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# Senior Application Engineer - Installation - Level-2 at ValGenesis

- **Company:** ValGenesis
- **Location:** Chennai, India
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** onsite
- **Posted:** 2026-07-03
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-07
- **Apply:** https://jobs.lever.co/valgenesis/d7be282d-10b9-4d2e-866a-6a14cc1c51f9

## Job description

## About ValGenesis

ValGenesis is a leading digital validation platform provider for life sciences companies. ValGenesis suite of products are used by 30 of the top 50 global pharmaceutical and biotech companies to achieve digital transformation, total compliance and manufacturing excellence/intelligence across their product lifecycle.

Learn more about working for ValGenesis, the de facto standard for paperless validation in Life Sciences: https://www.valgenesis.com/about

About the Role:

Requirements:

- Typically requires 4–5 years of experience in technical support, application engineering, software troubleshooting, or installation/deployment activities.

- Bachelor’s degree in IT, Computer Science, or a related field, or equivalent work experience.

- Experience with SQL Server, system configuration, and deployment activities.

- Strong working knowledge of IQ documentation, validation processes, and regulated software environments.

- Proficiency in Windows Server, IIS, and network configuration concepts.

- Experience supporting multi-environment deployments, including DEV, VAL, PROD, and other customer environments.

- Strong troubleshooting skills with the ability to analyze installation failures, logs, and environment behavior.

- Good written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain technical topics to internal technical and non-technical stakeholders.

- Familiarity with change management, release planning, patch installation, and enterprise software lifecycle processes.

- Ability to work independently on assigned activities while escalating risks and blockers appropriately.

- Experience supporting or mentoring junior team members is preferred.

Responsibilities:

Knowledge & Application:

- Execute new instance installations, upgrades, patch installations, and deployments across customer environments.

- Support and maintain accurate records of installed customer versions, ensuring traceability and version control.

- Prepare, execute, and support Installation Qualification (IQ) documentation and other QMS-required records for deployment and upgrade activities.

- Follow installation playbooks, work instructions, best practices, and standard operating procedures.

- Ensure that assigned deployment activities adhere to security, compliance, and regulatory requirements.

- Support incident resolution related to deployment failures, software compatibility, configuration discrepancies, and installation issues.

- Maintain up-to-date knowledge of system architecture, validation procedures, installation steps, troubleshooting methods, and customer environment requirements.

- Ensure that mandatory fields in the ticket system are populated accurately and meaningfully to support reporting, traceability, and cross-functional analysis.

Complexity & Problem-Solving:

- Troubleshoot installation and deployment issues, including analysis of logs, configuration settings, environment behavior, and application errors.

- Perform first-level and detailed technical analysis for installation-related bugs, defects, and deployment failures.

- Support root cause analysis and provide resolution recommendations for assigned technical issues.

- Identify and resolve configuration discrepancies between customer environments.

- Support optimization of installation workflows to reduce deployment time and improve execution quality.

- Maintain adherence to quality control processes, ensuring validated installations and system integrity.

- Participate in problem-management initiatives to help reduce recurring installation issues.

- Support critical deployments by providing technical assistance to minimize downtime and customer disruption.

- Contribute to initiatives that improve adherence to Service Level Agreements (SLAs) and customer satisfaction.

Collaboration & Interaction:

- Work closely with Team Leads, managers, internal technical teams, SaaS/Cloud, QA, Engineering, and customer-facing stakeholders to complete installation activities.

- Coordinate assigned tasks with team members to ensure installation deadlines and quality expectations are met.

- Provide technical guidance to junior team members when required.

- Share knowledge and lessons learned from installation activities, troubleshooting outcomes, and customer environment scenarios.

- Communicate clearly with internal stakeholders regarding installation status, blockers, risks, and next steps.

- Support review of installation deliverables, work instructions, and execution records.

- Contribute to team knowledge, process adherence, and continuous improvement activities.

