Specialist, Software Engineering

Job Description

The Opportunity

• Based in Hyderabad, join a global healthcare biopharma company and be part of a 130- year legacy of success backed by ethical integrity, forward momentum, and an inspiring mission to achieve new milestones in global healthcare.
• Be part of an organisation driven by digital technology and data-backed approaches that support a diversified portfolio of prescription medicines, vaccines, and animal health products.
• Drive innovation and execution excellence. Be a part of a team with passion for using data, analytics, and insights to drive decision-making, and which creates custom software, allowing us to tackle some of the world's greatest health threats.

Our Technology Centers focus on creating a space where teams can come together to deliver business solutions that save and improve lives. An integral part of our company’s IT operating model, Tech Centers are globally distributed locations where each IT division has employees to enable our digital transformation journey and drive business outcomes. These locations, in addition to the other sites, are essential to supporting our business and strategy.

A focused group of leaders in each Tech Center helps to ensure we can manage and improve each location, from investing in growth, success, and well-being of our people, to making sure colleagues from each IT division feel a sense of belonging to managing critical emergencies. And together, we must leverage the strength of our team to collaborate globally to optimize connections and share best practices across the Tech Centers.

Role Overview

We are looking for a skilled and experienced Java Developer to join our team building and supporting an enterprise-wide full-text search platform with generative AI capabilities. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in Java development, hands-on experience with Java 17 or later, and solid expertise in Spring Boot 3.x or newer. Basic knowledge of OpenSearch or Elasticsearch is also required. 

Experience with Grafana is considered an advantage. 

What will you do in this role

• Design, develop, and maintain robust Java applications using Java 17+. 

• Design and implement application architecture using Spring Boot 3.x or newer. 

• Maintain system stability, consistency, and reliability. 

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define, design, and ship new features. 

• Ensure high performance, quality, and responsiveness of applications. 

• Identify bottlenecks and defects, and implement effective solutions. 

• Perform code reviews and provide constructive feedback to team members. 

• Drive the adoption of AI-assisted software development practices, including effective use of GitHub Copilot to improve engineering productivity, code quality, and team development standards. 

What should you have

• Bachelors’ degree in Information Technology, Computer Science or any Technology stream.
• 3 to 6 years of Proven experience as a Java Developer. 
• Extensive experience with Java 17 or later. 
• Strong expertise in Spring Boot 3.x or newer. 
• Basic knowledge of OpenSearch or Elasticsearch. 

Optional Skills: 

• Familiarity with Grafana for application performance monitoring. 

Who we are

We are known as Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, New Jersey, USA in the United States and Canada and MSD everywhere else. For more than a century, we have been bringing forward medicines and vaccines for many of the world's most challenging diseases. Today, our company continues to be at the forefront of research to deliver innovative health solutions and advance the prevention and treatment of diseases that threaten people and animals around the world.

What we look for

Imagine getting up in the morning for a job as important as helping to save and improve lives around the world. Here, you have that opportunity. You can put your empathy, creativity, digital mastery, or scientific genius to work in collaboration with a diverse group of colleagues who pursue and bring hope to countless people who are battling some of the most challenging diseases of our time. Our team is constantly evolving, so if you are among the intellectually curious, join us—and start making your impact today.

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Required Skills:

Application Architecture Design, Application Monitoring, Applications Architecture, Bottleneck Analysis, Data Engineering, Data Visualization, Design Applications, GitHub, GitHub Copilot, OpenSearch (Software), Performance Monitoring, Software Configurations, Software Development, Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), Solution Architecture, Spring Boot, Spring Cloud, Spring Framework, System Designs, System Integration, Testing

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Search Firm Representatives Please Read Carefully 
Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, USA, also known as Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC, Rahway, NJ, USA, does not accept unsolicited assistance from search firms for employment opportunities. All CVs / resumes submitted by search firms to any employee at our company without a valid written search agreement in place for this position will be deemed the sole property of our company.  No fee will be paid in the event a candidate is hired by our company as a result of an agency referral where no pre-existing agreement is in place. Where agency agreements are in place, introductions are position specific. Please, no phone calls or emails. 

Employee Status:

Regular

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Hybrid

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Job Posting End Date:

06/29/2026

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