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Thermo Fisher Scientific

Staff Architect, Software

Bangalore, India

Job Description

Job Title: Software Staff Architect

Job Location: Bangalore

Digital Engineering is Thermo Fisher's "Software Engineering" center of excellence. We build cloud computing services, products and Platforms that the scientific community demands. Using the new technologies with the potential to significantly change lab workflows and facilitate access to powerful data analysis techniques. Our division serves as an extension of Thermo Fisher's Software R&D teams while improving our responsiveness and attention in enabling our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. Thermo Fisher was built to serve society and that sense of purpose will continue to improve innovation and scientific advancement. We are committed to diversity in its workforce and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer

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Responsibilities:

Staff Architect role Platform software designs and systems architecture and design leadership to multiple Software Development Scrum Teams delivering Connect Platform & Ecosystem, Customer tenancy, Authorization, and Digital product subscriptions and entitlements. Potential candidate is motivated to actively deliver architecture, design, and development of new features. The person is also expected to cover all facets of software development including programming, system design, code review, design review, unit testing, and integration testing. The role is encouraged to make a difference to the product in terms of the design and identify technical risks and finding alternate solutions to various problems. In addition to that, the role also demands leading, motivating, tor and providing ample mentorship to the other team members regarding technical challenges. Envision/Design/Build innovative solutions for customer needs. Products & Services Conceptualization. POC (Proof of Concept) development and prototyping. Ability to convey complex information in ease with both written and oral form to both non-technical and technical audiences using tools like PPT, Miro board, Architecture diagrams, POCs etc,.

Education: Bachelor's in engineering or master's in computer science with 10+ years of overall experience

Skills, Knowledge and Experience:

  • Minimum 10 yrs of experience in Web Application Development using Java/J2EE related technologies; Expertise in OOAD principles and methodologies
  • Extensive experience in Java application development frameworks and technologies: Apache tomcat, Jetty, Juice, Spring and JSON/XML/Ajax
  • Minimum 8 years' experience in developing Java/JEE based web applications based on micro-services architecture (using Spring Boot, REST APIs)
  • Proficient in software architecture including multi-threading, synchronous, and asynchronous communications, data serialization, compression and encryption.
  • Have a deeper expertise over programming concepts like object-oriented principles, design patterns, data structures and unit testing (TDD using JUnit), DomainDrivenDesign (DDD)
  • Hands-on experience in building Cloud software using AWS such as S3, DynamoDB, SNS, SES, EC2, docker container orchestration, and virtual private cloud (VPC) services
  • Deep knowledge with any of the databases (Postgres/MySQL/Oracle/NoSQL DB), persistence frameworks, and SQL


  • Comfortable building systems that handle data structures, integrations and proficient in developing multithreading applications.
  • Deeper understanding of GitHub, Docker, CI/CD frameworks (Jenkins)
  • Experience with one or more messaging middleware technologies - RabbitMQ, ActiveMQ, Kafka, etc.
  • Experience defining and implementing Non-Functional Requirements (NFR - Security, Performance, Cost etc)
  • Committed individual, can connect dots, nurture the technical talent and have a high bar on behaviours of the team
  • Have experience in publishing white papers, part of the IP creation, mentoring and coaching technical talent across multiple teams
  • Believe in expertise based technical leadership and foster continuous learning

Client-provided location(s): Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Job ID: ThermoFisher-R-01237979-1
Employment Type: Full Time

Perks and Benefits

  • Health and Wellness

    • Health Insurance
    • Dental Insurance
    • Vision Insurance
    • Life Insurance
    • Short-Term Disability
    • Long-Term Disability
    • FSA
    • HSA
    • HSA With Employer Contribution
    • Mental Health Benefits
  • Parental Benefits

    • Adoption Leave
    • Birth Parent or Maternity Leave
    • Non-Birth Parent or Paternity Leave
    • Fertility Benefits
    • Adoption Assistance Program
    • Family Support Resources
  • Work Flexibility

    • Flexible Work Hours
    • Hybrid Work Opportunities
  • Office Life and Perks

    • Commuter Benefits Program
  • Vacation and Time Off

    • Paid Vacation
    • Paid Holidays
    • Volunteer Time Off
  • Financial and Retirement

    • 401(K) With Company Matching
    • Stock Purchase Program
    • Financial Counseling
  • Professional Development

    • Tuition Reimbursement
    • Access to Online Courses
  • Diversity and Inclusion

    • Employee Resource Groups (ERG)
    • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Program