Senior Data Engineer

PeakData AG; Polska; Remote; PLN 181,000 - 241,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote-first

Wroclaw office access

Job summary

PeakData is looking for a Senior Data Engineer to own data pipelines end-to-end, from building production pipelines to integrating new data sources and contributing to backend services that power the platform. You will work on developing new pipeline components, cleaning up legacy services, maintaining infrastructure, and eventually integrating open data sources.

This is a hands‑on engineering role, not research or analytics.

Qualifications

• 4+ years in data or backend engineering.
• Strong production-grade Python and SQL skills.
• Experience shipping containerized services with Docker.
• Experience with data-sensitive environments is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Build and upgrade data pipelines from spec to production.
• Maintain and sunset legacy data services.
• Integrate new data sources and ensure production readiness.
• Collaborate with data scientists on handoffs to production.
• Keep infrastructure reliable with monitoring and alerting.
• Contribute to backend services where data and platform logic intersect.

Skills

Data engineering

Python

SQL

Ownership & reliability

Tools

Docker

AWS

Terraform

CDK

Argo

Airflow

Prefect

Job description

About PeakData PeakData provides AI-powered market intelligence that helps pharmaceutical companies optimize drug launch execution and resource allocation. Our platform delivers actionable insights on healthcare professionals (HCPs) and healthcare organizations (HCOs), giving commercial leaders data-driven tools for decision-making.

The Team The engineering team in Poland is structured around three areas: Data Science (2 people), Backend/Data Engineering (4 people), and Frontend (2 people). You'd be joining the backend/data engineering team. You'll work closely with the DS on handoffs from experimentation to production, with the Product Manager on scope and priorities, and with the broader backend team on platform services where pipeline logic intersects with the product.

Role Overview

We're looking for a Senior Data Engineer to own data pipeline work end-to-end — from building and maintaining production pipelines to integrating new data sources and contributing to backend services that power the platform. You'll be working on: developing new pipeline components as we revamp and upgrade our data flows, cleaning up and sunsetting legacy services, maintaining and improving infrastructure, and eventually integrating open data sources. When DS work produces a new model or data package, you're the person who makes it production-ready. This is a hands‑on engineering role. Not research, not analytics.

Technical Environment

• Python — core language for everything
• SQL — daily use
• Docker — containerized services throughout
• AWS — Lambda, ECS, S3, Step Functions, CDK (experience a plus, not required from day one)
• Data Stores: PostgreSQL, DynamoDB, BigQuery
• IaC: Terraform / CDK (nice to have)
• Orchestration: Argo (or similar — willingness to learn matters more than prior experience)

What You’ll Own

• Build new pipeline components as we upgrade and refactor data flows
• Maintain and improve existing data pipelines — including sunset work on legacy services
• Integrate new data package sources after DS teams define the spec — you make it production‑grade
• Collaborate with data scientists on handoffs from experimentation to production
• Keep the infrastructure running: monitoring, alerting, reliability
• Contribute to backend services where data and platform logic intersects with the product

What We’re Looking For

Must-have:

• 4+ years in data engineering or backend engineering
• Strong Python — production‑grade, not just scripts or notebooks
• SQL — comfortable with complex queries, schema design, performance considerations
• Docker — you've shipped containerized services, not just run them locally

Nice to have:

• pandas / data wrangling experience
• AWS (any depth — Lambda, S3, ECS)
• Terraform or CDK
• Experience with orchestration tools (Argo, Airflow, Prefect, or similar)
• Prior work in regulated or data-sensitive environments (life sciences, healthcare, finance)

What matters more than stack coverage:

• You take ownership of what you ship and monitor it
• You’re used to working from a data spec that's 80% complete — you can fill the gaps yourself and flag the ones you can't
• You can work across the DS backend boundary without needing a translator

What We’re Not Looking For

• Full‑stack generalists who drift toward frontend
• People who wait for a ticket to tell them something is broken

What We Offer

• Workthat matters – build solutions that support faster and more effective healthcare outcomes.
• Hands‑onAI work – practical experience with LLMs and modern AI applications used in real business scenarios.
• FlexibleB2B compensation – €30–40/h depending on seniority (sole proprietorship only).
• Net invoicing, VAT settled on the Swiss side.
• Payments in EUR.
• Remote‑first setup– work from anywhere in Poland.
• Love good coffee and teamwork? You’re always welcome at our Wrocław office.
• Long‑termprojects with global pharma partners – stability, clear goals and meaningful work.
• Growthopportunities – develop your skills, explore new tools and deepen your expertise in healthcare and data.
• Joinus and makeyour data skillsmatter.
• Buildyourcareer in a stableinternational team shaping the future of healthcare.
• Salary: €30–40/h

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