Senior Data & Analytics Engineer — Hybrid (Lake County)

AbbVie Inc.; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

AbbVie in Lake County, IL seeks a Lead Data and Analytics Engineer to design and implement data solutions that transform HR and Corporate Services workflows. You will bridge business needs and technical execution, building prototypes and mentoring the team to deliver measurable ROI.

Hybrid role, on-site Tue-Thu in Lake County; you will work with enterprise tools, data pipelines, vector AI applications, and governance practices to drive efficiency and scale across the organization.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's/Master's/PhD with the specified years of experience.
• Python and SQL proficiency for production-quality pipelines.
• Experience with batch and real-time data pipelines (Spark/Kafka/Flink).
• Cloud data platforms (Azure/AWS/GCP).
• Data modeling, warehousing, data lakes, lakehouse architectures.
• Data quality, observability, lineage, governance and security.
• Airflow, dbt, Prefect experience.
• AI engineering data prep including embeddings and RAG.
• Production-grade software delivery and maintenance.
• Strong analytical and cross-functional collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Translate business needs into technical designs delivering efficiency gains.
• Engineer scalable data solutions with production-ready code.
• Prototype MVPs and iterate based on stakeholder feedback.
• Foster cross-team relationships and optimize internal resources.

Skills

Python

SQL

Data engineering

Communication

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's Degree (7 years)

Master's Degree (6 years)

PhD (2 years)

Tools

Apache Spark

Apache Kafka

Apache Flink

Databricks

Azure

AWS

Google Cloud

dbt

Apache Airflow

Prefect

Job description

AbbVie in Lake County, IL seeks a Lead Data and Analytics Engineer to design and implement data solutions that transform HR and Corporate Services workflows. You will bridge business needs and technical execution, building prototypes and mentoring the team to deliver measurable ROI.

Hybrid role, on-site Tue-Thu in Lake County; you will work with enterprise tools, data pipelines, vector AI applications, and governance practices to drive efficiency and scale across the organization.