Job Description

The Senior Data Platform Engineer is responsible for architecting, designing, implementing, and optimizing data pipelines, models, and consumption mechanisms for data across the clinical, regulatory, safety and quality domains. This role will work with stakeholders across the organization, including business partners who directly consume data for insights, IT Product Lines that generate and receive data to support business process, and our Central Technology Organization to develop and leverage common solutions for the enterprise. This is an exciting opportunity to demonstrate thought leadership and transform the data eco-system for drug development data.

Education Minimum Requirements:

Minimum of a Bachelor's Degree in Data Science, Computer Science, Management Information Systems, IT, or an equivalent scientific/commercial discipline.

Required Experience and Skills:

Preferably minimum of 5 -7 years of relevant experience in designing solutions utilizing data platforms, preferably in data engineering.

Extensive hands-on experience developing data systems in cloud environments.

Understanding of data warehousing, data modeling (3NF and dimensional)

Experience with database technologies (e.g., SQL, DataBricks, RedShift), ETL and data integration tools (dbt, AWS Glue)

Hands-on experience with DevOps technologies such GitHub, Git CI/CD and/or Jenkins and automation of deployment.

Good interpersonal and communication skills; adept at working with colleagues from diverse disciplines and at all levels of the company, articulating complex technical topics at the right level of detail for specific audiences.

Proven experience in team building, mentoring, and leadership with a demonstrated ability to inspire others to follow a common vision.

Proven ability to execute consistently, rapidly, and effectively.

Good organizational skills, with the ability to navigate a complex matrix environment and efficiently prioritize work.

Preferred Experience:

Experience developing reference architecture, principles and standards, and best practices

Familiarity with data science algorithms, such as advanced statistical methods, Machine Learning/Artificial Intelligence, Natural Language Processing (NLP) modeling, and model evaluation, is a plus.

Proven knowledge of business processes and industry/market trends within the pharmaceutical/healthcare space.

Strong track record of successfully completing multi-stakeholder projects that require cross-functional coordination between departments.

What we offer:

Exciting work in a great team, global projects, international environment

Opportunity to learn and grow professionally within the company globally

Hybrid working model, flexible role pattern (e.g. even 80% full-time is possible in justified cases)

Pension and health insurance contributions

Internal reward system plus referral programme

5 weeks annual leave, 5 sick days, 15 days of certified sick leave paid above statutory requirements annually, 40 paid hours annually for volunteering activities, 12 weeks of parental contribution

Cafeteria for tax free benefits according to your choice (meal vouchers, Lítačka, sport, culture, health, travel, etc.), Multisport Card

Vodafone, Raiffeisen Bank, and Mall.cz discount programs

Parking in the garage, showers, refreshments, massage chairs, library, music corner

Competitive salary, and many more

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Employee Status:

Regular

Relocation:

No relocation

VISA Sponsorship:

Yes

Travel Requirements:

10%

Flexible Work Arrangements:

Hybrid

Shift:

1st - Day

Valid Driving License:

No

Hazardous Material(s):

N/A

Required Skills:

Business Intelligence (BI), Database Administration, Data Engineering, Data Management, Data Modeling, Data Visualization, Design Applications, Information Management, Software Development, Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), System Designs

Preferred Skills:

Job Posting End Date:

01/31/2025

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Requisition ID:R310996