Hybrid Application Engineer

at GSK

• Job title: Application Engineer
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Junior
• Salary: $89,100 - $148,500 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: Angular, AWS, Azure, Cloud, Docker, Google Cloud Platform, GraphQL, GRPC, Java, JavaScript, Kubernetes, MySQL, Node.js, Postgres, Python, React, SDLC, SQL, TypeScript, Go
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Upper Providence, United States

About the role

• Application Engineer I in GSK's Onyx Research Data Tech team, delivering software solutions. Collaborating across teams to implement features and maintain applications in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Implement well-defined features and bug fixes across the stack (frontend, backend, APIs) with guidance; write clean, readable, and well-tested code.
• Build and consume APIs (primarily REST; exposure to GraphQL/gRPC) following secure-by-design, authentication/authorization, and interoperability standards.
• Contribute to CI/CD pipelines, test automation, and safe release practices; improve unit/integration test coverage and reduce manual steps through automation.
• Add and maintain observability (metrics, logs, traces) in your services with guidance; ensure basic alerts and dashboards are in place and documented.
• Participate in agile ceremonies; help refine requirements, estimate tasks, and communicate progress, risks, and trade-offs clearly.
• Maintain documentation for your work (README, ADRs, runbooks, onboarding guides); actively participate in code reviews as both author and reviewer.
• Support production operations with guidance: shadow on-call, triage low-severity incidents, assist with root-cause analysis, and contribute to durable follow-ups.
• Apply cloud-native patterns and tools (containers, Kubernetes, managed services) to build reliable, scalable applications; learn and adopt Onyx platform standards.
• Follow non-functional requirements (security, performance, accessibility, reliability) and raise issues or risks early when gaps are identified.
• Seek mentorship and feedback; contribute to a culture of learning, trust, and continuous improvement with a patient-first mindset.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in communication related field or in Computer Science discipline together with significant demonstrable engagement experience within IT or Pharma company.
• 1+ years of relevant software engineering experience (internships, co-ops, research projects, or industry)
• Prior experience to deliver working software in a team setting (coursework, open-source contributions, or prior roles)
• Experience with agile development practices and collaborative tools
• Programming: Proficiency in at least one backend language (e.g., Python, Java, Go, JavaScript/Node.js); familiarity with modern language tooling and package management
• Front-end: Basics in JavaScript/TypeScript and a modern framework (e.g., React, Angular); HTML/CSS fundamentals
• API development: REST fundamentals; request/response, pagination, error handling; use of tools like Postman/Insomnia
• SDLC/DevOps: git/GitHub, branching and PR workflows; basic CI/CD concepts; test automation (unit/integration)
• Containers and cloud: Docker fundamentals; exposure to Kubernetes; experience deploying to a cloud platform (GCP preferred; AWS/Azure acceptable)
• Security: Basic understanding of OAuth2/OIDC and secure coding practices (input validation, secrets management)
• Observability: Fundamentals of metrics, logs, traces; familiarity with monitoring/alerting tools
• Databases: SQL fundamentals; basic data modeling; experience with relational databases (e.g., Postgres, MySQL)
• Collaboration: Clear written and verbal communication; ability to work effectively in distributed, cross-functional teams

Benefits

• health care and other insurance benefits (for employee and family)
• retirement benefits
• paid holidays
• vacation
• paid caregiver/parental and medical leave