Categories: Pharmaceutical, Data Science, AI, Software Engineering, Research and Development

Job Description

The Position

Our Team is looking for a Senior Full Stack Engineer. Our team supports the Company’s business areas – research and development, manufacturing, supply chain, commercial and animal monitoring – through data science and AI delivery. This role allows you to work on impactful AI products and collaborate with AI engineers and data scientists, while building a community that learns, challenges, and inspires each other. Our team is shaping the Data Science and AI strategy, serves as a DS and AI community facilitator, and helps non-technical colleagues to mature their understanding of DS and AI.

What will you do?

• Software development on backend and frontend (Python, SQL, REST, JavaScript, TypeScript / node.js + React framework).
• Supervise and participate in writing efficient and maintainable code following best practices in software engineering.
• Work closely with cross-functional teams, including product managers, data scientists, and AI engineers to understand requirements and deliver AI-driven solutions.
• Work with DevSecOps tools for deploying and versioning code.
• Deploy solutions on the cloud with CI/CD integration.
• Deliver enterprise AI projects, products, and platforms with a focus on scalability and reusability.
• Work on technical pilots and feasibility studies of new opportunities to create value and transitioning successful pilots to scalable production implementations.
• Develop integrations with other applications and services.
• Develop unit tests of the application for both positive and negative cases.
• Stay up to date with the latest advancements in software engineering technologies.
• Participate in Agile ceremonies with the team to execute on prioritized projects and features.
• Work closely with cross-functional teams, including product managers, data scientists, and software engineers, to understand requirements and deliver AI-driven solutions.

Qualifications, Skills & Experience Required

• Bachelors or Masters in Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, or Computer Science is highly preferred, but qualifications in other quantitative disciplines are appreciated as well
• 4+ years hands-on coding and software design experience building robust and scalable software using Python, SQL, REST, JavaScript, TypeScript / node.js + React framework
• Experience in building data intensive applications in a modern technology stack: Cloud services (AWS, Azure), data pipelines, SQL/No-SQL databases, terraform. (graph databases is a plus)
• AWS expertise with a proven track record of designing, deploying, and managing cloud-native applications using services such as Lambda, EC2, ECS/EKS, S3, RDS, DynamoDB, CloudFormation/Terraform, and IAM
• AWS expertise with a proven track record of designing, deploying, and managing cloud-native applications using approved serverless services including: Lambda, API Gateway, S3, DynamoDB, CloudWatch, SNS/SQS Experience in designing, architecting, and maintaining applications
• Experience building and consuming web-based APIs
• Experience with CI/CD environments such as GitHub Actions and test-driven development leveraging a Version Control system
• Excellent collaboration and communication skills for working with cross-functional teams
• Experienced with developing unit testing and different testing strategies such as performance testing
• Understanding of System Integration patterns

Nice to have

• Experience working in an Agile Methodology
• Familiar in fields related to artificial intelligence, machine learning, and data science
• Knowledge of Generative AI solutions and applications
• Experience working with AWS Cloud
• AWS Certified Developer – Associate, AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
• Experience in building, deploying, and managing containers

What we offer

• Exciting work in a great team, global projects, international environment 
• Opportunity to learn and grow professionally within the company globally 
• Hybrid working model, flexible role pattern (e.g., even 80% full-time is possible in justified cases) 
• Pension and health insurance contributions 
• Internal reward system plus referral programme 
• 5 weeks annual leave, 5 sick days, 15 days of certified sick leave paid above statutory requirements annually, 40 paid hours annually for volunteering activities, 12 weeks of parental contribution 
• Cafeteria for tax free benefits according to your choice (meal vouchers, Lítačka, sport, culture, health, travel, etc.), Multisport Card 
• Vodafone, Raiffeisen Bank and Foodora discount programmes
• Up-to-date laptop and iPhone 
• Parking in the garage, showers, refreshments, massage chairs, library, music corner 
• Competitive salary, incentive pay, and many more 

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Required Skills:

Amazon Web Services (AWS), Angular, Azure Pipelines, Business Value Creation, Collaborative Communications, Computer Science, Data Engineering, Data Pipelines, Data Visualization, Design Applications, Generative AI, JavaScript, Node.js, Product Lifecycle, React.js, Software Configurations, Software Development, Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), Solution Architecture, System Designs, System Integration, Testing, Testing Methodology, TypeScript, Unit Testing

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Regular

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Job Posting End Date:

02/2/2026

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