Associate Engineer, SDE, ACoE

IQVIA™ is The Human Data Science Company™, focused on using data and science to help healthcare clients find better solutions for their patients. Formed through the merger of IMS Health and Quintiles, IQVIA offers a broad range of solutions that harness advances in healthcare information, technology, analytics and human ingenuity to drive healthcare forward.

The Analytics Center of Excellence

Our Analytics Center of Excellence (Analytics COE) harnesses our global healthcare insights, working closely with our clinical and therapeutic experts to power evidence-driven design, speed site activation and recruit the right patients, faster. We’re using big data and advanced analytics to derive insights that transform clinical development and bring new medicines to patients faster through successful trial delivery.

This multi-functional team is an innovation for our business, requiring entrepreneurial and independent thinking to build our capability. Unique and with a global view, this Center of Excellence is a chance to revolutionize the clinical research industry.

Associate Software Engineer – the role

Working with an enormous breadth of data, you will be able to contribute to the development of data science applications.  As a software engineer in the ACOE you will collaborate with business owners, subject matter experts, and go to market teams to build truly innovative solutions to support clinical trials business, including optimizing design and execution of clinical trials, and improving risk management.

After an introductory program where you’ll be introduced to the fundamentals of software development by experienced engineering professionals you’ll be Involved in every stage of the product development lifecycle, you will work with data scientists to turn working prototypes into well-abstracted reusable services, build software to expose data science models to business users through responsive UIs, and support a culture of continuous improvement. As a software engineer, you will work in Agile teams, contributing to the design and development of the applications.

Your typical activities will include: 

• Contribute to stable, reliable product development work in cross functional autonomous scrum teams
• Writing well-designed, testable, efficient code
• Write automated tests to verify the application/service functionality
• Drive curiosity and innovation
• Participate in technical design efforts
• Understand business requirements
• Apply SDLC processes consistently every day

Our ideal candidate will have:

• Curiosity and proactiveness
• Proven interest and experience using programming languages to solve problems
• Good verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to learn new concepts and skills quickly

We will also appreciate if you have some of:

• 0-2 years of relevant collaborative software development experience
• Solid understanding of computer science fundamentals
• Familiarity with backend development (ideally Python) or with frontend development, using a JavaScript framework such as React.js
• Familiarity with microservice-oriented architecture
• Experience building RESTful APIs
• Knowledge of Agile methodology
• Understanding of product development lifecycle
• Knowledge of UX principles
• Experience in the clinical domain and/or with regulated data

We know that meaningful results require not only the right approach but also the right people. Regardless of your role, we invite you to reimagine healthcare with us. You will have the opportunity to play an important part in helping our clients drive healthcare forward and

Whatever your career goals, we are here to ensure you get there!

We invite you to join IQVIA™.

At IQVIA, we believe in pushing the boundaries of human science and data science to make the biggest impact possible – to help our customers create a healthier world. The advanced analytics, technology solutions and contract research services we provide to the life sciences industry are made possible by our 70,000+ employees around the world who apply their insight, curiosity and intellectual courage every step of the way. Learn more at jobs.iqvia.com.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other status protected by applicable law.

IQVIA, Inc. provides reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities.  Applicants who require reasonable accommodation to submit an application for employment or otherwise participate in the application process should contact IQVIA’s Talent Acquisition team at workday_recruiting@iqvia.com to arrange for such an accommodation.