Senior Specialist, Software Engineering - Veeva Specialist

Job Description

Required Skills:

API Integration, Computer Software Programming, Software Development, Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), Solution Architecture, Sprint Planning, System Designs, System Integration, Technical Writing Documentation, Testing, Veeva Vault

Preferred Skills:

Java, Python (Programming Language)

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Senior Specialist, Software Engineering - Veeva Specialist

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

• Software Engineer - Veeva Vault Clinical Data
• Are you passionate about leveraging cutting-edge technology to improve health solutions? Join our company, a premier research-intensive biopharmaceutical organization, at the forefront of innovation in disease prevention and treatment. We are seeking an Software Engineer to design, develop, and maintain integrations with Veeva Vault Clinical Data, ensuring seamless data workflows and optimized reporting.

Primary: Veeva CDMS expertise, API integrations, software engineering, Clinical domain expertise (GXP)

Secondary: Python or Java programming, strong database experience

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and implementation of end-to-end integrations between Veeva Vault CDMS and internal/external systems using REST APIs, Vault Loader, connectors, and MuleSoft.
• Own and optimize scalable data ingestion and extraction workflows, including bulk loads, document transfers, and metadata synchronization.
• Establish and govern API standards by defining integration contracts and implementing automated testing frameworks to ensure reliability and performance.
• Drive the development of advanced reporting and analytics solutions, including data modeling, transformation, and dashboard enablement for clinical insights.
• Collaborate with business and clinical stakeholders to translate requirements into scalable technical solutions aligned with the Veeva Vault data model.
• Lead release management across DEV, VAL, and PROD environments, ensuring compliance with GxP SDLC, validation, and change control processes.
• Own Agile delivery execution using JIRA, including backlog management, sprint planning, prioritization, and quality delivery.
• Establish operational monitoring and support processes, including alerting, L2/L3 support, and root-cause analysis for integrations and data pipelines.
• Maintain comprehensive technical documentation, including solution designs, integration mappings, API specifications, and operational guides, while driving engineering best practices.

Qualifications

• Required
• 6–10 years of software engineering or integration experience, with at least 3+ years focused on Veeva Vault (preferably Vault Clinical Data, CDMS)
• Hands-on experience with Veeva Vault Loader (bulk data/document operations, configuration, troubleshooting)
• Hands-on experience with Veeva Vault APIs (REST, authentication, pagination, error handling)
• Hands-on experience with Postman (collections, scripted tests, environments, automation)
• Hands-on experience with connectors and integration patterns (HTTP/REST, JDBC, SFTP, message queues/webhooks)
• Practical knowledge of the Vault Clinical Data Suite object model and configurations (documents, objects, lifecycles, workflows, roles/permissions)
• Proficiency in a modern programming language (Python, Java, or Node.js) for integration and automation
• Experience producing complex reports and dashboards, including data modeling and transformation (e.g., Vault reports/dashboards, data extracts to BI tools like Tableau/Power BI)
• Experience with SDLC in regulated environments (GxP, 21 CFR Part 11), including validation, change control, and release management
• Strong familiarity with JIRA for Agile delivery (epics/stories, sprint planning, release notes)
• Excellent problem-solving skills, attention to detail, and ability to communicate with non-technical stakeholders
• Preferred
• Experience with multiple Vault Clinical Data applications (EDC, CDB, Study training, etc)
• Knowledge of Vault configuration management (migration packages, deployment strategies, environment alignment)
• Security best practices, audit trails, and compliance reporting
• Test automation frameworks for APIs/integrations and performance testing
• Understanding of clinical trial processes, TMF governance, KPIs, and HL7/FHIR (nice to have)
• Join our team and contribute to the advancement of health solutions that save and improve lives around the world. Apply today!

Our technology teams operate as business partners, proposing ideas and innovative solutions that enable new organizational capabilities. We collaborate internationally to deliver services and solutions that help everyone be more productive and enable innovation.

Who we are:

We are known as Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, New Jersey, USA in the United States and Canada and MSD everywhere else. For more than a century, we have been inventing for life, 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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Job Posting End Date:

06/4/2026

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