Glasgow (Hybrid, 1 day per week in office)

Eden Scott is delighted to be retained by Amici, to recruit an experienced Staff Engineer. You will have a key role in defining the architecture of their SaaS platform and designing solutions to problems.

About Amici

Amici was founded in 2005 by Caroline Briggs, who is still our CEO today. We provide a purchasing and inventory management service, allowing biotech organisations to focus on discovering transformative innovations.

Our procurement consultancy service, along with in-house cloud-based software, allows scientists to focus on discovering life changing cures, while we manage their laboratory purchasing and supply chain needs.

We take extreme pride in delivering solutions of the highest standard and are honoured that we can help our customers on their way to success. Our customers are loyal and enthusiastic about us and so are our people.

Meet the Innovation team

Technology underpins everything we do at Amici, enabling our amazing team of purchasing and supply chain specialists to support some of the most exciting and important work in the biotech and life science industry.

Customers come to Amici to source products for their laboratory. Our MyAmici platform allows scientists to purchase lab consumables, chemicals, biologicals and capital equipment. It’s Amici’s Innovation team that works diligently to ensure that the MyAmici platform and online purchasing experience is easy and seamless, so that our customers can focus on making life changing discoveries.

About the Role

As Amici continue to grow, we're seeking a talented Staff Engineer with a significant breadth of expertise in software development to join our team and contribute to our exciting projects. The Staff engineer works across the Innovation department and supports multiple product development teams.

This role is key to defining the architecture of our platform; designing solutions to problems, and developing proof of concept or seed projects to hand over to the product development teams. Working in collaboration with the CTO you will strongly influence the technical design of the platform, creating futureproof and scalable solutions. You'll play a vital role within the team, utilising the best tools to define creative solutions to problems and supporting teams across the development lifecycle.

What are we looking for?

We are very passionate about technology and providing a platform to our customers, so they can focus on the science. We’re looking for an experienced Staff Engineer/Principal Engineer/Architect to join our growing team. You need to have a strong breadth of experience in software development, ideally Java or .Net. You will have excellent communication, as you’ll be supporting teams with complex technical decisions and being an escalation point for developers when they require support. This role requires someone with excellent problem solving skills, using creativity to find resolutions.

Our Tech Stack

Infrastructure: Microsoft Azure, Terraform, Docker, Linux, Git, Azure DevOps

Databases: Azure SQL, MongoDB

Backends: Java / Spring, C# / .NET Core

Frontends: Typescript / ReactJS

Search and AI: Apache Lucene, Huggingface

Data: Azure Data Factory, Apache Hop

Test: Playwright

Legacy: Windows, .NET Framework

What is in it for you?

We offer an intrapreneurial environment where people are supported to do their best work, and everyone has the opportunity to make a difference. As a company, we never stop investing in our culture. We appreciate empowering, motivating and developing employees to offer a challenging and rewarding experience at Amici.

Amici is an equal opportunity employer. Everyone is welcome regardless of your appearance, where you’re from, or anything else that makes you, you.

Come talk to us!

This is a fantastic opportunity to play a key role in the evolution of market-leading products that make a genuine difference to those at the heart of the Biotech industry. With an incredible working culture, a flexible approach to work and a great suite of benefits this is an opportunity not to be missed!

Please contact our recruitment partners at Eden Scott for an informal discussion.

We look forward to meeting you!