Collaborate with product managers, UX designers, and backend engineers to design robust, user-centric solutions.
• Design, implement, and optimize CI/CD pipelines in Azure DevOps.
• Ensure security best practices, accessibility, responsive design, and performance optimization.

Required qualifications

• We are seeking a skilled Full Stack technical lead with mandatory proven experience in Next.js,React, and REST APIs to join our Data & AI team.
• The candidate should also bring experience in at least one backend language (C#, Java, or Scala) and strong SQL to support backend development.
• Mandatory: Production experience with Next.js and React, including front-end testing (Jest, React Testing Library or equivalent) and a solid understanding of web security, authentication, and authorization.
• Mandatory: Proficiency with TypeScript and modern front-end patterns.
• Mandatory: Experience with at least one programming language (C#, Java, or Scala).
• Mandatory: SQL experience with Snowflake or equivalent data platforms.
• Mandatory: Azure DevOps (CI/CD).
• Experience building on or integrating with AWS (ideally Enterprise AWS); familiarity with Snowflake and DevOps practices is advantageous.

Preferred qualifications and skills

• Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Terraform, knowledge of containers,Lambda.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.

Employment details

• Location: Bangalore [Karnataka] [India]

About the employer

• Our teams work together across 6 continents with passion and relentless curiosity in order to help patients at every stage of life.

Benefits

• Our colleagues across the globe love innovating with science and technology to enrich people’s lives with our solutions in Healthcare, Life Science, and Electronics.
• We are curious minds that come from a broad range of backgrounds, perspectives, and life experiences.
• We believe that this variety drives excellence and innovation, strengthening our ability to lead in science and technology.
• We are committed to creating access and opportunities for all to develop and grow at your own pace.
• Join us in building a culture of inclusion and belonging that impacts millions and empowers everyone to work their magic and champion human progress!
• Apply now and become a part of a team that is dedicated to Sparking Discovery and Elevating Humanity!

Additional role details

• Ready to explore, break barriers, and discover more?
• We know you’ve got big plans – so do we!
• Together, we dream big and are passionate about caring for our rich mix of people, customers, patients, and planet.
• That's why we are always looking for curious minds that see themselves imagining the unimaginable with us.
• United As One for Patients, our purpose in Healthcare is to help create, improve and prolong lives.
• We develop medicines, intelligent devices and innovative technologies in therapeutic areas such as Oncology, Neurology and Fertility.
• Joining our Healthcare team is becoming part of a diverse, inclusive and flexible working culture, presenting great opportunities for personal development and career advancement across the globe.
• Knowledge of Snowflake, AWS And Azur DevOps is a plus, enabling end-to-end delivery on enterprise cloud platforms.
• Desired Skills and Attributes.
• Strong communication, collaboration, and problem-solving abilities.
• Ability to work in a cross-functional, multinational environment.
• Eagerness to learn and adapt to changing technologies and business needs.
• Your Role.
• Proficient in Next.js, React, TypeScript, REST API design, and front-end testing strategies.
• Backend proficiency in one of: C#, Java, or Scala; solid SQL skills (Snowflake or comparable).
• Write clean, testable code and establish front-end testing strategies (Jest, React Testing Library).
• Containerize services (Docker or equivalent) with observability (CloudWatch, logs,metrics).
• Work with Snowflake SQL for data access patterns, reporting, and analytics collaborations.
• Participate in code reviews, knowledge sharing, and documentation.