Manager, Data Engineer

Why Patients Need You

Pfizer’s purpose, breakthroughs that change patients’ lives, is rooted in being a science driven and a patient focused company. Digital, AI, data, and analytics are central to driving innovation at Pfizer.

What You Will Achieve

Manager, Data Engineer will be on a team responsible for the execution of the technical strategies and development of the digital solutions to support our colleagues across Finance, People Experience, Legal, Compliance, and other Enabling Functions.

Manager, Data Engineer will be part of an agile team designing, developing, and maintaining our data infrastructure, ensuring data quality and modeling leveraging our tool stack including Snowflake, Spark, Python, Airflow, and dbt.

How You Will Achieve It

• Design, development, and maintenance of scalable data pipelines and ETL processes.
• Collaborate with data scientists, analysts, and other stakeholders to understand data requirements and deliver solutions.
• Implement data quality checks and monitoring to ensure data accuracy and reliability.
• Optimize data storage and retrieval processes to improve performance and efficiency.
• Work with cloud-based data platforms and tools to manage and process large datasets.
• Ensure data security and compliance with relevant regulations and standards.
• Troubleshoot and resolve data-related issues and provide support to end-users.
• Create and maintain technical documentation. 

Qualifications

Must-Have

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• At least 5 years of experience as a Data Engineer or in a similar role.
• Strong knowledge of SQL and experience with relational and non-relational databases, preferably Snowflake or other (Redshift, PostgreSQL).
• Proficiency in programming languages such as Python or Java, R, Scala.
• Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.
• Experience with DevSecOps practices such as CI/CD and automated testing to ensure the reliability and scalability of data pipelines.
• Experience with applying DataOps principles to improve the efficiency and quality of data workflows, including version control, monitoring, and collaboration.
• Experience with data quality and data modeling.
• Familiarity with microservices architecture and container services.
• Familiarity with big data technologies such as Spark, Hadoop.
• Familiarity with data orchestrators such as Airflow.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.

Nice-to-Have

• Working experience with different types of data formats.
• Working experience with open source data engineering tools.
• Experience with data visualization tools such as Tableau or Power BI.
• Knowledge of machine learning and data science concepts.

  
  Work Location Assignment: Hybrid

Purpose 

Breakthroughs that change patients' lives... At Pfizer we are a patient centric company, guided by our four values: courage, joy, equity and excellence. Our breakthrough culture lends itself to our dedication to transforming millions of lives.  

Digital Transformation Strategy

One bold way we are achieving our purpose is through our company wide digital transformation strategy. We are leading the way in adopting new data, modelling and automated solutions to further digitize and accelerate drug discovery and development with the aim of enhancing health outcomes and the patient experience.

Flexibility  

We aim to create a trusting, flexible workplace culture which encourages employees to achieve work life harmony, attracts talent and enables everyone to be their best working self. Let’s start the conversation!  

Equal Employment Opportunity 

We believe that a diverse and inclusive workforce is crucial to building a successful business. As an employer, Pfizer is committed to celebrating this, in all its forms – allowing for us to be as diverse as the patients and communities we serve. Together, we continue to build a culture that encourages, supports and empowers our employees.

Disability Inclusion

Our mission is unleashing the power of all our people and we are proud to be a disability inclusive employer, ensuring equal employment opportunities for all candidates. We encourage you to put your best self forward with the knowledge and trust that we will make any reasonable adjustments to support your application and future career. Your journey with Pfizer starts here!