Data Engineer

Job Description:

At Ferring Pharmaceuticals, we help people around the world build families and live better lives. We are entrepreneurial and innovative, with a global team focused on scientific advances in the areas of reproductive and women’s health, gastroenterology and urology. Ferring + You is all about working together and sharing ideas, so that we can bring science to life for patients around the world.

Every person at Ferring works together to change lives and help people build families. Our corporate teams offer empowering, innovative, challenging and rewarding careers – we are motivated to make a difference. To reach our full potential we collaborate, and respect and value diverse contributions so that we can grow as an organization and as professionals. Together we can influence the world around us to make life and work better.

Ferring+You

You will design and build modern data pipeline to feed our azure-based data lake using Databricks framework on Azure. You will analyse very diverse data/system sources to define integration strategy. You will collaborate with the system architects to identify and implement the right tools – framework to improve our data architecture.

We are in the process of enhancing our analytics infrastructure, so you can bring your experience and continue to learn technologies and methodologies in a global setup, being part of a multicultural team, serving customers and patients around the globe.

Your day at Ferring

• Design and deliver data pipelines using our Azure Databricks framework, and other Azure support resources (e.g.: ADF, ADLS).

• Always evolve data models & schema design of our data repository to support self-service needs.

• Communication with end users, data owner to gather requirements.

• Participate in troubleshooting of existing jobs.

• Propose & implement improvement to our platform and processes.

• Providing application support and maintenance according to service level agreements, internal IT standards and guidance, and the ITIL Framework (incident, change and problem management).

• Ensuring all tasks are performed in compliance with security and quality aspects described in related standard operating procedures.

Behind our innovation…There’s you

• University degree in Computer Science or equivalent IT background.

• 1-2 years’ experience working with data using scripting language like Python and SQL.

• Experience with Cloud infrastructure (preferred Azure).

• Proficient with Git for version control, including branching, merging, and collaborative workflows (e.g., pull requests, code reviews).

• Excellent communication skills and very capable of building & keeping good working relation with end users.

• Nice to have: comfortable working with YAML for configuration management, CI/CD pipelines, and infrastructure-as-code workflows; experience building data pipelines/ETL and familiarity with design principles; experience with Azure DevOps repositories and CI/CD pipelines, experience with data warehouse technologies and relevant data modelling best practices, experience interacting with APIs

• Experience with Databricks and Azure Data Factory is a plus.

• Experienced in Agile development practices, including sprint planning, daily stand-ups, and issue tracking using tools like Jira or similar.

People come first at Ferring

• Get inspired from our commitment to advocate for everyone’s right to build a family, no matter who you are, where you live or who you love.

• Our inclusive support package – “Building Families at Ferring” provides equal and accessible policies for all employees who wish to start their family journey, ensuring a global standard, irrespective of location and role. Subject to a minimum period of employment at Ferring.

• Parental leave for both birthing and non-birthing parents.

• Extended support on family building journey.

Making a difference in the life of millions of people means we succeed by working together. Our diverse backgrounds, experiences, expertise, and perspectives enable us to find solutions to even the most challenging problems, and our success is tied to each team member’s contributions. Imagine the power of your career when it’s Ferring + You.

Behind our purpose… There’s you

If our mission and your vision are aligned, please apply!

We strive to build and maintain an inclusive and diverse workplace with equal opportunities and mutual respect for all employees regardless of their backgrounds and socioeconomic status.

Note to agencies: this search is being managed by Ferring’s Talent Acquisition team. Kindly do not send us spontaneous profiles.

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