Senior Data and Analytics Engineer

AbbVie Inc.; North Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

AbbVie Inc. is seeking a Senior Data and Analytics Engineer to translate complex data requirements into scalable analytics solutions within the Operations (Supply Chain) organization.

You will partner with DATA, BTS, and business stakeholders to design, build, and deliver modern data solutions, ensuring governance, security, and enterprise alignment. You will lead production-grade pipelines, data products, and governance practices across batch and streaming data, leveraging Spark/EMR, S3, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or higher degree with enterprise data warehouse and data engineering experience.
• Advanced SQL and Python with PySpark or Scala experience.
• Experience with Lakehouse/modern warehouse designs and data governance.
• Proven ability to deliver end-to-end data pipelines and APIs at scale.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, deploy, and support production-grade data pipelines and data products.
• Implement lakehouse and data warehouse architectures using AWS services.
• Translate business requirements into governed data products and dashboards.
• Ingestion, orchestration, and data quality, with observability and security.

Skills

SQL

Python

PySpark

Data modeling

Airflow

CI/CD

Data governance

AWS

Education

Bachelor's in Computer Science

Tools

Amazon S3

Apache Iceberg

AWS Glue Data Catalog

Amazon EMR

Redshift

Airflow

Job description

About AbbVie

AbbVie's mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines and solutions that solve serious health issues today and address the medical challenges of tomorrow. We strive to have a remarkable impact on people's lives across several key therapeutic areas including immunology, oncology and neuroscience - and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at www.abbvie.com . Follow @abbvie on LinkedIn, Facebook , Instagram , X and YouTube.

Senior Data and Analytics Engineer

The Senior Data and Analytics Engineer will be responsible for translating complex business and data requirements into scalable, secure, and high-performing analytics and data engineering solutions for the Operations (Supply Chain) organization. The role will partner closely with internal DATA (Data, AI, Transformation and Automation) teams, and cross functional Business Technology Solutions (BTS), business stakeholders, architects, and delivery teams to understand strategic priorities and design, build, and deliver modern data solutions that enables analytics, business intelligence, and AI use cases. This role requires a strong combination of hands‑on technical expertise and strategic thinking, understanding the North Star platform architecture to implement practical engineering solutions while ensuring alignment with enterprise architecture, development standards, data governance, security, and engineering best practices. The individual will also provide technical leadership throughout the solution lifecycle, proactively manage technical risks and dependencies, and communicate effectively with both technical and business stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Hands‑on engineering and solution delivery: Design, develop, test, deploy, and support production‑grade data pipelines and data products for structured, semi‑structured, and unstructured data. Build for both batch and near‑real‑time/streaming patterns, with reusable components, parameterized frameworks, and automated recovery.
• Lakehouse and modern data warehouse architecture: Implement solutions using Amazon S3, Apache Iceberg/open table formats, AWS Glue Data Catalog, Amazon EMR/Spark, Amazon Redshift and Redshift Spectrum. Apply medallion patterns (Bronze, Silver, Gold), dimensional and domain‑oriented modeling, workload isolation, partitioning, clustering/sort strategies, and performance optimization.
• Data product and data mesh enablement: Translate business domains into discoverable, interoperable, and governed data products. Define product contracts, ownership, metadata, quality expectations, service‑level objectives, lineage, and approved consumption patterns for dashboards, self‑service analytics, APIs, data science, and AI.
• Ingestion and orchestration: Engineer reliable ingestion from enterprise applications, databases, files, APIs, and event streams. Develop orchestration using tools such as Apache Airflow, dbt, AWS Step Functions or equivalent approved platforms, with dependency management, idempotency, observability, alerting, and backfill capability.
• Data quality, governance, and security: Embed automated data‑quality controls, reconciliation, schema validation, lineage, cataloging, retention, encryption, least‑privilege access, and auditability. Partner with data governance, security, privacy, architecture, and platform teams to meet AbbVie standards and regulated‑industry expectations.
• DevSecOps and engineering excellence: Establish source‑control, code‑review, automated testing, CI/CD, infrastructure‑as‑code, environment promotion, release management, and operational monitoring practices. Improve reliability, cost, performance, and developer productivity through measurable engineering standards.
• Business partnership and technical leadership: Understands organization's vision, goals, and strategies and partner with DATA, BTS, Operations stakeholders to translate complex requirements into scalable designs. Provide technical direction, resolve design and delivery issues, communicate risks and trade‑offs, and contribute to portfolio prioritization and roadmap decisions.
• Operational ownership: Own solutions through the full lifecycle, including production readiness, deployment, support transition, incident resolution, root‑cause analysis, technical debt reduction, and continuous improvement. Work with minimal oversight while escalating material risks early.

Required

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Engineering, or a related field plus 7 years of relevant experience; Master’s Degree plus 6 years of experience; PhD plus 2 years of experience.
• Respective years of hands‑on experience designing and delivering enterprise modern data warehouse, Lakehouse, data engineering, and analytical solutions.
• Advanced proficiency in SQL and Python, with strong hands‑on experience in PySpark or Scala and distributed data processing on Apache Spark/EMR or a comparable platform.
• Demonstrated experience building large Lakehouse and modern warehouse solutions using Amazon S3, Apache Iceberg or comparable open table formats, AWS Glue, Amazon EMR, Amazon Redshift, and Redshift Spectrum.
• Proven experience with medallion architecture, data modeling, schema design, incremental processing, change data capture, partitioning, performance tuning, and cost optimization.
• Experience developing production‑grade batch and streaming data pipelines, including orchestration, retries, backfills, observability, alerting, and operational support.
• Hands‑on experience with data transformation and orchestration tools such as Apache Airflow, AWS Step Functions or approved equivalents.
• Experience implementing CI/CD, automated testing, Git‑based development, infrastructure‑as‑code, and Agile DevOps delivery practices.
• Demonstrated ability to build governed, AI‑ready data products that support BI, self‑service analytics, data science, machine learning, and contextual AI consumption.
• Strong analytical, problem‑solving, communication, and stakeholder‑management skills, with the ability to work effectively across technical and business teams in a matrixed organization.
• Experience with data catalogs, lineage, and governance platforms such as Alation, AWS Glue Data Catalog, or approved equivalents.

Preferred

• Supply Chain or Operations domain knowledge across planning, sourcing, inventory, manufacturing, logistics, or distribution.
• Experience with streaming technologies such as Amazon Kinesis, Apache Kafka, Spark Structured Streaming, or equivalent platforms.
• Working experience with AWS Lake Formation, IAM, Secrets Manager, CloudWatch, CloudTrail, and enterprise controls for secure data platforms.
• Experience exposing data through APIs, semantic models, governed data services, or feature/context layers for AI‑enabled applications.
• Relevant cloud or data engineering certifications are beneficial but not required.
• 5+ years of hands‑on experience designing and delivering enterprise modern data warehouse, Lakehouse, data engineering, and analytical solutions.

Compensation

Applicable only to applicants applying to a position in any location with pay disclosure requirements under state or local law: The compensation range described below is the range of possible base pay compensation that the Company believes in good faith it will pay for this role at the time of this posting based on the job grade for this position. Individual compensation paid within this range will depend on many factors including geographic location, and we may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range. This range may be modified in the future.

Benefits

We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick), medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees. This job is eligible to participate in our long‑term incentive programs.

Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, incentive, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company’s sole and absolute discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole and absolute discretion, consistent with applicable law.

Equal Opportunity

AbbVie is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to operating with integrity, driving innovation, transforming lives and serving our community. Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled.

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