Senior Data Engineer

Curium Pharma; St. Louis (MO); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Curium Pharma seeks an experienced Senior Data Engineer to design, build, and maintain scalable data pipelines, data platforms, and analytical data products. You will collaborate with data architects, scientists, analysts, and stakeholders to deliver trusted data for analytics, reporting, ML, and operations.

Ideal candidates will have strong cloud platform experience (Databricks, Snowflake, Fabric, Azure) and a solid background in data modeling and governance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in CS, Engineering, Information Systems, or related field, or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years of professional data engineering experience.
• Strong SQL and database development skills.
• Production-grade ETL/ELT pipelines experience.
• Proficiency in Python, Scala, Java, or similar languages.
• Experience with cloud data platforms and cloud storage.
• Strong data modeling, warehouses, lakes, or lakehouses understanding.
• Git, CI/CD, testing, and deployment practices.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable batch and real-time data pipelines.
• Build reliable ETL/ELT processes for structured, semi-structured, and unstructured data.
• Integrate data from databases, APIs, SaaS, files, and event streams.
• Develop cloud-based data lake, lakehouse, and data warehouse solutions.
• Work with Databricks, Snowflake, Fabric, Azure Data Factory, Spark, SQL, and cloud storage.
• Implement reusable data engineering frameworks, patterns, and standards.
• Support data platform modernization and migration initiatives.
• Mentor junior engineers and promote engineering best practices.

Skills

SQL

ETL/ELT

Python/Scala/Java

Cloud platforms

Data modeling

Git/CI/CD

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering

Tools

Databricks

Snowflake

Microsoft Fabric

Job description

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Curium is the world’s largest nuclear medicine company with more than a century of industry experience. We develop, manufacture and distribute world‑class radiopharmaceutical products to help patients around the globe. Our proven heritage combined with a pioneering approach are the hallmarks to deliver innovation, excellence and unparalleled service.

With manufacturing facilities across Europe and the United States, Curium delivers SPECT, PET and therapeutic radiopharmaceutical solutions for life‑threatening diseases to over 14 million patients annually. The name ‘Curium’ honors the legacy of pioneering radioactive researchers Marie and Pierre Curie, after whom the radioactive element curium was named and emphasizes our focus on nuclear medicine. The tagline ‘Life Forward’ represents our commitment to securing a brighter future for all those we serve: An enhanced quality of care for our patients. A trusted partner to our customers. A supportive employer to our valued team.

Summary of Position

We are seeking an experienced Senior Data Engineer to design, build, and maintain scalable data pipelines, data platforms, and analytical data products. The Data Engineer will collaborate with data architects, data scientists, analysts, application teams, and business stakeholders to deliver trusted data for analytics, reporting, machine learning, and operational use cases.
The ideal candidate has strong experience with modern cloud data platforms, data integration, data modeling, distributed processing, data quality, and governance. Experience with Databricks, Snowflake, Microsoft Fabric, Azure, or similar cloud platforms is highly desirable.

Work Schedule: M - F 8am - 5pm. This is a hybrid position: 4 days onsite, 1 day remote.

Essential Functions

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable batch and real-time data pipelines.
• Build reliable ETL/ELT processes for structured, semi-structured, and unstructured data.
• Integrate data from databases, APIs, SaaS applications, files, and event streams.
• Develop and maintain cloud-based data lake, lakehouse, and data warehouse solutions.
• Work with technologies such as Databricks, Snowflake, Microsoft Fabric, Azure Data Factory, Spark, SQL, and cloud storage.
• Implement reusable data engineering frameworks, patterns, and standards.
• Support data platform modernization and migration initiatives.
• Data Modeling & Data Products:
  • Design logical and physical data models for analytical and operational use cases.
  • Develop dimensional, normalized, and lakehouse data models.
  • Build curated data layers supporting reporting, analytics, and machine learning.
  • Support domain-oriented data products within a data mesh operating model.
• Data Quality, Governance & Security:
  • Implement data validation, quality checks, reconciliation, monitoring, and alerting.
  • Support data cataloging, metadata management, lineage, and data ownership.
  • Implement appropriate security, access controls, privacy, and regulatory requirements.
  • Establish monitoring and operational processes for production data pipelines.
• Performance & Cost Optimization:
  • Optimize data pipelines, queries, storage, and compute workloads.
  • Apply appropriate partitioning, clustering, caching, and workload‑management techniques.
  • Identify opportunities to improve platform performance, scalability, reliability, and total cost of ownership.
• Partner with architects, data scientists, analytics engineers, BI developers, application developers, and business stakeholders.
• Translate business requirements into scalable technical solutions.
• Participate in architecture reviews, technical design sessions, code reviews, and Agile delivery.
• Create technical documentation and operational runbooks.
• Mentor junior engineers and promote engineering best practices.
• Must maintain operational compliance with US and international regulatory agencies and guidelines (i.e. FDA, DEA, EU, HC, TGA, PIC/S, ISO, USP, NRC, cGMP, etc.).

Requirements

• Must have Experience / Skills:
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or related field, or equivalent experience.
  • 5+ years of professional data engineering experience.
  • Strong SQL and database development skills.
  • Experience developing production‑grade ETL/ELT pipelines.
  • Proficiency in Python, Scala, Java, or similar programming language.
  • Experience with cloud data platforms and cloud storage.
  • Strong understanding of data modeling, data warehouses, data lakes, and/or lakehouses.
  • Experience with Git, CI/CD, testing, and deployment practices.
• Nice to have Experience / Skills:
  • Hands‑on experience with Databricks, Snowflake, or Microsoft Fabric.
  • Experience with Apache Spark / PySpark and distributed data processing.
  • Experience with Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud.
  • Experience with streaming technologies such as Kafka, Event Hubs, or Kinesis.
  • Experience with orchestration tools such as Azure Data Factory, Airflow, or similar.
  • Experience with Delta Lake, Apache Iceberg, or other open table formats.
  • Experience implementing data mesh, domain‑oriented data products, or federated data architectures.
  • Experience with data catalog, lineage, governance, and observability platforms.
  • Experience supporting AI/ML data workloads.
  • Industry certifications or training in data engineering, cloud platforms, master data management, analytics, or project management.
  • Experience with pharmaceutical regulatory guidelines, including electronic records and signatures, data integrity, cGMP, FDA 21 CFR Parts 11, 210, and 211, EU Annex 11, MHRA, and GAMP 5.
  • Additional languages a Plus

Working Conditions:

• This position will work in typical office conditions with extensive time using computer equipment.
• Willingness to work in a team‑based environment.
• May be required to sit or stand for long periods of 8+ hours a day while performing duties.
• Must possess good hand‑eye coordination; close attention to detail is required.
• Willingness to complete safety training within allotted timeframes, and work in a team‑based environment.
• The position deals with many deadlines. Must be able to work outside of regular work hours, including off shift, weekend, and holiday work as business needs require.

Disclaimer

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this classification. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of employees assigned to this position.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Curium is anequal opportunity employerand believes everyone deserves respect, dignity and equality. All applicants will be considered for employmentwithout attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.

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