Principal Data Engineer

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Job Description

Join Amgen’s Mission of Serving Patients

At Amgen, if you feel like you’re part of something bigger, it’s because you are. Our shared mission—to serve patients living with serious illnesses—drives all that we do.

Since 1980, we’ve helped pioneer the world of biotech in our fight against the world’s toughest diseases. With our focus on four therapeutic areas –Oncology, Inflammation, General Medicine, and Rare Disease– we reach millions of patients each year. As a member of the Amgen team, you’ll help make a lasting impact on the lives of patients as we research, manufacture, and deliver innovative medicines to help people live longer, fuller happier lives.

Our award-winning culture is collaborative, innovative, and science based. If you have a passion for challenges and the opportunities that lay within them, you’ll thrive as part of the Amgen team. Join us and transform the lives of patients while transforming your career.

What you will do

Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. In this vital role you will drive the development and implementation of our data strategy. The ideal candidate possesses a strong blend of technical expertise and data-driven problem-solving skills. As a Senior Data Engineer, you will play a crucial role in designing, building, and optimizing our data pipelines and platforms while mentoring junior engineers.

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Contribute to the design, development, and implementation of data pipelines, ETL/ELT processes, and data integration solutions.
• Take ownership of data pipeline projects from inception to deployment, managing scope, timelines, and risks.
• Ensure data quality and integrity through rigorous testing and monitoring.
• Leverage cloud platforms (AWS preferred) to build scalable and efficient data solutions.
• Work closely with data analysts, data scientists, and business collaborators to understand data requirements.
• Identify and resolve complex data-related challenges.
• Adhere to data engineering best practices and standards.
• Experience developing in an Agile development environment, and comfortable with Agile terminology and ceremonies.
• Familiarity with code versioning using GIT, Jenkins and code migration tools.
• Exposure to Jira or Rally.
• Identifying and implementing opportunities for automation and CI/CD.
• Stay up to date with the latest data technologies and trends.

What we expect of you

We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients.

Basic Qualifications:

• Doctorate degree and 2 years of Computer Science, IT or related field experience OR
• Master’s degree and 8 to 10 years of Computer Science, IT or related field experience OR
• Bachelor’s degree and 10 to 14 years of Computer Science, IT or related field experience OR
• Diploma and 14 to 18 years of Computer Science, IT or related field experience

Preferred Qualifications:

Functional Skills:

Must-Have Skills (Not more than 3 to 4):

• Demonstrated hands-on experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and the ability to architect cost-effective and scalable data solutions.
• Proficiency in Python, PySpark, SQL. Hands on experience with big data ETL performance tuning.
• Strong development knowledge in Databricks.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills to address complex data challenges.

Good-to-Have Skills:

• Experienced with data modeling and performance tuning for both OLAP and OLTP databases
• Experienced working with Apache Spark, Apache Airflow
• Experienced with software engineering best-practices, including but not limited to version control (Git, Subversion, etc.), CI/CD (Jenkins, Maven etc.), automated unit testing, and Dev Ops
• Experience in SQL/NOSQL database, vector database for large language models
• Experience with prompt engineering, model fine tuning
• Experience with DevOps/MLOps CICD build and deployment pipeline

Professional Certifications (please mention if the certification is preferred or mandatory for the role):

• AWS Certified Data Engineer (preferred)
• Databricks Certification (preferred)
• Any SAFe Agile certification (preferred)

Soft Skills:

• Initiative to explore alternate technology and approaches to solving problems.
• Skilled in breaking down problems, documenting problem statements, and estimating efforts.
• Effective communication and interpersonal skills to collaborate with multi-functional teams.
• Excellent analytical and solving skills.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to work effectively with global, virtual teams
• High degree of initiative and self-motivation.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities successfully.
• Team-oriented, with a focus on achieving team goals
• Strong presentation and public speaking skills.

What you can expect of us

As we work to develop treatments that take care of others, we also work to care for your professional and personal growth and well-being. From our competitive benefits to our collaborative culture, we’ll support your journey every step of the way.

In addition to the base salary, Amgen offers competitive and comprehensive Total Rewards Plans that are aligned with local industry standards.

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