Lead Data Engineer

Position Title: Lead Data Engineer

Department: Data Engineering

Location: Cambridge, MA

About the Job

At Sanofi, we’re committed to providing the next-gen healthcare that patients and customers need. It’s about harnessing data insights and leveraging AI responsibly to search deeper and solve sooner than ever before. Join our R&D Digital Data team as Lead Data Engineer and you can help make it happen. Your mission is to deliver best in class Research and Development Data Products leveraging Snowflake, Informatica IICS and AWS for our mRNA Researchers and Data scientists to address unmet medical needs for our patients.

You will be embedded in a fully agile team working in close relationship with Research and early development business stakeholders to deliver cutting edge products.

We are an innovative global healthcare company with one purpose: to chase the miracles of science to improve people’s lives. We’re also a company where you can flourish and grow your career, with countless opportunities to explore, make connections with people, and stretch the limits of what you thought was possible. Ready to get started?

Main Responsibilities:

• Lead technical designs and integration activities, including data model design and solution delivery.

• Develop and maintain robust data engineering solutions and pipelines, optimizing for performance and cost-effectiveness.

• Define and promote best practices for code management, automated testing, and deployments.

• Translate high-level business requirements into technical needs, collaborating with business and product teams.

• Mentor and train junior team members, contributing to the modernization of legacy solutions and platforms.

About You:

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, or relevant field.

• 5+ years of experience in data engineering, with expertise in IICS/Informatica and strong knowledge of research data domain.

• Proficient in big data integration on cloud-based platforms like AWS and Snowflake.

• Skilled in scripting languages (Python, R, SQL, Shell scripting) and job scheduling/orchestration tools (Control-M, Airflow).

• Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to work in fast-paced, cross-functional environments.

• Strong communication skills, with a pragmatic approach and attention to detail.

Why Choose Us

• Bring the miracles of science to life alongside a supportive, future-focused team.

• Discover endless opportunities to grow your talent and drive your career, whether it's through a promotion or lateral move, at home or internationally .

• Enjoy a thoughtful, well-crafted rewards package that recognizes your contribution and amplifies your impact.

• Take good care of yourself and your family, with a wide range of health and wellbeing benefits including high-quality healthcare, prevention and wellness programs and at least 14 weeks' gender-neutral parental leave.

Sanofi Inc. and its U.S. affiliates are Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employers committed to a culturally diverse workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race; color; creed; religion; national origin; age; ancestry; nationality; marital, domestic partnership or civil union status; sex, gender, gender identity or expression; affectional or sexual orientation; disability; veteran or military status or liability for military status; domestic violence victim status; atypical cellular or blood trait; genetic information (including the refusal to submit to genetic testing) or any other characteristic protected by law. 

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Better is out there. Better medications, better outcomes, better science. But progress doesn’t happen without people – people from different backgrounds, in different locations, doing different roles, all united by one thing: a desire to make miracles happen. So, let’s be those people.

At Sanofi, we provide equal opportunities to all regardless of race, colour, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, ability or gender identity.

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