LEAD SOFTWARE ENGINEER

Do the most interesting work in your life. HighChem, founded by Robert Mistrik, is one of the top technological companies in Slovakia developing truly extraordinary applications.

HighChem has recently been acquired by Thermofisher Scientific and we are looking to hire talented individuals who want to part of an exciting project.

At Thermo Fisher Scientific, each one of our 70,000 extraordinary minds have a unique story to tell. Join us and contribute to our singular mission—enabling our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer.

We are a team of talented and energetic individuals, building a new cloud-based platform to host all of our application workflows developed in the division. The team works in a very positive and creative environment. The platform will be focusing on multiple aspects such as identity management, deployment strategies using Kubernetes , horizontal scaling for high performance, multi cloud deployments , data lake strategy and applying machine learning to our data to get more insights.

This is an ambitious initiative and we are looking for someone with a passion to build awesome products using cutting edge technology and enjoys finding solutions to hard technical challenges.

As you join the team you will right away start contributing to building the platform

Thermo Fisher Scientific's mission is to help make the world a healthier, cleaner and safer place. This position offers a unique opportunity at Thermo Fisher Scientific to help our mission by leading and executing on next generation architecture and platform.

The Software Developer will be part of an agile development team, focusing on building our next generation cloud-based architecture and platform. Right away you will be at the forefront of developing groundbreaking capabilities. We are looking for someone with a strong engineering background and experience developing fast, scalable and reliable services in a production environment.

In this position you will be responsible for developing, shipping and maintaining web services providing direct value to our customers.

What will you do?

• Lead planning, design, development and the delivery of platform components.
• You will be responsible for the delivery of services/components, deployable on various cloud deployment models.
• Work collaboratively across the Technology, UX, and Product organizations to ensure alignment towards business goals.
• Mentor other developers on technology, technical approach, project execution, and domain skills.
• Maintain high standards of software quality within the team by establishing good practices and habits.
• Identify and encourage areas for growth and improvement within the team.

How will you get here?

• Minimum of 5+ years’ experience developing commercial software.
• Experience leading teams.
• Proven Experience with AWS or Azure Cloud, integrating distributing computing environments with the Cloud
• Experience in .NET C#.
• Experience with Test Driven Development and Agile software methodology
• Deep understanding of API design, including versioning, isolation and micro-services.
• Experience developing RESTful APIs
• Proven experience with software development life cycle (SDLC) and agile/iterative methodologies required
• Strong organizational skills to work with cross-functional and international teams in defining project requirements.
• Experience with bio informatics and leading offshore teams as an advantage

What we can offer:

• Friendly environment & nice office in the city center
• Meal vouchers
• Yearly bonus
• Global company Employee Stock Purchase Plan option
• Employee Assistance Program
• Flexible working hours