Principal Software Engineer

Our corporate activities are growing rapidly, and we are currently seeking a Principal Software Engineer to join our Information Technology team. The Principal Software Engineer position will work on a team focused on our core clinical systems as well as internal applications. Strong attention to detail, innovation, and implementation of new technologies are highly valued.

To meet our global and innovation demands, Medpace is rapidly growing our software development footprint beyond the US. to support our growth, we are expanding our existing office in Leuven to build our first non-US development center. This is an incredible opportunity to join, contribute, and shape a new team, while also being a part of a large, fast-growing organization. Our custom software is a key component to our success. You will be joining an organization where your contribution makes a significant impact in positively impacting people's lives, as new treatments and therapeutics are developed.

• Collect, analyze and document user requirements;
• Design, modify, develop and support software applications;
• Participate in software validation process through development, review, and/or execution of test plan/cases/scripts;
• Create software applications by following software development life-cycle, which includes requirements gathering, design, development, testing, release, and maintenance;
• Communicate with team members regarding projects, development, tools, and procedures;
• Utilize skills in development areas including object oriented programming (C#), databases (SQL) web applications (ASP.NET);
• Potential opportunities to lead software development projects.

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science;
• At least 8-12 years of software development experience using technologies such as C#, Angular, Webservices, GraphQL, Git, relational databases;
• Experience in Entity Framework, Azure DevOps is advantageous;
• Understanding of software development life cycle (SDLC) and software release management;
• Prior experience modernizing systems to a cloud-based platform (Azure) is a plus;
• Excellent analytical, written and oral communication skills in English.