Our colleagues across the globe love innovating with science and technology to enrich people’s lives with our solutions in Healthcare, Life Science, and Electronics. United As One for Patients, our purpose in Healthcare is to help create, improve and prolong lives. We develop medicines, intelligent devices and innovative technologies in therapeutic areas such as Oncology, Neurology and Fertility. Our teams work together across 6 continents with passion and relentless curiosity in order to help patients at every stage of life. Joining our Healthcare team is becoming part of a diverse, inclusive and versátil working culture, presenting great opportunities for personal development and career advancement across the globe.
At the intersection of cloud engineering and life-changing science, this role offers a rare opportunity to shape the technical foundation that powers drug discovery and development. As a Senior Cloud Solutions Architect and Senior Cloud Backend Engineer within the Engineering team in Healthcare R&D;, you will serve as a recognized technical authority — designing,



building, and evolving secure, scalable, and resilient cloud-native platforms that directly accelerate research outcomes.
You will own and drive the technical roadmap for cloud infrastructure, lead the engineering of data archiving processes, implement new platform capabilities, and ensure robust, high-quality deployments. Operating with a high degree of independence, you will collaborate with cross-functional teams across the US, Europe, and India — translating complex technical challenges into innovative, enterprise-grade solutions built primarily on AWS and integrated with Azure Active Directory.
You hold a degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or bring equivalent professional experience in cloud architecture and backend engineering.
You have 10 or more years of hands‑on experience designing and delivering secure, scalable, cloud-native systems using AWS services at en

📌 Cloud Solution Architect/Senior Cloud Backend Engineer (Madrid)
🏢 Merck Healthcare
📍 Madrid