Other Activities and Responsabilities, as per VG QMS:

- Responsible to Prepare impact analysis for defects for the Patch Set

- Responsible for bug fixing and enhancement for the Patch Set

- Responsible for code review and unit testing for the Patch set release

- Responsible for patch preparation in Source integrity system

- Responsible for patch installation in client environment.

- IQ documentation and execution in QMS

- Assign and track the task to team members. Code review and approve the team member task with verification documents in Source integrity system

- Discover training needs and provide coaching to team members. Listen to team members’ feedback and resolve any issues or conflicts

- Set clear goals for every task. Delegate tasks and set deadlines if any team members not present.

- Communicate clear instructions to team members about tasks.

- Provide the technical details to team members Discover training needs and provide coaching to team members, delegate tasks and set deadlines.

- Responsible for reviewing Project deliverables.

- Responsible for performing CAPA for bug/ defect with root cause analysis.

- Responsible for first level of bug/ defect analysis.

- Prepare impact analysis, bug fixing and enhancement, code review and unit testing, patch preparation in Source integrity system, and patch installation, IQ documentation and Execution.

- Responsible to review the work instruction document.

We’re on a Mission In 2005, we disrupted the life sciences industry by introducing the world’s first digital validation lifecycle management system. ValGenesis VLMS® revolutionized compliance-based corporate validation activities and has remained the industry standard. Today, we continue to push the boundaries of innovation ― enhancing and expanding our portfolio beyond validation with an end-to-end digital transformation platform. We combine our purpose-built systems with world-class consulting services to help every facet of GxP meet evolving regulations and quality expectations.

The Team You’ll Join Our customers’ success is our success. We keep the customer experience centered in our decisions, from product to marketing to sales to services to support. Life sciences companies exist to improve humanity’s quality of life, and we honor that mission.​ We work together. We communicate openly, support each other without reservation, and never hesitate to wear multiple hats to get the job done. We think big. Innovation is the heart of ValGenesis. That spirit drives product development as well as personal growth. We never stop aiming upward. We’re in it to win it. We’re on a path to becoming the number one intelligent validation platform in the market, and we won’t settle for anything less than being a market leader.​

## How We Work

Our Chennai, Hyderabad and Bangalore offices are onsite, 5 days per week. We believe that in-person interaction and collaboration fosters creativity, and a sense of community, and is critical to our future success as a company. ValGenesis is an equal-opportunity employer that makes employment decisions on the basis of merit. Our goal is to have the best-qualified people in every job. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or any other characteristics protected by local law.

## About ValGenesis

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: ValGenesis provides an AI-powered digital platform for validation lifecycle management and manufacturing process oversight, purpose-built for life sciences companies.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Privately Held; total funding of $40.4M across multiple rounds including private equity and debt)
- **Headquarters**: Santa Clara, California, United States
- **Founded**: 2005
- **Founders**: Siva Samy, Ph.D. (CEO & Chief Product Strategist) and Narayan Raj (COO) – implied co-founders based on long tenure and leadership roles

## Core Business
- **Primary Industry**: Life sciences software – validation, quality, and compliance digitalization
- **Target Customers**: B2B Enterprise – pharmaceutical, biotech, and medical device companies; 30 of the top 50 global life sciences companies are customers
- **Mission / Purpose**: “To bring digital order to the world of validation in life sciences” and “empower life sciences companies to improve quality of life by accelerating the delivery of consistent, safe products.”

