Senior Data Engineer

The Onyx Research Data Platform organization represents a major investment by GSK R&D and Digital & Tech, designed to deliver a step-change in our ability to leverage data, knowledge, and prediction to find new medicines. We are a full-stack shop consisting of product and portfolio leadership, data engineering, infrastructure and DevOps, data / metadata / knowledge platforms, and AI/ML and analysis platforms, all geared toward:– Building a next-generation data experience for GSK’s scientists, engineers, and decision-makers, increasing productivity, and reducing time spent on “data mechanics”– Providing best-in-class AI/ML and data analysis environments to accelerate our predictive capabilities and attract top-tier talent– Aggressively engineering our data at scale to unlock the value of our combined data assets and predictions in real-timeData Engineering is responsible for the design, delivery, support, and maintenance of industrialised automated end to end data services and pipelines. They apply standardised data models and mapping to ensure data is accessible for end users in end-to-end user tools through use of APIs. They define and embed best practices and ensure compliance with Quality Management practices and alignment to automated data governance. They also acquire and process internal and external, structure and unstructured data in line with Product requirements. A Senior Data Engineer is a leading technical contributor who can consistently take a poorly defined business or technical problem, work it to a well-defined data problem / specification, and execute on it at a high level. They have a strong focus on metrics, both for the impact of their work and for its inner workings / operations. They are a model for the team on best practice for software development in general (and data engineering in particular), including code quality, documentation, DevOps practices, and testing, and consistently mentor junior members of the team. They ensure robustness of our services and serve as an escalation point in the operation of existing services, pipelines, and workflows. A Senior Data Engineer should be deeply familiar with the tools of modern data engineering (e.g. Spark, Kafka, Storm) and of their customers, and engaged with the open source community surrounding them – potentially, even to the level of contributing pull requests. Key responsibilities for the Senior Data Engineer include:Designs, builds, and operates data tools, services, workflows, etc that deliver high value through the solution to key business problems by leveraging modern data engineering tools (e.g. Spark, Kafka, Storm, …) and orchestration tools (e.g. Google Workflow, AirFlow Composer) Confidently optimizes design and execution of complex solutions in data ingestion and data transformation Produces well-engineered software, including appropriate automated test suites, technical documentation, and operational strategy Diverse problem solver who surfaces opportunities to reuse modular code and develop microservices to drive efficiencies Provides input into the roadmaps of upstream teams (e.g. Data Platforms, DataOps, DevOps) to help improve the overall program of work Ensure consistent application of platform abstractions to ensure quality and consistency with respect to logging and lineage Fully versed in coding best practices and ways of working, and participates in code reviews and partnering to improve the team’s standards Adhere to QMS framework and CI/CD best practices and helps to guide improvements to them that improve ways of working Provide leadership to team members to help others get the job done right Please view this video to get a better understanding of this role- Why you?Basic Qualifications:We are looking for professionals with these required skills to achieve our goals:Bachelor’s Degree in Data Engineering, Computer Science, Software engineering or related field5+ years of data engineering experienceExperience with one or more common programming language: e.g., Python, Scala, Java, including toolchains for documentation, testing, and operations / observability Experience in automated testing and design Experience with DevOps-forward ways of working Preferred Qualifications:If you have the following characteristics, it would be a plus:Deep expertise in modern software development tools / ways of working (e.g. git/GitHub, devops tools, metrics / monitoring, …) Application experience of CI/CD implementations using git and a common CI/CD stack (e.g. Jenkins, CircleCI, GitLab, Azure DevOps) Demonstrated excellence with agile software development environments using tools like Jira and Confluence Deep familiarity with the tools, techniques, etc of modern data engineering (e.g. Spark, Kafka, Storm, …) and orchestration (e.g. Google Workflow, AirFlow Composer), including engagement with the open source community (and potentially making contributions to such tools) Strong experience in data modelling, database concepts and SQL Familiarity with orchestrating tooling Why GSK?Our values and expectations are at the heart of everything we do and form an important part of our culture.These include Patient focus, Transparency, Respect, Integrity along with Courage, Accountability, Development, and Teamwork. As GSK focuses on our values and expectations and a culture of innovation, performance, and trust, the successful candidate will demonstrate the following capabilities:Agile and distributed decision-making – using evidence and applying judgement to balance pace, rigour and riskManaging individual and team performance. Committed to delivering high quality results, overcoming challenges, focusing on what matters, execution.Implementing change initiatives and leading change.Sustaining energy and well-being, building resilience in teams.Continuously looking for opportunities to learn, build skills and share learning both internally and externally.Developing people and building a talent pipeline.Translating strategy into action – a compelling narrative, motivating others, setting objectives and delegation.Building strong relationships and collaboration, managing trusted stakeholder relationships internally and externally.Budgeting and forecasting, commercial and financial acumen.#LI-GSK#GSKOnyxThe annual base salary for new hires in this position ranges from $145,877 to $197,363 taking into account a number of factors including work location, the candidate’s skills, experience, education level and the market rate for the role. In addition, this position offers an annual bonus and eligibility to participate in our share based long term incentive program which is dependent on the level of the role. Available benefits include health care and other insurance benefits (for employee and family), retirement benefits, paid holidays, vacation, and paid caregiver/parental and medical leave.GSK is a global biopharma company with a special purpose – to unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together – so we can positively impact the health of billions of people and deliver stronger, more sustainable shareholder returns – as an organization where people can thrive. Getting ahead means preventing disease as well as treating it, and we aim to positively impact the health of 2.5 billion people by the end of 2030.Our success absolutely depends on our people. 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