Senior Platform Engineer

Are you a seasoned platform engineer looking to make a real impact? Novo Nordisk is seeking a highly skilled Senior Platform Engineer to join our dynamic and innovative Software Engineering Platforms Team SEP and help drive our software engineering platform, Heimdall, to new heights. This is your chance to work with cutting-edge technologies and contribute to life-changing projects.

The Position

You will be joining the Observability platform, enabling reliability and the fast flow of change for software development teams across all of Novo Nordisk.

Your key responsibilities include:

• Platform Engineering: Plan, architect, design, code, and test software engineering platform capabilities. Collaborate with digital product teams to create innovative solutions and document best practices.
• Observability Focus: Implement and enhance observability capabilities using OpenTelemetry, Grafana, Prometheus, and Datadog to ensure comprehensive monitoring and visibility across the platform.
• Operational Stability: Work with Site Reliability Engineers to improve the platform's stability and reliability. Develop and enhance automation and CI/CD pipelines.
• Event, Problem, and Incident Management: Provide level 3 support for platform events and incidents. Implement, design, and test change requests and bug fixes.

Qualifications

We imagine the ideal candidate will posess most of the following requirements:

• BSc in Software Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
• 10+ years of software development experience.
• Expertise in Kubernetes, Docker.
• Hands-on experience with Azure Cloud and/or AWS Cloud.
• Experience with large, complex back-end systems, high performance, low latency, and distributed architectures.
• Strong background in Azure DevOps CI/CD Pipelines and/or GitHub Actions, working agile and using Azure DevOps as an active planning and reporting tool.
• Understanding of software and cloud architecture.
• Experience with Open Source Software contributions and Security Engineering.
• Experience with Grafana configuration and setting up dashboards and alerts

On a personal note, you are a respectful colleague and a proactive team player, recognized as a Subject Matter Expert. You are a curious, driven self-starter, able to maintain focus on business objectives. You communicate effectively with senior stakeholders and possess a strong business understanding, along with the ability to apply your expertise pragmatically. Additionally, you are proficient in English and have excellent listening and communication skills.

About the department

Software Engineering Platforms (SEP) is part of the Digital, Data & IT (DD&IT) department - where we partner with the business to support digital transformation and innovation in all parts of the Novo Nordisk value chain. Our vision is to accelerate software development by taking ownership in developing and delivering software development platforms, tools, processes, and advisory services.

We strive to make software development teams more effective and efficient, by focusing three areas:

• Scaling software development capability
• Increasing focus on building valuable code
• Enabling faster releases & time to market

Our current team consists of a very diverse pool of talent, with colleagues from various backgrounds and 11 different nationalities – something we in SEP are very proud of.

Working at Novo Nordisk

Novo Nordisk is a global healthcare company headquartered in Denmark. For 100 years, we have been driving change to defeat diabetes and other serious chronic diseases. As a result, our treatments today benefit millions of people living with diabetes, obesity, and rare blood and endocrine diseases. We are proud of that.

We are proud of our people too, and we employ more than 67,000 bright and diverse minds in 80 offices worldwide. With us, your bright mind and commitment help us change lives for people worldwide. In exchange, we offer you a seat in a rewarding and purpose-driven culture where your professional and personal development is highly valued. That said, opportunities are many in Novo Nordisk. Discover the cutting-edge technologies behind Novo Nordisk's life-changing innovations.

Not the right job for you? Explore other digital areas within Novo Nordisk.

Even if this job is not the right match for you, Novo Nordisk might still have something to offer. Our many digital teams work in various areas of technology every day – from front-end to back-end, from artificial intelligence to machine learning, and from cloud systems to quantum computing. Our digital expert make a tangible impact on lives worldwide. Want to learn more about how we do this? Go explore on TechLife at Novo Nordisk

Any questions?

For further information, please contact our Senior Manager Camilla Søegaard Holme

at [email protected]

Deadline

11 February 2025

Applications will be reviewed on an ongoing basis, so you are encouraged to apply as soon as possible. You do not need to attach a cover letter to your application, but please include a few sentences about why you are applying in your resume.

We commit to an inclusive recruitment process and equality of opportunity for all our job applicants. 

At Novo Nordisk we recognize that it is no longer good enough to aspire to be the best company in the world. We need to aspire to be the best company for the world and we know that this is only possible with talented employees with diverse perspectives, backgrounds and cultures. We are therefore committed to creating an inclusive culture that celebrates the diversity of our employees, the patients we serve and communities we operate in. Together, we’re life changing.