Senior Scientific Data Engineer

Eurofins; Stafford (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Eurofins Scientific is seeking a Senior Data Engineer to design, build, and maintain robust data pipelines and infrastructure for ML model training and deployment. The role involves working with chemists and ML engineers to process complex chromatogram data and support predictive analytics.

The ideal candidate has strong Python data engineering skills, cloud and orchestration experience, and familiarity with analytical chemistry concepts such as chromatography.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Data Engineering, or related field (or equivalent practical experience).
• Expert-level proficiency in Python (Pandas, NumPy, and data engineering libraries).
• Hands-on experience with at least one major cloud provider (Azure preferred) including ADLS/Compute VMs/Functions.
• Experience building data workflows with Airflow, Prefect, or Dagster.
• Strong SQL skills; experience with PostgreSQL and NoSQL databases.
• Git and standard DevOps practices.
• Experience handling large-volume scientific data (e.g., chromatography, mass spectrometry).
• Familiarity with MLOps platforms (Azure ML Studio, MLflow, Kubeflow, SageMaker).
• Basic understanding of analytical chemistry concepts such as chromatography fundamentals.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain scalable ETL/ELT pipelines for chemical data.
• Develop data models and manage data warehouse/lake for ML feature engineering.
• Collaborate with MLE to containerize and deploy ML models and automate retraining.
• Implement data quality checks and governance for reproducible chemical data.
• Develop internal tools and APIs for data access by ML and chemistry systems.

Skills

Python

Pandas

NumPy

Azure

Airflow

Prefect

Dagster

PostgreSQL

NoSQL

Git

MLOps

Azure ML Studio

MLflow

Kubeflow

SageMaker

Analytical Chemistry

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Data Engineering, or related field

Tools

Pandas

NumPy

Job description

Eurofins Scientific is an international life sciences company, providing a unique range of analytical testing services to clients across multiple industries, to make life and our environment safer, healthier and more sustainable. From the food you eat, to the water you drink, to the medicines you rely on, Eurofins laboratories work with the biggest companies in the world to ensure the products they supply are safe, their ingredients are authentic, and labelling is accurate.

Eurofins is dedicated to delivering testing services that contribute to the health and safety of society and the planet, and to its corporate responsibility to protect the environment and ensure diversity, equity, and inclusion across the entire network of Eurofins companies.

Job Description

Our team is at the forefront of applying Senior Data Engineerto interpret and process complex chemical data, specifically chromatograms and environmental testing results. We're seeking a skilled Senior Data Engineer to design, build, and maintain the robust data pipelines and infrastructure necessary to support our ML model training, deployment, and analysis workflows. The ideal candidate has a strong foundation in data engineering, understands the unique challenges of scientific data, and is eager to work closely with both Machine Learning Engineers (MLE) and Chemists.

Key Responsibilities

• Data Pipeline Development: Design, construct, and manage scalable and reliable ETL/ELT pipelines to ingest, clean, transform, and store raw chemistry data (e.g., CSV, JSON, and proprietary instrument formats).
• Data Modeling & Warehousing: Develop optimized data models and manage a data warehouse (or data lake) to support fast querying and ML feature engineering on complex datasets, including time-series and spectral data from chromatograms.
• ML Infrastructure: Collaborate with MLE to containerize and deploy ML models and build automated model retraining and monitoring pipelines.
• Data Quality & Governance: Implement robust data quality checks, validation, and monitoring to ensure the integrity and reproducibility of chemical experiment data used for ML.
• Tooling: Develop internal tools and APIs to facilitate data access for MLE and provide standardized interfaces for data submission from chemistry lab systems.

Qualifications

Education: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Data Engineering, or a related technical field (or equivalent practical experience)

Required Experience:

• Programming: Expert-level proficiency in Python (including packages like Pandas, NumPy, and familiarity with data engineering libraries).
• Cloud & Infrastructure: Hands-on experience with at least one major cloud provider (AWS, Azure, or GCP, preferred Azure), including services related to computing, storage, and serverless functions (e.g., Azure Data Lake Storage (ADLS), Azure Compute VMs, Azure Functions).
• Data Orchestration: Proven experience building and managing data workflows using an orchestration tool like Apache Airflow, Prefect, or Dagster.
• Databases: Strong knowledge of SQL and experience working with both relational (e.g., PostgreSQL) and NoSQL databases.
• Version Control: Proficient with Git and standard DevOps practices
• Scientific Data Experience: Prior experience handling and processing complex, large-volume scientific data (e.g., mass spectrometry, chromatography, LIMS/ELN integration).
• MLOps: Familiarity with MLOps platforms and tools such as Azure ML Studio, MLflow, Kubeflow, or Sagemaker.
• Chemistry Domain: Basic understanding of analytical chemistry concepts, such as chromatography fundamentals (e.g., retention time, peak integration) and relevant file formats.
• Authorization to work in the United States without restriction or sponsorship
• Professional working proficiency in English is a requirement, including the ability to read, write and speak in English.

Required General Skills

• Problem-Solving: Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a focus on delivering high-quality, reproducible data solutions.
• Communication: Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to bridge the gap between technical infrastructure, data science models, and chemical applications.

Additional Information

As a Eurofins employee, you will become part of a company that has received national recognition as a great place to work. We offer excellent full-time benefits including comprehensive medical coverage, life and disability insurance, 401(k) with company match, paid holidays, paid time off, and dental and vision options.

We embrace diversity! Eurofins network of companies believe in strength and innovation through diversity, being an Equal Opportunity Employer. We prohibit discrimination against employees or applications based on gender identity and/or expression, race, nationality, age, religion, sexual orientation, disability, and everything else that makes employees of Eurofins companies unique.

Sustainability matters to us! We are well on our way to achieving our objective of carbon neutrality by 2025, through a combination of emission reduction and compensation initiatives. We encourage our laboratory leaders to make sustainable changes at their local level, and in addition to their initiatives we also count on our dedicated carbon reduction team to help us to achieve this goal!

Eurofins USA Environment Testing is a Disabled and Veteran Equal Employment Opportunity employer.