Principal Data Engineer (Biotech)

Location: Thousand Oaks, California, United States

Annual salary: USD 159,422.60–215,689.40

Company

hirify.global is a biotechnology company developing, manufacturing, and delivering medicines across oncology, inflammation, general medicine, and rare disease.

What you will do

• Lead the design, development, and implementation of the data strategy.
• Architect and oversee robust data platforms, architectures, pipelines, and integration solutions.
• Establish data governance policies and standards supporting data quality, security, and compliance.
• Manage cloud-based data solutions using AWS, Azure, GCP, or comparable platforms, including cost optimization.
• Identify and resolve complex data engineering challenges while translating business requirements into technical solutions.
• Mentor and lead a high-performing data engineering team and promote engineering best practices.

Requirements

• Experience using AWS, Azure, or GCP for data engineering solutions, with a strong understanding of cloud architecture and cost optimization.
• Professional experience with Python, PySpark, and SQL, including big-data ETL performance tuning.
• Proven ability to lead and develop high-performing data engineering teams.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, problem-solving, communication, presentation, and prioritization skills.
• Doctorate with 2 years, master’s degree with 4 years, bachelor’s degree with 6 years, associate’s degree with 10 years, or high school diploma/GED with 12 years of Data Engineer experience.
• Ability to work effectively with global, virtual teams.

Nice to have

• Experience with OLAP and OLTP data modeling and performance tuning.
• Experience with Apache Spark and Apache Airflow.
• Experience with Git or Subversion, CI/CD, automated unit testing, and DevOps.
• AWS Certified Data Engineer or Databricks certification.

Culture & Benefits

• Collaborative, innovative, and science-based work culture.
• Health, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance, plus flexible spending accounts.
• Retirement and savings plan with company contributions.
• Discretionary annual bonus program and stock-based long-term incentives.
• Award-winning time-off plans and career development opportunities.
• Flexible work models where applicable to the posted work location type.

Hiring process

• Applications are accepted until a sufficient number of candidates are received or a candidate is selected.
• Reasonable accommodation is available for candidates with disabilities.