Job Description

The Opportunity

• Based in Hyderabad, join a global healthcare biopharma company and be part of a 130- year legacy of success backed by ethical integrity, forward momentum, and an inspiring mission to achieve new milestones in global healthcare.
• Be part of an organisation driven by digital technology and data-backed approaches that support a diversified portfolio of prescription medicines, vaccines, and animal health products.
• Drive innovation and execution excellence. Be a part of a team with passion for using data, analytics, and insights to drive decision-making, and which creates custom software, allowing us to tackle some of the world's greatest health threats.

Our Technology Centers focus on creating a space where teams can come together to deliver business solutions that save and improve lives. An integral part of our company’s IT operating model, Tech Centers are globally distributed locations where each IT division has employees to enable our digital transformation journey and drive business outcomes. These locations, in addition to the other sites, are essential to supporting our business and strategy.

A focused group of leaders in each Tech Center helps to ensure we can manage and improve each location, from investing in growth, success, and well-being of our people, to making sure colleagues from each IT division feel a sense of belonging to managing critical emergencies. And together, we must leverage the strength of our team to collaborate globally to optimize connections and share best practices across the Tech Centers.

Role Overview

We are seeking an energetic, forward-thinking professional to join our Global Technology group. As part of that team, you will contribute to our IT team focused on developing and applying advanced knowledge and content management capabilities in information technologies and help provide innovative solutions to address complex business needs. You will have the opportunity to work on global teams to identify and tackle the biggest opportunities and challenges at the intersection of healthcare, information, and technology. We offer project-based rotations to help with your professional development, and a flat, collaborative environment. Overall, our IT hubs offer technology professionals incredible opportunities to learn from others across the globe, to challenge them, and to enjoy a reward that technology careers don’t often bring: the satisfaction of helping to save lives.

This position is based in our Hyderabad location, and we follow a hybrid work policy.

What will you do in this role:

Primary job responsibilities include:

• Front‑end Engineering Responsibilities
  • Design, develop, and maintain Front‑end UI components for all Enterprise Search platform applications
  • Implement modern, performant, and accessible user interfaces using JavaScript, React, HTML5, and CSS
  • Establish and evolve front‑end development standards, patterns, and best practices across the Enterprise Search ecosystem
  • Collaborate with UX, product, and back‑end teams to ensure consistent and high-quality user experiences
  • Contribute to the long-term UI architecture and technical roadmap of the Enterprise Search platform
• DevSecOps & Platform Engineering Responsibilities
  • Design, build, and own the DevSecOps stack supporting the Enterprise Search platform
  • Implement and maintain CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions for front‑end and platform components
  • Define and manage infrastructure using Terraform, ensuring repeatability, security, and scalability
  • Embed security and compliance controls directly into build and deployment pipelines (DevSecOps-by-design)
  • Support environment provisioning, configuration, and lifecycle management through automation
• Enterprise Search & Platform Responsibilities (General)
  • Contribute technology expertise to Enterprise Search capabilities across the collaboration ecosystem
  • Design and implement Enterprise Search solutions aligned with standards and platforms
  • Follow Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) and change management processes, including required documentation
  • Help define best practices, guidelines, and governance for Enterprise Search solutions
  • Identify capability gaps and contribute to future-state architecture and roadmap planning
  • Work effectively with global, cross-functional teams across IT and business domains

Education Minimum Requirement:

Undergraduate degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, or a related discipline.

Required Experience and Skills:

• Front‑end UI Development (Primary Focus)
  • Strong hands-on experience with JavaScript and modern Front‑end frameworks, with emphasis on React
  • Solid understanding of HTML5, CSS3, responsive design, accessibility, and cross-browser compatibility
  • Experience designing and implementing reusable UI components, design systems, and front‑end architecture patterns
  • Familiarity with modern front‑end tooling and development practices (npm/yarn, bundlers, linters, testing frameworks)
  • Ability to collaborate closely with UX designers, back‑end engineers, and platform teams to deliver cohesive user experiences
• DevSecOps Engineering (Primary Focus)
  • Strong experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform
  • Hands-on experience designing and implementing CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions
  • Ability to design, implement, and maintain a secure, scalable DevSecOps stack for enterprise-grade platforms
  • Understanding of security best practices integrated into CI/CD pipelines (code scanning, dependency scanning, secrets management)
  • Experience managing environments across development, test, and production using automated pipelines
• General & Platform Skills
  • Overall understanding of Enterprise Search technologies and their integration within collaboration ecosystems
  • Ability to translate business and user requirements into scalable technical solutions
  • Experience delivering solutions end-to-end, from design through implementation and support
  • Familiarity with Agile development methodologies and Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) processes

What should you have

• Experience with Azure-native services and cloud-based architectures
• Exposure to search platforms such as Azure AI Search, Elasticsearch, SharePoint Search, or similar
• Experience with authentication and authorization mechanisms (OAuth, API security concepts)
• PowerShell or scripting experience for automation tasks
• Ability to clearly communicate technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Experience working in global, distributed teams

Desired/Optional Technology Exposure:

• Search engine optimization expertise - content procession, document processing, linguistic features - SP search, Azure Search, Elastic, Coveo framework (any of them)
• Microsoft 365 cloud integration experience - OAuth implementation, GRAPH API, Office 365 REST API, Azure service, Power Platform.
• Relational database concepts used in technologies such as SQL Server

Who we are

We are in the United state Rahway, New Jersey, USA in the United States and Canada everywhere else. For more than a century, we have been inventing for lives, bringing forward medicines and vaccines for many of the world's most challenging diseases. Today, our company continues to be at the forefront of research to deliver innovative health solutions and advance the prevention and treatment of diseases that threaten people and animals around the world.

What we look for

Imagine getting up in the morning for a job as important as helping to save and improve lives around the world. Here, you have that opportunity. You can put your empathy, creativity, digital mastery, or scientific genius to work in collaboration with a diverse group of colleagues who pursue and bring hope to countless people who are battling some of the most challenging diseases of our time. Our team is constantly evolving, so if you are among the intellectually curious, join us—and start making your impact today.

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Required Skills:

Data Engineering, Data Visualization, Design Applications, Software Configurations, Software Development, Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), Solution Architecture, System Designs, System Integration, Testing

Preferred Skills:

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Search Firm Representatives Please Read Carefully
Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, USA, also known as Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC, Rahway, NJ, USA, does not accept unsolicited assistance from search firms for employment opportunities. All CVs / resumes submitted by search firms to any employee at our company without a valid written search agreement in place for this position will be deemed the sole property of our company. No fee will be paid in the event a candidate is hired by our company as a result of an agency referral where no pre-existing agreement is in place. Where agency agreements are in place, introductions are position specific. Please, no phone calls or emails.

Employee Status:

Regular

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Flexible Work Arrangements:

Hybrid

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Job Posting End Date:

04/10/2026

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