Data Engineering Lead- R&D pharma- M/F - CDI

INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE PIERRE FABRE SAS; Toulouse; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Pierre Fabre Laboratories is seeking a senior data engineer to define and maintain data infrastructure, enabling smooth analysis by Data Science teams. You will own large-scale data pipelines, ensure data quality and secure access across sources.

Responsibilities include data solution design, architecture, and collaboration with stakeholders to drive progress, while staying current with cloud technologies and best practices. English proficiency required; French is valued.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in data engineering with ownership of production-grade cloud data platforms.
• Proven track record leading and developing data engineers.
• Strong experience with AWS and modern data platforms (Databricks, Snowflake, SageMaker).
• Advanced SQL and Python skills; experience with data modelling, ETL/ELT, orchestration.
• Experience in data security, metadata, data quality, and secure access.
• Experience in Git, CI/CD, IaC, automated testing, monitoring and incident management.
• Ability to translate ambiguous needs into executable delivery plans and communicate trade-offs.
• Professional fluency in English; French is valued.

Responsibilities

• Define, develop and maintain data infrastructures and data collection/storage tools for efficient analysis.
• Design, test, document and implement data solutions to handle large data sources.
• Apply security rules to data sources and manage access as needed.
• Organize data flows from sources to storage bases and quality-qualify data.
• Ensure usability for Data Analysts and Data Scientists and interoperability between systems.
• Keep abreast of technologies and languages to drive project progress.

Skills

Data engineering

Production-grade data platforms

Large-scale pipelines

SQL

Python

Data modelling

ETL/ELT

Orchestration

APIs

Distributed data processing

Git

CI/CD

Infrastructure as code

Monitoring

Stakeholder communication

English (professional)

Education

Master’s degree in CS/Engineering/Data

Tools

Databricks

Snowflake

SageMaker Unified Studio

AWS

Azure

Job description

Who we are ?

We are Pierre Fabre Laboratories, a global leader combining pharmaceutical expertise with dermo-cosmetics to support consumers and patients at every stage of their care journey. Our portfolio includes several medical franchises and international brands such as Eau Thermale Avène, Ducray, A-Derma, Klorane, René Furterer, and Pierre Fabre Oral Care. By joining us, you become part of a meaningful company where the human dimension is essential. You become a participant in the "We Care Movement," a movement that values excellence and innovation within passionate teams. Together, we push the boundaries of science to unite health and beauty for the benefit of all, because Every time we care for a single person, we make the whole world better.

Present in 120 countries with a team of over 10,000 employees, we are proud to create a scientific and human impact, today and tomorrow! If caring is at the heart of your values, join Pierre Fabre Laboratories and become a key player in the “We Care Movement”.

Your mission

Define, develop, set up and ensure the maintenance of infrastructures and collection and storage tools to allow a smooth analysis of the data by the Data Science / Data analysis teams.

• Design, test, document and implement data solutions / architectures to allow large volumes of internal or external data sources to be processed.
• Apply security rules to useful data sources, make them accessible if necessary
• Organize flows from sources to storage bases.
• Qualify the degree of confidence in the data
• Ensure its usability for Data Analysts and Data Scientists and interoperability between systems
• Ensure a permanent watch on the technologies and languages used in order to share knowledge and drive project progress.

Who you are ?

Your skills at the service of innovative projects:

Essential

• Significant experience in data engineering, including ownership of production-grade cloud data platforms and large-scale data pipelines.
• Demonstrated experience leading and developing data engineers
• Strong experience with AWS and at least one modern data platform or lakehouse/warehouse ecosystem such as Databricks, Snowflake or SageMaker Unified Studio.
• Advanced practical skills in SQL and Python, data modelling, ETL/ELT, orchestration, APIs and distributed data processing.
• Experience with cloud object storage, open table/file formats, metadata, data quality, lineage and secure data access.
• Experience implementing engineering practices including Git, CI/CD, infrastructure as code, automated testing, monitoring and incident management.
• Ability to engage with scientific and business stakeholders, convert ambiguous needs into executable delivery plans and communicate technical trade-offs clearly.
• Professional fluency in English; French is strongly valued.

Preferred

• Experience in pharmaceutical, biotechnology, healthcare or another regulated R&D environment.
• Understanding of scientific and clinical data, including ELN/LIMS, instrument data, omics, preclinical, clinical or real-world data.
• Experience supporting GxP workloads, GDPR, HDS or comparable regulated-data requirements.
• Knowledge of FAIR principles, data products, semantic layers, master/reference data and federated data governance.
• Experience operating across AWS and Azure boundaries and integrating SaaS platforms, partner data exchanges and streaming services.
• Master’s degree or equivalent experience in computer science, engineering, data or a related discipline.

At Pierre Fabre Laboratories, we believe that our greatest asset is our people.

We are committed to a policy of Equal Employment Opportunity and will not discriminate against an applicant or employee based on race, color, religion, creed, national origin or ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, physical or mental disability, veteran or military status, genetic information, or any other legally recognized protected basis under federal, state, or local law. The information collected by this application is solely to determine suitability for employment, verify identify, and maintain employment statistics on applicants. Applicants with disabilities may be entitled to reasonable accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act and certain state or local laws. Please inform the company’s personnel representative if you need assistance completing this application or to otherwise participate in the application process. Thus, we commit to considering all applications equally, without fail.