Senior Software Engineer AWS IoT

At Bayer we’re visionaries, driven to solve the world’s toughest challenges and striving for a world where ,Health for all, Hunger for none’ is no longer a dream, but a real possibility. We’re doing it with energy, curiosity and sheer dedication, always learning from unique perspectives of those around us, expanding our thinking, growing our capabilities and redefining ‘impossible’. There are so many reasons to join us. If you’re hungry to build a varied and meaningful career in a community of brilliant and diverse minds to make a real difference, there’s only one choice. Senior Software Engineer AWS IoT YOUR TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES: Connectivity Platform Development

• Design, develop and maintain scalable AWS-based IoT services and applications.
• Build secure and reliable backend services and APIs using Python.
• Develop cloud-native solutions supporting device onboarding, provisioning, registration, telemetry ingestion, alarm processing, software distribution, file transfer and remote service capabilities.
• Contribute to architecture decisions and technology roadmaps for Bayer’s connectivity platform.
• Ensure solutions are secure, scalable, reliable, maintainable, and compliant with organizational quality standards.
• Support the strategic transition from existing connectivity platforms such as ThingWorx toward cloud-native AWS IoT-based connectivity solutions.

Backend Engineering and API Development

• Design and develop backend services, APIs, and integration components using Python.
• Build services that support device communication, telemetry processing, alarm handling, file movement, remote service workflows, and platform integrations.
• Design REST APIs and service contracts for integration between cloud services, device software and enterprise applications.
• Contribute to microservices architecture, event-driven design and distributed application patterns.
• Ensure backend services are testable, observable, maintainable, and suitable for regulated product development environments.

Device Connectivity and Integration

• Collaborate closely with Device Software teams to integrate medical devices with cloud-based connectivity services.
• Define and implement secure communication mechanisms including MQTT, HTTPS, TLS, and certificate-based authentication.
• Support secure device onboarding, registration, identity management and lifecycle management.
• Drive integration testing across cloud services, device software, and enterprise applications.
• Assist in defining communication contracts, APIs, and integration patterns between connected devices and cloud services.
• Troubleshoot device-to-cloud connectivity issues across application, network, authentication and cloud service layers.

Cloud Engineering and AWS Platform Services

• Develop and maintain services leveraging AWS IoT Core and related AWS services.
• Implement Infrastructure as Code using Terraform and CloudFormation.
• Support cloud deployments across development, validation, and production environments.
• Configure and maintain cloud resources required for scalable, secure, and reliable IoT platform operations.
• Monitor platform performance, availability, scalability, and operational health.
• Optimize platform services for reliability, maintainability, security, and cost efficiency.

Troubleshooting and Operational Support

• Serve as a technical escalation point for complex platform and connectivity-related issues.
• Perform deep troubleshooting across cloud infrastructure, backend services, APIs, networking, authentication, connectivity workflows, and device communication layers.
• Conduct root cause investigations and drive corrective and preventive actions.
• Support production environments and contribute to continuous operational improvement.
• Develop and improve monitoring, logging, alerting, and observability capabilities.
• Support incident management, problem management, and operational readiness activities.
• Maintain strong ownership of issues from identification through resolution.

Agile Delivery and Release Management

• Participate in sprint planning, backlog refinement, estimation, and Agile development ceremonies.
• Collaborate with Product Owners, architects and stakeholders to define and prioritize platform capabilities.
• Support release planning, deployment readiness, release coordination, and change management activities.
• Contribute to delivery planning across development, v…