Senior Data Engineer
Precision Medicine Group6 months ago
Remote, IndiaSenior
Responsibilities
- Build and maintain Bronze and Silver data-layer pipelines with accurate, timely data and full lineage.
- Own end-to-end ingestion, transformation, enrichment, deduplication, standardization, code mapping, and entity resolution workflows.
- Develop automated ingestion pipelines using Snowpipe, Matillion, custom solutions, or managed ingestion tools.
- Implement tested, documented, and incrementally processed dbt models using medallion architecture patterns.
- Create reusable templates, macros, and testing frameworks for onboarding new data sources.
- Implement data quality checks, freshness monitoring, anomaly detection, observability, and pipeline incident response.
- Translate business requirements into technical specifications, participate in design reviews, contribute to ADRs, and align pipelines with enterprise standards.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information systems, engineering, or a related technical field; an advanced degree is preferred but not required.
- At least 5 years of professional data engineering experience, including at least 3 years in modern cloud data environments.
- At least 2 years of hands-on Snowflake experience, including performance tuning, Snowpipe, and Snowflake optimization patterns.
- At least 2 years of production dbt experience with incremental models, testing, documentation, and package management.
- Demonstrated healthcare data experience, including familiarity with ICD-10, NPI, NDC, claims data quality, formulary data, and payer data.
- Production experience with orchestration tools such as Airflow, Dagster, or similar, including building and maintaining reliable DAGs at scale.
- Strong SQL skills and Python proficiency for data processing, scripting, and pipeline automation.
- Preferred experience includes major claims data aggregators such as McKesson, Symphony Health, IQVIA, or Komodo; data observability tools; managed ingestion solutions; Git-based workflows; CI/CD for data pipelines; and infrastructure-as-code.
- Ability to work autonomously, communicate technical trade-offs, document systems, participate in code reviews, and collaborate with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Benefits
- Remote-friendly role with flexibility for EU-based or India-based candidates.
- Occasional travel for stakeholder meetings and strategic planning sessions.
- Hands-on individual contributor role with significant autonomy and technical leadership opportunities.
- The role offers the opportunity to build foundational data infrastructure supporting healthcare, life sciences, analytics, products, and client deliverables.
Categories
Data Engineering
About Precision Medicine Group
Precision Medicine Group provides clinical research, biomarker laboratory, data analytics, and commercialization services that help biopharma develop and launch targeted therapies. It operates a fee-for-service model across units such as Precision for Medicine and Precision Value & Health, supporting drug development from early trials through market access. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland, the company is privately held and serves pharmaceutical and biotechnology clients worldwide.