Cloud Solution Architect/Senior Cloud Backend Engineer

Merck KGaA

Madrid, ESonsitePosted Aug 20, 2026
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Skills

cloudformationazure devopskubernetessnowflaketerraformfargatedockerpythonazurescalacicdjavaawsc#

About the role

Work Your Magic with us!

Ready to explore, break barriers, and discover more? We know you’ve got big plans – so do we! Our colleagues across the globe love innovating with science and technology to enrich people’s lives with our solutions in Healthcare, Life Science, and Electronics. Together, we dream big and are passionate about caring for our rich mix of people, customers, patients, and planet. That's why we are always looking for curious minds that see themselves imagining the unimaginable with us.

United As One for Patients, our purpose in Healthcare is to help create, improve and prolong lives. We develop medicines, intelligent devices and innovative technologies in therapeutic areas such as Oncology, Neurology and Fertility. Our teams work together across 6 continents with passion and relentless curiosity in order to help patients at every stage of life. Joining our Healthcare team is becoming part of a diverse, inclusive and flexible working culture, presenting great opportunities for personal development and career advancement across the globe.

Your Role

At the intersection of cloud engineering and life-changing science, this role offers a rare opportunity to shape the technical foundation that powers drug discovery and development. As a Senior Cloud Solutions Architect and Senior Cloud Backend Engineer within the Engineering team in Healthcare R&D, you will serve as a recognized technical authority - designing, building, and evolving secure, scalable, and resilient cloud-native platforms that directly accelerate research outcomes.

You will own and drive the technical roadmap for cloud infrastructure, lead the engineering of data archiving processes, implement new platform capabilities, and ensure robust, high-quality deployments. Operating with a high degree of independence, you will collaborate with cross-functional teams across the US, Europe, and India - translating complex technical challenges into innovative, enterprise-grade solutions built primarily on AWS and integrated with Azure Active Directory.

Who You Are

You hold a degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or bring equivalent professional experience in cloud architecture and backend engineering.

You have 10 or more years of hands-on experience designing and delivering secure, scalable, cloud-native systems using AWS services at enterprise scale.

You bring deep proficiency in Python, SQL, and relational databases, with additional experience in object-oriented languages such as Scala, Java, or C#.

You have strong expertise in RESTful APIs, microservices architecture, serverless design patterns, and CI/CD pipeline development, preferably using Azure DevOps.

You are well-versed in AWS security best practices, including multi-factor authentication, encryption, and identity and access management policies.

You communicate fluently in English and are experienced working effectively across geographically distributed, cross-functional teams.

Experience with containerization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes, or AWS Fargate), infrastructure-as-code tools (Terraform, CloudFormation, or CDK), or data platforms such as Snowflake is an advantage.

What we offer: We are curious minds that come from a broad range of backgrounds, perspectives, and life experiences. We believe that this variety drives excellence and innovation, strengthening our ability to lead in science and technology. We are committed to creating access and opportunities for all to develop and grow at your own pace. Join us in building a culture of inclusion and belonging that impacts millions and empowers everyone to work their magic and champion human progress!

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