Principal Software Engineer

Eurofins Scientific is an international life sciences company, providing a unique range of analytical testing services to clients across multiple industries, to make life and our environment safer, healthier and more sustainable. From the food you eat, to the water you drink, to the medicines you rely on, Eurofins laboratories work with the biggest companies in the world to ensure the products they supply are safe, their ingredients are authentic and labelling is accurate.

The Eurofins network of companies believes that it is a global leader in food, environment, pharmaceutical and cosmetic product testing and in discovery pharmacology, forensics, advanced material sciences and AgroScience contract research services. It is also one of the market leaders in certain testing and laboratory services for genomics, and in the support of clinical studies, as well as in biopharma contract development and manufacturing. It also has a rapidly developing presence in highly specialised and molecular clinical diagnostic testing and in-vitro diagnostic products.

In over 37 years, Eurofins has grown from one laboratory in Nantes, France to over 65,000 staff across a decentralised and entrepreneurial network of more than 950 laboratories in over 1,000 companies across 59 countries. Eurofins companies offer a portfolio of over 200,000 analytical methods to evaluate the safety, identity, composition, authenticity, origin, traceability and purity of biological substances and products.

Principal Software Engineer as part of the respective scrum team should have the ability to analyze, code and deliver tasks as planned with defined quality.. Also appreciate to have the ability to learn and acquire new technology skills as a long term objective. This role expects the candidate to work closely with the scrum team effectively understand the requirements and think through all possible use cases and deliver a quality code per the defined standard and timelines.

What we offer:

A launch pad into various senior management opportunities – within the many business lines of Eurofins globally – or into the management hierarchy in our different corporate functions.

The opportunity to grow your project management skills in a demanding, fast growing organization.

A chance to become part of a highly motivated international team of professionals.

In a fast growing group, successful leaders are frequently being offered increased areas of responsibility (subject to geographic mobility).

Profile description:

8-12 years of experience with developing end to end solutions using Microsoft Stack of Technologies.

Strong working knowledge on server-side development (backend - Asp.net MVC Web API, Entity Framework)

Working knowledge of Web applications, preferably Angular 12+

Good working knowledge of MSSQL – SQL, etc.

Strong working knowledge of application development using .NET Core, C#

Good experience in designing and working with n-tier architectures.

Hands-on experience in unit testing (XUNIT or NUNIT or MS Unit Test)

Working knowledge of Typescript, Angular 12+, HTML5 and CSS3 technologies

Should have worked on at least one SOA (Service Oriented Architecture) project

Good understanding of UML, object-oriented programming (OOP) and Object Oriented Design principles

Strong knowledge of software implementation best practices

Should have worked in an AGILE practice methodology (preferably SCRUM)

Able to provide technical recommendations and solve technical problems

Must be a quick learner and should be able to mentor the team members

Good Analytical and Problem solving Skills

Technology skills:

Strong and proven background in Information Technology

Strong knowledge on Design , Solid principles, Design patterns, documentation of design using UML.

Strong working knowledge of .NET, C#, MVC, Web services, Rest and WebAPI

Unit testing : XUNIT or NUNIT or MS Unit Test

TypeScript, Angular 8 or above, HTML5 and CSS3 technologies

Entity framework, SQL Server, MS SQL, Powershell

Working knowledge of ESB or Message Queuing (MSMQ) is an added advantage

TDD/ATDD (FitNesse preferred).

Experience in mentoring developers

Experience in using Agentic AI

Methodology skills:

AGILE Development (Scrum)

Personal Skills:

Excellent analytical and problem solving skills

Excellent verbal/written communication skills. Fluent in English and the working country language

Should be a self-motivated, independent, detail oriented, responsible team-player and exhibit exceptional relationship management skills

Ability to work in a complex international environment

Experience in Agile (Scrum) methodologies would be a plus.

Ability to adapt quickly to an existing, complex environment.

Ability to quickly learn new concepts and software is necessary

Should be able to mentor the team members and able to review their code and suggest best solutions wherever applicable.

PREFERED CANDIDATES:

The successful candidate will have a self-motivated, get-it-done attitude; the ability to think critically; enjoy working with teams spread globally and across cultures; a desire to learn in new areas; and the discipline to pay attention to deadlines, details and quality.

Good communication and interpersonal skills to interact with team in Europe

BE Computer Science/MCA or any other Bachelor’s degree with the right experience

International work experience