Job Description

Our company specializes in the development of animal health management solutions. We are a multidisciplinary product company, a diverse team of ~450 closely collaborating scientists, AI experts, software, hardware, and mechanical engineers… working alongside veterinarians and other animal experts.

Our passion? Shaping the future of animal health and well-being (for much better!).

Our products and platforms identify trends and predict the likelihood of health outcomes for HUNDREDS of MILLIONS of animals each year, from pets, to poultry, farm animals, and even fish. We provide actionable insights for veterinarians, farmers, and producers, changing the way people care for animals in 150 markets.

So, if you’re looking to work in a company that combines pioneering science and technology, dedicated colleagues, and animals, you’ll find it all here – come join us!

We are looking for a talented hands-on manager for our Computer Vision team.

The successful candidate will be responsible for leading a team of computer vision engineers and researchers in developing and implementing computer vision algorithms and technologies, with a specific focus on using computer vision for monitoring animals.

This role requires strong technical expertise, excellent leadership skills, and a deep understanding of computer vision principles and techniques, particularly in the context of animal monitoring and edge devices. The candidate will also work closely with animal experts to ensure the development of effective and robust solutions.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage a team of computer vision engineers and researchers, providing guidance, mentorship, and support.
• Develop and implement computer vision algorithms for animal monitoring applications, such as tracking and behavior analysis, specifically optimized for edge devices.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including animal experts, software developers, Devops engineers, and product managers to understand project requirements and develop innovative solutions that address specific animal monitoring challenges, taking all constraints into consideration.
• Design and optimize computer vision systems for animal monitoring on edge devices, considering factors such as limited computational resources, power consumption, and real-time processing requirements.
• Stay up to date with the latest advancements in computer vision and edge computing, and explore opportunities for incorporating them into our projects.
• Lead the planning and execution of computer vision projects for animal monitoring on edge devices, ensuring adherence to timelines, budgets, and quality standards.
• Foster a collaborative and innovative work environment, encouraging knowledge sharing and continuous learning within the team.
• Provide technical guidance and support to team members, assisting in problem-solving and troubleshooting as necessary.
• Give detailed presentations to stakeholders, showcasing the performance of developed algorithms.
• Collaborate closely with animal experts to understand their needs and requirements, ensuring the development of effective and ethical computer vision solutions for animal monitoring on edge devices.
• Manage work of contractors dedicated for ad-hoc POC projects.
  
  

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in computer science, electrical engineering, or a related field.
• 3 years of experience in leading and managing a team, with the ability to motivate and inspire team members.
• 5 years of proven experience in computer vision research and development, with a focus on algorithm d Job Description
  
  

R2- Manager, Software Engineer, Regulatory

The Opportunity

• Based in Hyderabad, join a global healthcare biopharma company and be part of a 130- year legacy of success backed by ethical integrity, forward momentum, and an inspiring mission to achieve new milestones in global healthcare.
• Be part of an organisation driven by digital technology and data-backed approaches that support a diversified portfolio of prescription medicines, vaccines, and animal health products.
• Drive innovation and execution excellence. Be a part of a team with passion for using data, analytics, and insights to drive decision-making, and which creates custom software, allowing us to tackle some of the world's greatest health threats.
  
  

Our Technology Centers focus on creating a space where teams can come together to deliver business solutions that save and improve lives. An integral part of our company’s IT operating model, Tech Centers are globally distributed locations where each IT division has employees to enable our digital transformation journey and drive business outcomes. These locations, in addition to the other sites, are essential to supporting our business and strategy.

A focused group of leaders in each Tech Center helps to ensure we can manage and improve each location, from investing in growth, success, and well-being of our people, to making sure colleagues from each IT division feel a sense of belonging to managing critical emergencies. And together, we must leverage the strength of our team to collaborate globally to optimize connections and share best practices across the Tech Centers.

Role Overview

As a Software Engineer you will design, develop, and maintain software systems. This role involves both creative and analytical skills to solve complex problems and create efficient, reliable software. You will use your expertise in requirements analysis, programming languages, software development methodologies, and tools to build and deliver software products that meet the needs of businesses, organizations, or end-users. You will work with other engineers, product managers and delivery leads, to design systems, determine functional and non-functional needs and implement solutions accordingly. You should be ready to work independently as well as in a team.

What Will You Do In This Role

• With a wealth of knowledge and hands-on experience, regularly mentor peers, provide help, aid in defining standards, and identify reusable code or application modules.
• Create and document detailed designs for custom software applications or components.
• Design scalable software architecture
• Design, code, verify, test, document, amend and refactor moderately complex applications and software configurations for deployment in collaboration with cross-disciplinary teams across various regions worldwide.
• Elicit requirements for systems and software life cycle working practices and automation. Prepare design options for the working environment of methods, procedures, techniques, tools, and people. Utilize systems and software life cycle working practices for software components and micro-services. Deploy automation to achieve well-engineered and secure outcome.
• Contribute to the development of solution architectures in specific business, infrastructure or functional areas. Identify and evaluate alternative architectures and the trade-offs in cost, performance and scalability.
• Work within a matrix organizational structure, reporting to both the functional manager and the Product manager.
• Participate in Product planning, execution, and delivery, ensuring alignment with both functional and Product goals.
  
  

What Should You Have

• Bachelors’ degree in Information Technology, Computer Science or any Technology stream.
• 7+ years of hands-on experience working with technologies – R, Rshiny, posit connect, APEX, HTML, CSS, REST API, HTTP, SQL and databases, preferably Python programming language from our supported stack.
• Working with DevSecOps tools for deploying and versioning code (github).
• Familiarity with modern product development practices – Agile, Scrum, test driven development, UX, design thinking.
• Familiarity with DevOps practices (Git, Docker, infrastructure as code, observability, continuous integration/continuous deployment - CI/CD, automated testing, Github actions).
• Experienced Software Architect
• Cloud-native, ideally AWS certified good to have.
• Experience in pharma domain is preferred.
• Product and customer-centric approach.
• Experience with other tools (Spotfire, PowerBI, Jira) is a nice to have.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
  
  

Our technology teams operate as business partners, proposing ideas and innovative solutions that enable new organizational capabilities. We collaborate internationally to deliver services and solutions that help everyone be more productive and enable innovation

Who We Are

We are known as Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, New Jersey, USA in the United States and Canada and MSD everywhere else. For more than a century, we have been inventing for life, bringing forward medicines and vaccines for many of the world's most challenging diseases. Today, our company continues to be at the forefront of research to deliver innovative health solutions and advance the prevention and treatment of diseases that threaten people and animals around the world.

What We Look For

Imagine getting up in the morning for a job as important as helping to save and improve lives around the world. Here, you have that opportunity. You can put your empathy, creativity, digital mastery, or scientific genius to work in collaboration with a diverse group of colleagues who pursue and bring hope to countless people who are battling some of the most challenging diseases of our time. Our team is constantly evolving, so if you are among the intellectually curious, join us—and start making your impact today.

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Current Contingent Workers apply HERE

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Employee Status

Regular

Relocation

VISA Sponsorship

Travel Requirements

Flexible Work Arrangements

Hybrid

Shift

Valid Driving License

Hazardous Material(s)

Required Skills

Data Engineering, Data Visualization, Design Applications, Software Configurations, Software Development, Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), Solution Architecture, System Designs, Systems Integration, Testing

Preferred Skills

Job Posting End Date

06/16/2025

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Requisition ID R346590