Senior Software Engineer

Bring more to life. Are you ready to accelerate your potential and make real difference within life sciences, diagnostics and biotechnology?

At IDBS, one of Danaher’s 15+ operating companies, our work saves lives—and we’re all united by a shared commitment to innovate for tangible impact. You’ll thrive in a culture of belonging where you and your unique viewpoint matter. By harnessing Danaher’s system of continuous improvement, you help turn ideas into impact – innovating at the speed of life. We are at the cutting edge of providing innovative software solutions and services that empower scientists and researchers to accelerate their discoveries by helping them design, execute, orchestrate processes, manage data, contextualize and structure it, and gain valuable insights throughout the drug lifecycle, from R&D through manufacturing.

We are seeking a Senior Software Engineer to design, develop, and maintain shared microservices and core platform infrastructure that support multiple product teams. This role involves full lifecycle ownership of services, including architecture, implementation, deployment, monitoring, and ongoing operational support, ensuring solutions are performant, scalable, and easy for teams to adopt. We’re looking for someone with strong, hands‑on experience across our core tech stack – Java, JavaScript/Type Script, Serverless architectures, Terraform, and Kubernetes.

If you also bring skills in Jenkins, React, or Python, that’s a fantastic bonus and will help you make an even bigger impact.

• Understanding and refining customer requirements, breaking down work, and providing estimates effectively.
• Contributing to system architecture and design, ensuring security, performance, and reliability are built into everything we deliver.
• Collaborating across engineering, product, and wider business teams to keep communication flowing and deliver great outcomes.
• Building high quality, secure, and maintainable software using best practices — from code reviews and test automation to accelerate product long term health.
• Sharing your expertise by mentoring colleagues, supporting onboarding, researching new technologies, and owning key technical areas such as security or opensource compliance.

• You deliver well engineered, scalable features that are secure, performant, and meet customer needs.
• You help raise engineering standards across the team through continuous improvement, great communication, and strong technical judgement.
• You take initiative in identifying problems early, proposing solutions, and helping the team unblock challenges.
• You demonstrate leadership by coaching others, driving positive collaboration, and living our values every day.
• You stay curious — continuously developing your skills, keeping up with new technologies, and effectively leading in your specialist areas.

• Experience with AWS or other cloud platforms.
• Familiarity with AI-driven engineering tools and data-centric development practices.
• Background in platform engineering, Dev Ops experience.
• Exposure to regulated/validated environments such as GxP.

At IDBS we believe in designing a better, more sustainable workforce. We recognize the benefits of flexible working arrangements for eligible roles and are committed to providing enriching careers, no matter the work arrangement. This position is eligible for a flexible work arrangement in which you can work part-time at the Company location identified above and part-time remotely from your home.

Additional information about this work arrangement will be provided by your interview team. Explore the flexibility and challenge that working for IDBS can provide.

Join our winning team today. Together, we’ll accelerate the real-life impact of tomorrow’s science and technology. We partner with customers across the globe to help them solve their most complex challenges, architecting solutions that bring the power of science to life.

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