Data Engineer

BioSpace; Lexington (MA); On-site; USD 111,800 - 175,670; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

401(k) plan and company match

Paid vacation

Tuition reimbursement program

Paid volunteer time off

Job summary

A global pharmaceutical company in Lexington, MA is looking for a Data Engineer to design and deploy event-driven ETL pipelines. The role requires a B.S. degree in computer science or related field with relevant experience. Key responsibilities include developing the digital transformation roadmap, supporting database activities, and utilizing skills in SQL, Python, and cloud technologies. Comprehensive compensation package includes benefits such as medical insurance, 401(k), and paid vacation.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of relevant industry experience if holding a B.S. degree.
• Combined experience in analytical environments utilizing SQL and Cloud technologies.
• Ability to work with multiple programming languages including Python and R.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain digital transformation road map for Analytical Development.
• Support large database activities and design open-source extraction algorithms.
• Assume technical ownership on digital transformation projects including data analytics.

Skills

SQL

Python

ETL pipelines

Data engineering

Cloud environments

Dev-Ops

Statistical concepts

Collaboration

Education

B.S. degree in computer science or related field

M.S. degree in computer science or related field

Tools

AWS

Tableau

Spotfire

R Studio

Spark

Databricks

Job description

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Job Description

The AD Technology Development and Implementation team within Analytical Development, Pharmaceutical Sciences - Takeda is in search of a Data Engineer to design, implement, and deploy event driven ETL (Extract, Transform, Load) data pipelines that ingest and process structured and unstructured laboratory records into Takeda’s data architecture for efficient use of data and information. Our team leverages modern data platforms, best practices, and advanced predictive modeling to analyze laboratory methods and characterization data and unlock actionable insights.

Typical Day

• Develop and maintain Analytical Development (AD) digital transformation road map. Deliver established vision, roadmap, projects, and timeline to support the digital transformation of analytical laboratory results.
• Support large database activities, design and maintain open‑source code extraction algorithms
• Assume technical ownership on digital transformation projects, which include but are not limited to data analytics and predictive modeling, dashboards using Spotfire, Tableau, Power BI, and open‑sourced coding (i.e., R and Python)
• Develop and maintain core software engineering infrastructure within data platform engineering & operations, including data wrangling, data logging, performance benchmarking, and multi‑platform integration
• Contribute to multiple software engineering efforts, including data engineering/analytic pipelines, and data platforms
• Coordinate with other development teams to promote collaborative data management efforts, interoperability, and shared infrastructure
• Monitor data capture systems to identify inefficiencies and remove bottlenecks
• Support R&D Digital, Data & Technology projects, working closely with domain experts and internal/external partners to mature POCs into production‑quality tools

What You Bring To Takeda

• To be considered for this role you must have a B.S. degree in computer science, software engineering, or a related field with 8+ years of relevant industry experience, M.S. and 6+ years of relevant industry experience.
• Combined experience in the analytical environment utilizing SQL, Cloud environments, AWS, Python, Dev‑Ops and R Studio.
• Experience with ETL pipelines, data pre‑processing, and statistical concepts and can work in multiple languages (Python, R, Scala, C/C++, SQL).
• Exposure to cloud computing environments and technologies in the data & analytics engineering domain (Spark, Databricks, data lakes, data QA tools, ML tools) are a plus but not required.
• Strong understanding of analytical software (Spotfire, Minitab, JMP, MATLAB) and demonstrated experience contributing to and maintaining multi‑contributor software projects (open or closed source), pipelines, and/or enterprise systems required.
• Previous direct involvement in technology implementations for use in biologics, pharmaceuticals or devices, either in manufacturing operations or support function is highly desirable.
• Interacts with vendors of applications, integrators and consultants during front end studies, design workshops and system implementation.
• Will need to be able to collaborate with other coworkers and work with multi‑functional teams of developers, engineers, and scientists.

Takeda Compensation And Benefits Summary

We understand compensation is an important factor as you consider the next step in your career. We are committed to equitable pay for all employees, and we strive to be more transparent with our pay practices. U.S. based employees may be eligible for short‑term and/or long‑term incentives. U.S. based employees may be eligible to participate in medical, dental, vision insurance, a 401(k) plan and company match, short‑term and long‑term disability coverage, basic life insurance, a tuition reimbursement program, paid volunteer time off, company holidays, and well‑being benefits, among others. U.S. based employees are also eligible to receive, per calendar year, up to 80 hours of sick time, and new hires are eligible to accrue up to 120 hours of paid vacation.

Location

Lexington, MA

U.S. Base Salary Range

$111,800.00 - $175,670.00

Job Details

• Worker Type: Employee
• Worker Sub‑Type: Regular
• Time Type: Full time
• Job Exempt: Yes

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