Principal Software Engineer

Eurofins Scientific is an international life sciences company, providing a unique range of analytical testing services to clients across multiple industries, to make life and our environment safer, healthier and more sustainable. From the food you eat, to the water you drink, to the medicines you rely on, Eurofins laboratories work with the biggest companies in the world to ensure the products they supply are safe, their ingredients are authentic and labelling is accurate.

The Eurofins network of companies believes that it is a global leader in food, environment, pharmaceutical and cosmetic product testing and in discovery pharmacology, forensics, advanced material sciences and AgroScience contract research services. It is also one of the market leaders in certain testing and laboratory services for genomics, and in the support of clinical studies, as well as in biopharma contract development and manufacturing. It also has a rapidly developing presence in highly specialised and molecular clinical diagnostic testing and in-vitro diagnostic products.

In over 37 years, Eurofins has grown from one laboratory in Nantes, France to over 65,000 staff across a decentralised and entrepreneurial network of more than 950 laboratories in over 1,000 companies across 59 countries. Eurofins companies offer a portfolio of over 200,000 analytical methods to evaluate the safety, identity, composition, authenticity, origin, traceability and purity of biological substances and products.

In 2024, Eurofins generated total revenues of EUR 6.95 billion; and has been among the best performing stocks in Europe over the past 20 years.

Principal Software Engineer
Eurofins IT Solutions, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Hybrid, 3 Days WFO (Cab Facility Provided)

With 54 facilities worldwide, Eurofins BioPharma Product Testing (BPT) is the largest network of bio/pharmaceutical GMP product testing laboratories providing comprehensive laboratory services for the world's largest pharmaceutical, biopharmaceutical, and medical device companies.
Behind the scenes, BPT is enabled by global engineering teams working on next-generation applications like Eurofins Quality Management System(eQMS). eQMS is sophisticated web application that will be used by our scientists, engineers, and technicians to manage several quality and compliance management processes.

This role reports to a Engineering Manager.

Key Responsibilities

• 7–10 years of experience leading end-to-end data migration projects using Azure Data Factory (ADF) or equivalent ETL technologies.
• Design, develop, and implement scalable ETL pipelines to enable efficient, reliable, and accurate data migration.
• Define and implement data mapping and transformation strategies between legacy systems and modern cloud platforms.
• Perform data validation, cleansing, reconciliation, and quality assurance to ensure data integrity throughout the migration lifecycle.
• Optimize migration workflows and ETL processes to improve performance, scalability, and reliability for large datasets.
• Collaborate with architects, developers, and business stakeholders to define data mappings, transformation logic, and validation rules.
• Ensure adherence to data security, governance, compliance, and regulatory requirements during migration activities.
• Provide technical leadership, mentorship, and guidance to junior engineers while promoting engineering best practices.
• Stay current with emerging Azure services, Azure Data Factory enhancements, Cosmos DB, and cloud-native data migration technologies.

Technical Skills & Experience

• Proven experience delivering Azure Data Factory (ADF)-based migration projects or working with comparable enterprise ETL platforms.
• Strong understanding of data architecture, data integration patterns, ETL/ELT methodologies, and cloud migration frameworks.
• Hands-on expertise in SQL, Azure Data Factory, Cosmos DB, and data transformation technologies.
• Experience with data profiling, cleansing, mapping, validation, reconciliation, and data quality management.
• Demonstrated ability to lead technical teams and deliver complex enterprise-scale data migration programs.
• Strong understanding of Agile/Scrum methodologies and experience working in Agile delivery environments.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and performance optimization skills for data migration solutions.
• Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and collaboration skills.

Key Competencies

• Strong leadership and mentoring capabilities with the ability to guide and develop migration teams.
• Excellent analytical, debugging, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams across business and technology functions.
• High attention to detail with a strong focus on data accuracy, integrity, and quality.
• Passion for designing efficient, scalable, and high-quality data migration solutions using modern cloud technologies.

MCA or Bachelors in Engineering, Computer Science or equivalent.

Personal Skills:

• Customer-service oriented with a problem-solving attitude;
• Strong attention to detail and accuracy is essential;
• Entrepreneurial thinking and flexibility to change;
• Very good English communication skills (concise writing and orally convincing);
• Structured and clear writing skills;
• Proven ability to solve complex business problems using analytical reasoning;
• Demonstrated positive attitude, self-motivated, team player.

PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL CRITERIA: Eurofins has a strong focus on Performance Management system. This includes quarterly calibrations, half-yearly reviews and annual reviews. The KPIs shall be set and may vary slightly between projects. These will be clearly communicated, documented during the first 30 days of your joining.