Lead Data Engineer, Healthcare R&D Pipelines (AWS)

Jazz Pharmaceuticals; Philadelphia (Philadelphia County); On-site; USD 132,000 - 198,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k) retirement plan

Flexible paid vacation

Job summary

Jazz Pharmaceuticals is seeking a Lead Data Engineer to design and maintain data pipelines for clinical trials and healthcare data management. The ideal candidate will have 3–5 years of data engineering experience, ideally 1.5 years in a healthcare setting, along with expertise in AWS, Python, R, and SQL.

Responsibilities include optimizing ETL processes, collaborating with researchers, and ensuring compliance with data privacy regulations. The role provides a competitive salary range of $132,000–198,000 per year and includes comprehensive benefits.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3–5 years of data engineering experience.
• At least 1.5 years focused on healthcare, research, or clinical data.

Responsibilities

• Support complex data engineering projects across R&D.
• Create and optimize ETL/ELT processes for structured and unstructured data.
• Build and maintain data repositories with AWS.
• Implement data quality frameworks and validation processes.
• Collaborate with R&D researchers and stakeholders.

Skills

Python

AWS

R

SQL

Docker

Kubernetes

Data modeling

Problem-solving

Data quality frameworks

MLOps

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Statistics, Mathematics, Life Sciences, or related field

Master’s Degree (preferred)

Tools

AWS S3

AWS Redshift

ETL tools

NoSQL databases

Big Data technologies

Job description

Jazz Pharmaceuticals is seeking a Lead Data Engineer to design and maintain data pipelines for clinical trials and healthcare data management. The ideal candidate will have 3–5 years of data engineering experience, ideally 1.5 years in a healthcare setting, along with expertise in AWS, Python, R, and SQL.

Responsibilities include optimizing ETL processes, collaborating with researchers, and ensuring compliance with data privacy regulations. The role provides a competitive salary range of $132,000–198,000 per year and includes comprehensive benefits.