Principal Data Engineer (Remote) – R&D Pipelines

Jazz Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; Philadelphia (Philadelphia County); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Jazz Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is seeking a Principal, Data Engineering to architect and oversee complex data pipelines across R&D, clinical, and omics initiatives in a remote-friendly role. You will design ETL/ELT processes, build data warehouses on AWS, ensure data quality and traceability, and collaborate with data scientists and researchers in a global model.

The role emphasizes DevOps practices, regulatory compliance, and clear documentation to enable scalable analytics across Jazz's portfolio.

Qualifications

• Strong Python, SQL, and R skills for data processing.
• Extensive experience with AWS services and data warehousing.
• Knowledge of data modeling, governance and regulatory requirements (HIPAA, GDPR).
• Experience with ETL/ELT and big data technologies.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop and maintain data pipelines across R&D data sources.
• Build and optimize data warehouses on AWS (S3/Redshift) and maintain data models.
• Establish data quality, versioning, lineage and KPIs for traceability.
• Collaborate with researchers and data scientists in a global team and document architectures.

Skills

Python

SQL

R

Data modeling

ETL/ELT

DevOps

Regulatory data handling

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in CS/Statistics/Math or related

Master’s Degree preferred

Tools

AWS (S3, Redshift, Glue, Lambda)

Docker

Kubernetes

Redshift

S3

Job description

Jazz Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is seeking a Principal, Data Engineering to architect and oversee complex data pipelines across R&D, clinical, and omics initiatives in a remote-friendly role. You will design ETL/ELT processes, build data warehouses on AWS, ensure data quality and traceability, and collaborate with data scientists and researchers in a global model.

The role emphasizes DevOps practices, regulatory compliance, and clear documentation to enable scalable analytics across Jazz's portfolio.