Sr Specialist, Information Technology Bengaluru, Karnataka

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This is where we value your strategic mindset, technical expertise and passion for innovation. If you are someone who has the ability to transform strategies into actionable plans while also demonstrating empathy and a willingness to assist others, this might be the right opportunity for you. Your contributions will make a significant impact on Baxter's mission to save and sustain lives. Paid Time Off Employee Health & Well-Being Benefits Continuing Education/ Professional Development Support for Parents Employee Assistance Program Success Profile What makes a successful Information Technology team member at Baxter? Take a look at some of the top traits we’re looking for and see if you’re a fit. Strategic Business Partner Communicator Curious Results driven Collaborative Problem Solver Sr Specialist, Information Technology Apply Now This is where your work makes a difference. At Baxter, we believe every person—regardless of who they are or where they are from—deserves a chance to live a healthy life. It was our founding belief in 1931 and continues to be our guiding principle. We are redefining healthcare delivery to make a greater impact today, tomorrow, and beyond. Our Baxter colleagues are united by our Mission to Save and Sustain Lives. Together, our community is driven by a culture of courage, trust, and collaboration. Every individual is empowered to take ownership and make a meaningful impact. We strive for efficient and effective operations, and we hold each other accountable for delivering exceptional results. Here, you will find more than just a job—you will find purpose and pride. Your Role at Baxter As Senior Software Engineer / Software Architect, you will provide hands-on technical leadership for critical healthcare product platforms in regulated environments, setting strategic technology direction while contributing directly to software development, modernization, incident resolution, and continual service improvement. You will design and deliver secure, reliable, maintainable software, guide engineers, govern technical decisions, and support production services. Working across architecture, engineering, delivery, quality, validation, infrastructure, security, and product teams, you will enable frequent value delivery while maintaining appropriate GxP, risk-management, and change-control practices. What you'll be doing: Mentor engineers and promote ownership, accountability, continuous learning, and engineering excellence, including code quality and maintainability. Establish and apply development standards, coding guidelines, architectural principles, secure development practices, and technical governance; lead architecture, design, and code reviews. Partner with Product, Quality, Validation, Infrastructure, Security, and business stakeholders to plan, estimate, prioritize, and deliver compliant releases from concept through production. Support global business-critical applications by leading complex troubleshooting, incident response, root-cause analysis, and remediation, and by driving resilience improvements, observability, monitoring, performance optimization, and continual service improvement. Ensure development and release activities meet applicable GxP, quality, security, and validation expectations, including governance, change control, risk management, and audit and inspection readiness. Use and promote AI-assisted engineering responsibly to improve development, code review, documentation, analysis, testing, and modernization, while validating outputs and applying appropriate governance and human oversight. What you'll bring: Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, a related discipline, or country equivalent is preferred; 12+ years equivalent relevant professional experience may be considered. Advanced practical knowledge of software engineering, object-oriented design, design patterns, application architecture, and secure software development lifecycle practices. Strong commercial experience with C#/.NET, PHP (Hypertext Preprocessor), modern web technologies, REST APIs, SQL, and relational database design. Experience designing, developing, and supporting web applications and distributed systems, including ASP.NET solutions, JavaScript, HTML, and CSS front ends, authentication and identity solutions, and API integrations. Working knowledge of Amazon Web Services, cloud-native design concepts, infrastructure and application hosting models, monitoring and observability, CI/CD, DevOps principles, and cloud security controls. Proven ability to lead and mentor engineers, influence technical direction, communicate with technical and non-technical stakeholders, resolve complex problems, and make pragmatic decisions that balance immediate delivery with long-term sustainability. Experience leading technical improvement and supporting critical production applications throughout the delivery lifecycle, within structured governance, risk, release, and change-management processes. Practical experience using AI-assisted software development tools responsibly, including assessing output quality, recognizing limitations, and protecting sensitive information Comfortable working through ambiguity and competing priorities, collaborating across functions with a high level of accountability and ownership. Significant experience as a Senior Software Engineer, Technical Lead, Software Architect, or comparable role delivering complex enterprise software across multiple technologies and architectural patterns. Experience in healthcare, pharmaceutical, life sciences, medical technology, or another regulated industry, including knowledge of GxP, computerized system validation, software validation, quality management, and regulated change control, is preferred. Experience with global healthcare platforms, cloud modernization, or technical governance forums such as architecture review boards or technical councils is a plus. Equal Employment Opportunity Baxter is an equal opportunity employer. Baxter evaluates qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, protected veteran status, disability/handicap status or any other legally protected characteristic. Reasonable Accommodations Baxter is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities globally. If, because of a medical condition or disability, you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or interview process, please click on the link here and let us know the nature of your request along with your contact information. Recruitment Fraud Notice Baxter has discovered incidents of employment scams, where fraudulent parties pose as Baxter employees, recruiters, or other agents, and engage with online job seekers in an attempt to steal personal and/or financial information. To learn how you can protect yourself, review our Recruitment Fraud Notice . Apply Now Address Explore this location Tower A, 4th and 5th Floor Prestige Shantiniketan Campus,Whitefield Bangalore- 560 048 Karnātaka India Explore This Location Share LinkedIn Facebook X Email Hear from Our Employees Our company is enriched by a diverse population of individuals in more than 100 countries that work to solve, innovate, manufacture and drive better healthcare options for patients around the world. Meet Anchal Tayal, Principal Software Engineer, India “I am proud to be associated with a company whose mission is to Save and Sustain lives. As a Principal Engineer, my key responsibility is to design and implement the new product features in the most efficient, effective, and maintainable way. These products are designed to empower our patients worldwide. It has been an exciting journey so far full of learnings and a sense of satisfaction in what we do and how it impacts lives.” Meet Jorge Ramirez, Senior Specialist - Mexico “Technical skill