At Johnson & Johnson, we believe health is everything. Our strength in healthcare innovation empowers us to build a world where complex diseases are prevented, treated, and cured, where treatments are smarter and less invasive, and solutions are personal. Through our expertise in Innovative Medicine and MedTech, we are uniquely positioned to innovate across the full spectrum of healthcare solutions today to deliver the breakthroughs of tomorrow, and profoundly impact health for humanity. Learn more at https://www.jnj.com
Job Function:
Technology Product & Platform ManagementJob Sub Function:
Software Engineering – Full StackJob Category:
Scientific/TechnologyAll Job Posting Locations:
Raritan, New Jersey, United States of AmericaJob Description:
About Innovative Medicine
Our expertise in Innovative Medicine is informed and inspired by patients, whose insights fuel our science-based advancements. Visionaries like you work on teams that save lives by developing the medicines of tomorrow.
Join us in developing treatments, finding cures, and pioneering the path from lab to life while championing patients every step of the way.
Learn more at https://www.jnj.com/innovative-medicine
We are searching for the best talent for a Principal Platform Engineer to lead the Platform Operations and Engineering capabilities. The preferred location is Raritan, NJ. Remote work options may be considered on a case-by-case basis and if approved by the Company.
The Platform Operations and Engineering role focuses on designing, building, and optimizing platform level technical solutions, leading hands‑on engineering efforts, and ensuring the reliability, scalability, and security of the systems that power Innovative Medicine platforms.
Serve as the technical authority for platform operations, supporting multiple enterprise platforms that deliver critical capabilities across Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine.
Build strong partnerships across business and IT organizations to understand operational challenges, priorities, and requirements.
Collaborate with cross‑functional teams to design and implement scalable, reliable, and secure platform solutions.
Identify, develop, and implement technology driven optimizations and automation initiatives to improve efficiency and reduce total cost of ownership.
Provide hands‑on mentorship and technical guidance to elevate the engineering capabilities of the team.
Define and implement platform architecture solutions supporting data ingestion and integration use cases.
Education:
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
Required:
8+ years of engineering experience supporting enterprise software products and platforms
Deep understanding of AWS infrastructure
Experience developing and maintaining data pipelines
Building and deploying Docker and Kubernetes
Experience with Data Mesh and/or Data Fabric technologies
Agile methodologies, test automation, and DevOps practices
Hands-on experience with collaboration tools like JIRA, Jenkins, Confluence, and Bitbucket
Experience developing SQL queries, Python, React
Experience in a Pharma R&D data ecosystem
GCP and Azure
Experience with Snowflake and/or Databricks
Data Pipeline tools like Airflow, AWS Glue, Kafka
API Development
Understanding AI concepts and frameworks, including agentic AI, with the ability to translate technical capabilities into product strategies.
Johnson & Johnson is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by federal, state or local law. We actively seek qualified candidates who are protected veterans and individuals with disabilities as defined under VEVRAA and Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act.
Johnson & Johnson is committed to providing an interview process that is inclusive of our applicants’ needs. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request an accommodation, external applicants please contact us via https://www.jnj.com/contact-us/careers, internal employees contact AskGS to be directed to your accommodation resource.
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Required Skills:
Preferred Skills:
Coaching, Computer Programming, Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) Pipeline, Critical Thinking, Full Stack Development, Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), Innovation, Organizing, Requirements Analysis, Researching, Software Acquisitions, Software Development Management, Software Engineering Practices, Software Quality Assurance (SQA), Technical Writing, Technologically Savvy
The anticipated base pay range for this position is :
$117,000.00 - $201,250.00Additional Description for Pay Transparency:
Subject to the terms of their respective plans, employees are eligible to participate in the Company’s consolidated retirement plan (pension) and savings plan (401(k)).