Data Curation Developer - R&D

Empowered by our motto, "Making Data Matter", Keyrus stands at the forefront of global consultancy in Data & Analytics, AI & Machine Learning, and Digital Transformation. With a presence in 27 countries across 4 continents, we're on a mission to elevate the impact of data.

We are data experts, guiding our clients through their data journey regardless of their level of maturity in analytics. As an end-to-end partner, we address varied challenges that our clients face, from Advanced Analytics, Cloud, Data Governance, Visualisation to Enterprise Performance Management, from advisory to delivery.

With more than 3200 employees in all corners of the world, Keyrus is dedicated to helping businesses taking advantage of the Data and Digital paradigm to enhance their performance, facilitating, and accelerating their transformation, and generating new drivers of growth, competitiveness, and sustainability.

Job Summary 

Keyrus is looking for a Data Curation Developer to help transform raw scientific data into high-quality, analysis-ready datasets. In this role, you will support research and development (R&D) initiatives by ensuring data privacy compliance, unifying diverse data sources, and enabling seamless integration into analytical platforms.

• Note: All applications/CV’s must be submitted in English.
• It is a full remote role based in Portugal.
• Starting date: October 2025

Key Responsibilities

• Perform data curation tasks such as preprocessing, contextualization, and anonymisation to ensure datasets meet privacy standards and are ready for analysis.
• Process datasets according to approved data reuse requests, ensuring compliance with regional data regulations (e.g., excluding subjects from restricted countries).
• Write clean, maintainable, and well-documented code with strong quality controls.
• Integrate various data sources, including clinical trials, real-world data, and omics, into standardised formats to support consistent and scalable analysis.
• Provide peer reviews and coaching to uphold best practices in data curation and privacy.
• Collaborate with R&D and data platform teams to define and develop business requirements for data curation activities.
• Maintain close relationships with analytics and platform engineering teams to ensure data accessibility and usability.

Requirements for the role 

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in a relevant field.
• Experience in complex batch processing, Azure Data Factory, Databricks, Airflow, Delta Lake, PySpark, Pandas, and other Python dataframe libraries
• Experience curating and processing large-scale datasets while maintaining strict data privacy and security standards.
• Strong background in working with structured, semi-structured, and unstructured data.
• Understanding of data governance, especially related to anonymisation and compliance.
• Strong communication skills to effectively present curated datasets and insights.
• Demonstrated ability to translate business needs into scalable, technical data workflows.
• Experience quantifying the business impact and value of data curation activities.
• Experience in R is a plus.
• Fluent in English
• Must be a Portuguese or European citizen or have a work permit for Portugal

What we offer at Keyrus Portugal:

• Competitive salary based on your skills & experience and according to the Data market practice
• Meal allowance of €8.32 per day
• Flexible benefits option
• Private Medical Insurance
• 22 days of annual leave (increasing every 3 years up to a maximum of 25 days)
• Training Program through KLX (Keyrus Learning Experience) Platform

Why Keyrus?

Joining Keyrus means joining a market leader in the Data Intelligence field and an (inter)national player in Management Consultancy and Digital Experience.

Keyrus Portugal operates on five guiding pillars that shape our approach to work and collaboration – Diversity; Trust; Flexibility; Ownership & Innovation - we're dedicated to cultivating a team as diverse as the challenges we take on. 

We embrace and celebrate the rich variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and talents that each individual brings. We firmly believe that diversity fuels innovation, ignites creativity, and propels us towards greatness. 

Regardless of race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, disability, age, or any other dimension of diversity, everyone is not only welcome but valued here. 

Join us in shaping a future where everyone can thrive!