Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine · 16 hours ago
Principal Platform Engineer
Raritan, NJ
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$117K/yr - $201K/yr
8+ years expJohnson & Johnson is a leader in healthcare innovation, focusing on developing treatments and solutions for complex diseases. They are seeking a Principal Platform Engineer to lead platform operations and engineering efforts, ensuring the reliability and scalability of systems that support Innovative Medicine platforms.
Pharmaceuticals
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
Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
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
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 Innovative Medicine
Johnson and Johnson Innovative Medicine focuses on developing medical solutions for some of the challenging diseases and medical conditions.
10001+ employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageLeadership Team
Molly Perkins
VP, Head of Cell & Genetic Medicines Discovery
Recent News
2025-08-14
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