Informa Intelligence Hiring for Software Engineer Job at London, England Full Time

Pharma Intelligence is a leading operator in the global pharma and life sciences analytics markets. The company holds the leading position in the clinical trial intelligence space, providing insights on patient enrolment and demographics, trial progress, individual trial sites and investigators for more than 375,000 clinical trials across 180 countries. The company’s solutions are used by 3,000 pharmaceutical companies and CROs in their clinical trial design, commercial strategy, and regulatory compliance processes to maximize the likelihood of success of introducing products to market.

Reporting into Development Manager, for the Pharma Vertical, the successful Developer will work with internal and external developers responsible for the ongoing support and development of the Pharma Group products. As part of a large technology group, the Developer will work with product management, data and analyst teams in support of the Pharma Vertical’s product development roadmap.

We are looking for a Python Developer who is technically strong and has worked in a commercial development environment, with excellent communication skills and experience of developing enterprise level web applications.

Key Technical Skills:

• Commercial hands-on development experience with some of the following technologies and practices including, but not limited to:
• Python
• Experience of Node.js
• C# and other .NET technologies (.NET Core) – desirable but not essential
• SQL (experience with MSSQL or PostgreSQL)
• RESTFul API design
• Extensive “Test first” TDD experience within coding frameworks around the following areas is essential:
• Mass Image manipulation using python
• Build and Unit testing
• Integration tests / Acceptance tests
• Commercial development experience using AWS cloud infrastructure is desirable. Related desirable skills including but not limited to:
• Working with Lambdas and a Serverless architecture
• Data storage: S3, RDS, OpenSearch
• API Gateway / EC2 / Elastic Beanstalk
• Utilising various technologies to maintain a CI/CD pipeline, including but not limited to:
• Knowledge and experience with CI/CD pipelines (e.g. TeamCity) is also an advantage

Key Requirements

• Development background in Python within an Agile environment
• A desire to keep ahead of new and evolving technologies
• Demonstrable experience of developing commercial customer-facing web applications with an emphasis on data, security, and usability
• Experienced in supporting, modifying, and maintaining systems/code designed by others
• Ability to liaise with the development team, third party stakeholders and the wider business
• Strong software and design skills as well as the ability to oversee delegated programming tasks and to perform code reviews

Product development and maintenance

• Develop and maintain application code in support of new product development, feature enhancement and issue resolution
• Provide the hands-on programming skills necessary to meet development goals and deadlines
• Ensure adherence to coding standards in own code and junior team members and act as a mentor to ensure quality
• Build knowledge of current and emerging technologies relevant to Pharma Intelligence platform technology stack
• Provide technical support for existing products and help ensure the smooth running of their updating and maintenance
• Liaise regularly with product managers to agree task priorities and quantify resource requirements for development projects

Additional Information

Employee experience is very important to us at Pharma Intelligence. On top of joining a supportive, diverse and ambitious team that welcomes all types of candidates, we are also flexible with different working patterns and prioritize promotions internally.

• 25 days annual leave, 4 days for volunteering and a day off for your birthday!
• Competitive Benefits
• Work with high quality specialist products
• Bright and friendly staff who are all “expert’s experts” and additional training and development for helping you achieve your career aspiration
• Regular social events and networking opportunities

We know that sometimes the ‘perfect candidate’ doesn’t exist, and that people can be put off applying for a job if they don’t fit all the requirements. If you’re excited about working for us and have most of the skills or experience we’re looking for, please go ahead and apply.

You could be just what we need! We believe strongly in the value of diversity and creating supportive, inclusive environments where our colleagues can succeed. As such, Informa is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.

We do not discriminate on the basis of race, colour, ancestry, national origin, religion, or religious creed, mental or physical disability, medical condition, genetic information, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, military or veteran status, citizenship, or other protected characteristics.