Backend Developer (Pharmaceutical domain)

Company Description

Join a project that helps pharmaceutical companies and researchers accelerate medicine development through modern computational modeling solutions. We are looking for a Middle Backend Developer who is passionate about building scalable systems and contributing to products with real-world impact.

You will work with a Sweden-based Customer in an international distributed team, developing a modern platform for storing, visualizing, and analyzing scientific models. The role combines Back-end development, architecture discussions, and collaboration with cross-functional teams in a SAFe Agile environment.

We at Sigma Software offer the opportunity to work with modern technologies, communicate directly with stakeholders, and contribute to a meaningful healthcare-related product while growing your technical expertise in microservices and cloud-native development.

CUSTOMER

Our Customer is a Sweden-based company operating in the pharmaceutical and life sciences domain. The company develops advanced solutions that help pharmaceutical organizations and researchers optimize medicine development processes through mathematical and computational modeling technologies. The platform also supports technical and regulatory workflows, enabling secure and scalable collaboration with scientific data and models.

PROJECT

The project is a modern web platform for uploading, storing, visualizing, and analyzing mathematical and computational models used in pharmaceutical research and drug development. The solution helps researchers improve collaboration, increase model traceability, and support regulatory compliance activities.

The system is based on a microservices architecture with scalable APIs, event-driven communication, containerized infrastructure, and secure authentication mechanisms. The team actively participates in SAFe Agile processes, architecture discussions, and continuous delivery initiatives.

Key Technologies: TypeScript, Node.js, NestJS, Next.js, PostgreSQL, Docker, Kubernetes, NATS.io, Keycloak, Python, R

Job Description

• Coming up with well-designed technical solutions and robust code
• Develop new features and components, refactoring, debugging, and maintaining software
• Peer code reviews, following engineering practices
• Perform unit and integration testing
• Analyze requirements and prepare detailed design for the features
• Create Technical documentation
• Participate in conference calls and face-to-face meetings with the Customer
• Be active member of SAFe, take part in estimation, grooming and planning sessions

Qualifications

• 3+ years of commercial software development experience
• Strong hands-on experience with JavaScript and TypeScript
• Solid experience with Node.js and NestJS
• Proven experience with Next.js in production environments
• Good understanding of scalable API design principles
• Experience with PostgreSQL or similar relational databases
• Practical experience with Docker and Kubernetes
• Experience with NATS.io or similar event-streaming technologies
• Experience integrating IAM/SSO solutions such as Keycloak
• Strong understanding of microservices architecture and event-driven systems
• Experience with RESTful APIs and service-to-service communication
• Understanding of application security best practices
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and Git workflows
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively in cross-functional teams
• Upper-Intermediate English level or higher

WILL BE A PLUS

• Experience in pharmaceutical, healthcare, or life sciences domains
• Experience working with Python and R
• Experience with scientific or analytical platforms
• Knowledge of regulatory or compliance-driven environments
• Experience with cloud platforms and distributed systems
• Understanding of data visualization solutions

Additional Information

PERSONAL PROFILE

• Strong communication and collaboration skills
• Proactive and self-driven mindset
• Ability to work in a fast-changing environment
• Attention to quality and engineering standards
• Ownership mindset and willingness to contribute beyond assigned tasks