Johnson & Johnson · 5 hours ago
Principal Platform Engineer
Raritan, New Jersey, United States of America
Full-time
Hybrid
Lead/Staff
$117K/yr - $201K/yr
8+ years expJohnson & Johnson is a leader in healthcare innovation, dedicated to developing treatments and solutions for complex diseases. They are seeking a Principal Platform Engineer to lead the Platform Operations and Engineering capabilities, focusing on designing and optimizing platform-level technical solutions to ensure system reliability and security.
Hospital & Health Care
Responsibilities
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
Qualification
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
Preferred
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
Benefits
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)).
Vacation –120 hours per calendar year
Sick time - 40 hours per calendar year; for employees who reside in the State of Colorado –48 hours per calendar year; for employees who reside in the State of Washington –56 hours per calendar year
Holiday pay, including Floating Holidays –13 days per calendar year
Work, Personal and Family Time - up to 40 hours per calendar year
Parental Leave – 480 hours within one year of the birth/adoption/foster care of a child
Bereavement Leave – 240 hours for an immediate family member: 40 hours for an extended family member per calendar year
Caregiver Leave – 80 hours in a 52-week rolling period10 days
Volunteer Leave – 32 hours per calendar year
Military Spouse Time-Off – 80 hours per calendar year
Company
Johnson & Johnson
At Johnson & Johnson, we believe health is everything.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageLeadership Team
Alex Gorsky
Former Chairman and CEO, Johnson & Johnson
Joaquin Duato
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
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