## Products & Services
- **[ValGenesis Smart GxP™ Platform](https://www.valgenesis.com/)**: An AI-enabled, end-to-end platform that digitalizes the full lifecycle of drug process design, validation, and continuous process insight. Connects design, validation, and manufacturing with built-in compliance.
- **[iVal™](https://www.valgenesis.com/platform/ival)**: AI-powered validation authoring, automated execution, anomaly detection, and traceability. Supports CQV and CSA, aiming to reduce validation cycles by up to 80% and observations by 90%.
- **[iClean™](https://www.valgenesis.com/platform/iclean)**: Cleaning validation software with automated MACO calculations, ADE-aligned limits, 2D/3D equipment maps, and global standardization. Halves cleaning validation timelines.
- **[iOps™](https://www.valgenesis.com/platform/iops)**: Mobile, QR-enabled logbook replacement for use, cleaning, and calibration events. Provides 100% traceability, 70% reduction in documentation labor, and real-time compliance.
- **[iCMC™](https://www.valgenesis.com/platform/icmc)**: QbD platform linking QTPP, CQA/CPP analysis, FMEA, HAZOP, and ML-powered trend analytics for process design and robustness.
- **[iCPV™](https://www.valgenesis.com/platform/icpv)**: Continuous process verification platform using multivariate analysis, SPC control charts, and automated CPV reports for early-warning monitoring.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation**: Not disclosed (private company)
- **Key Metrics**:
  - Annual Revenue: $32.4M (from LinkedIn company data)
  - Total Funding: $40.4M
- **Notable Investors / Partners**:
  - Morgan Stanley Expansion Capital (led $24M private equity round in May 2021)
  - Bridge Bank (provided $16M debt financing in August 2025)
- **Growth Signals**:
  - Employee count: ~501 (monthly growth +1.0%)
  - Active job postings: 34 (as of early Sept 2026)
  - Global footprint: offices in Santa Clara, Toronto, Lisbon, Schiphol, Chennai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad
  - Customer base includes 30 of the top 50 global life sciences companies

## Competitive Advantages
- **First-mover in digital validation**: Created the first fully digital Validation Lifecycle Management system in the industry (2005).
- **Only CSA-ready application**: First and only application compliant with Computer Software Assurance (CSA) guidelines.
- **AI‑powered platform**: Machine learning integration across all products for predictive insights, anomaly detection, and automation.
- **Deep domain expertise**: 20+ years focused exclusively on life sciences validation and compliance.
- **Installed base**: 30 of the top 50 global life sciences companies use ValGenesis, signaling high switching costs and trust.

## Strategic Focus
- **AI-first platform unification**: Continuing to embed AI into all products under the ValGenesis Smart GxP™ umbrella, connecting validation, quality, and manufacturing into a single intelligent ecosystem.
- **Global expansion**: Growing presence in Europe (Lisbon, Schiphol) and Asia (India) to support multinational clients.
- **Digital transformation leadership**: Driving the industry shift from paper-based validation to fully digital, audit-ready processes.

## Why Work Here
- **Mission-driven culture**: Company motto “innovators, creators, dreamers, and doers” with a clear focus on improving patient lives through safer, faster product delivery.
- **Global & diverse team**: 501 employees across 9 countries, with major hubs in India (58%), Portugal, US, and Canada. Work with colleagues from varied backgrounds.
- **Remote/hybrid policy**: Not explicitly stated, but multiple office locations suggest hybrid or office-optional arrangements depending on role.
- **Growth opportunities**: 34 active job openings across engineering, product, sales, and support; company is growing headcount and investing in R&D.
- **Engineering culture**: Strong emphasis on AI, full-stack, DevOps, and data engineering roles. Technical staff make up 42% of the workforce.
- **Employee notes**: LinkedIn employer rating 3.2/5 (196 reviews) – work-life balance and culture are average; compensation and career growth rated slightly higher. Candidate reviews are mixed; typical for a mid-stage private company.
- **Perks**: Not detailed publicly, but as a global software company with competitive salaries (sample ranges visible for India and Portugal), likely includes standard benefits.

## Sources
1. [valgenesis.com – Company Overview](https://www.valgenesis.com/about)
2. [valgenesis.com – Product pages](https://www.valgenesis.com/)
3. [valgenesis.com – Careers](https://www.valgenesis.com/careers)
4. [linkedin.com/company/valgenesis-inc](https://linkedin.com/company/valgenesis-inc)
5. [jobs.lever.co/valgenesis – Active job postings](https://jobs.lever.co/valgenesis)

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