Data Engineer (CDD - 6 months)

Owkin; Paris; À distance; EUR 45 000 - 70 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Owkin is on the lookout for a Data Engineer to support their Engineering team. This role focuses on developing and maintaining data pipelines while collaborating with engineers and researchers to ensure compliance with data governance standards. The position offers a friendly work environment and the opportunity to work within an international team.

Prestations

Friendly and informal working environment

Opportunity to work with an international team

Qualifications

• Proficiency in Python and SQL is required.
• Familiar with Airflow for orchestrating ETL workflows.
• Knowledge of data governance and security fundamentals.

Responsabilités

• Optimize ETL pipelines using Airflow.
• Support structuring and organization of data systems.
• Ensure accurate reporting of data pipeline performance.

Connaissances

Python

SQL

Airflow

Data Governance

Collaboration

Outils

Docker

Kubernetes

Description du poste

Owkin is an agentic AI company on a mission to explore complex biology to speed up and scale research for the creation of new treatments and diagnostics for patients. Owkin K, our AI co-pilot combines unparalleled access to multimodal data, cutting-edge AI to understand biology and pioneering agentic AI to achieve Biological Artificial Superintelligence in the future.

Owkin is comprised of a group of specialized companies that work seamlessly together, combining deep expertise with a shared mission to accelerate biological discovery. Owkin K is the technology foundation of our ecosystem, it provides cutting-edge co-pilots incorporating high-quality data infrastructure and AI tools to power breakthroughs for researchers, customers and our companies.

Owkin has raised over $300 million through investments from leading biopharma companies, including Sanofi and BMS, and venture funds like Fidelity, GV and Bpifrance, among others.Owkin is seeking the best and brightest to join our fast-growing and dynamic team.

About the role :

We have identified the need for a 6-month CDD Data Engineer to assist through a period of transition in our Engineering team. You will be supporting the development and maintenance of data pipelines for scientific processing and quality assurance. You will participate in designing, optimizing, and maintaining ETL / ELT pipelines using Airflow, working within established frameworks to ensure reliability, scalability, and compliance with data governance standards.

Your primary responsibilities will include organizing and structuring data systems, ensuring accurate reporting of pipeline performance, and contributing to scientific and healthcare data processing workflows. The role requires attention to detail, the ability to manage multiple priorities, and strong collaboration skills to work effectively with engineers, data scientists, and researchers.

You will focus on streamlining production workflows, ensuring proper monitoring and operational efficiency, and implementing best practices for data governance and security.

• Operate and optimize ETL / ELT pipelines using Airflow.
• Support the structuring and organization of data systems in alignment with predefined architectures.
• Ensure timely and accurate reporting of data pipeline performance and operational issues.
• Follow data governance, security, and compliance standards in all data processing activities.
• Work on containerized data infrastructures using Docker and Kubernetes under supervision.
• Contribute to operational tasks related to scientific data processing and quality control.
• Implement optimizations in Python and SQL-based workflows following team guidelines.
• Work within established frameworks for data lake and data warehouse maintenance.
• Collaborate with engineers and researchers to define data processing requirements.
• Contribute to the standardization and monitoring of production data workflows.

In particular, you will :

• Support the design and optimization of data pipelines using Airflow.
• Develop and operate Python and SQL-based solutions for data processing.
• Contribute to the development of scalable ETL / ELT pipelines to process and transform datasets.
• Work closely with data scientists, business developers, software engineers, and biomedical researchers to deliver high-quality data solutions.
• Contribute to management and monitoring of containerized data infrastructures with Docker, Kubernetes, and cloud platforms.
• Follow best practices for data governance, security, and compliance in all workflows.
• Operate on the data architectures, including data lakes, data warehouses, and analytical insights platforms.
• Contribute to the productionization of data processing pipelines, ensuring efficiency and scalability in scientific data workflows.

Position is based in our Paris office or remotely in France.

About you

• Proficiency in Python and SQL.
• Familiarity with Airflow for workflow orchestration.
• Familiarity with cloud-based data storage and cloud-native processing concepts.
• Familiarity with containerization technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes.
• Knowledge of data governance and security fundamentals.
• Ability to work with structured and unstructured datasets in predefined formats.

Please submit your CV in English

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What we offer

• Friendly and informal working environment
• Opportunity to work with an international team with high technical and scientific backgrounds

Recruitment Process & Security

• Please complete the form and submit your CV.
• Owkin is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, sex, gender, sexual orientation, age, color, religion, national origin, protected veteran status or on the basis of disability.
• Owkin is a great place to work. As a coveted workplace we are, unfortunately, vulnerable to recruitment phishing scams. We urge all job seekers and candidates to be wary of potential scams. Most of these have individuals posing as representatives of prominent companies, including Owkin, with the aim of obtaining personal, sensitive, or financial information from applicants. These scams prey upon an individual's desire to obtain a job and can sometimes "feel" like a genuine recruitment process. Some red flags are identified below. Should you encounter a recruitment process that claims to be for Owkin but is not consistent with the below, please do not provide any personal or financial information :
• Legitimate Owkin recruitment processes include communication with candidates through recognized professional networks, such as LinkedIn.
• Communication is always through an official Owkin email address (from the @owkin.com domain), over the phone or through our applicant tracking system (Greenhouse).
• The Owkin talent team do use platforms such as LinkedIn and Job Teaser, however if you have any concern or doubt about this contact, please ask for them to send an email from @Owkin.com.
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