Application Sustenance Engineer  

Company Description

Eurofins Scientific is an international life sciences company, providing a unique range of analytical testing services to clients across multiple industries, to make life and our environment safer, healthier and more sustainable. From the food you eat, to the water you drink, to the medicines you rely on, Eurofins laboratories work with the biggest companies in the world to ensure the products they supply are safe, their ingredients are authentic and labelling is accurate.

The Eurofins network of companies believes that it is a global leader in food, environment, pharmaceutical and cosmetic product testing and in discovery pharmacology, forensics, advanced material sciences and AgroScience contract research services. It is also one of the market leaders in certain testing and laboratory services for genomics, and in the support of clinical studies, as well as in biopharma contract development and manufacturing. It also has a rapidly developing presence in highly specialised and molecular clinical diagnostic testing and in-vitro diagnostic products.

In over 37 years, Eurofins has grown from one laboratory in Nantes, France to over 65,000 staff across a decentralised and entrepreneurial network of more than 950 laboratories in over 1,000 companies across 59 countries. Eurofins companies offer a portfolio of over 200,000 analytical methods to evaluate the safety, identity, composition, authenticity, origin, traceability and purity of biological substances and products.

In 2024, Eurofins generated total revenues of EUR 6.95 billion; and has been among the best performing stocks in Europe over the past 20 years.

Job Description

POSITION TITLE (ENGLISH):                                      Application Sustenance Engineer               

WORKING LOCATION:                                               Bangalore, India

SUMMARY OF POSITION AND OBJECTIVES:

Deliver and maintain high-quality software by oneself and together, within a team, including; analysis, design, code, testing, documentation, operation, support, etc.
Promote high-quality engineering and support of the target applications;
Embrace Agile practices and adhere to Eurofins guidelines in all the phases of the SDLC;
Collaborate with users, functional analysts, application architects, deployment team(a) and other stakeholders to design fit for purpose software and features;
Develop working relationships within the wider Eurofins IT community and with internal customers;
Create and contribute to a good team spirit.
 

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE, ROLE AND SKILLS:

Experience & Role:

At least 2- 3 years as a software developer/Sustenance Engineer or system engineer;
Experienced in .Net based full stack development;
Experience in WPF is a plus;
Strong technical and analytical skills required, including a thorough understanding of application architecture;
Experienced in working on workflow/support ticket management systems like BMC Helix/ServiceNow or any other tools;
Experience in collaborating in projects from multiple international geographical locations. Work with different stakeholders to author, review, and improve technical and functional specifications, which includes tests description and acceptance criteria;
Author and contribute, timely and at the appropriate quality level, development, operations, maintenance, troubleshooting, tests and documentation of the company’s application suite;
Use state-of-art software engineering practices and development frameworks – namely Agile – so as to ensure superior quality on every delivery;
Escalate and follow-up on timely manner any and all the issues that might be a blocker, issue deviation from SPOs, guidelines, etc.;
 
Skills:

Technology skills:

Mandatory:
Good experience in C#. Net;
Hands on experience in SQL Server;
Strong background in Software Development/Engineering;
Strong taste of unit testing and peer testing the code developed;
Understanding on the ITIL process.
 
Preferred
WPF
Knowledge on cloud-based development, preferably MS Azure
Knowledge of SOA is desirable

Methodology skills: Agile-Scrum

Personal Skills:
Autonomous and Proactive;
Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills with ability to make independent judgment;
Good oral and written communication skills;
Ability to understand end-user needs;
Risk oriented sensitivity;
Eager to learn and continuously develop personal and technical capabilities.
 

PREFERED CANDIDATES:

An ideal candidate is expected to be self-motivated with a get-it-done attitude; the ability to think critically; enjoy working with teams spread globally and across cultures; a desire to learn in new areas; and the discipline to pay attention to deadlines, details and quality;
Good communication and interpersonal skills with ability to interact with the team positively and help them to succeed in their sprint deliverables. Must be able work and influence without authority;
Any Bachelor’s/master’s degree with the right experience;
Will be an added advantage if worked on Laboratory related applications;
 Ability to interact professionally with a diverse group, executives, managers, and subject matter experts.
 

Qualifications

At least 2- 3 years as a software developer/Sustenance Engineer or system engineer.
Experienced in .Net based full stack development.

Additional Information

What we offer:

A launch pad into various senior management opportunities – within the many business lines of Eurofins globally – or into the management hierarchy in our different corporate functions;
The opportunity to grow your skills in a demanding, fast growing organization;
A chance to become part of a highly motivated international team of professionals.