Summer Intern/Data Platform Engineering

Why GSK?

Uniting science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together.  

GSK is a global biopharma company with a special purpose – to unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together – so we can positively impact the health of billions of people and deliver stronger, more sustainable shareholder returns – as an organisation where people can thrive. We prevent and treat disease with vaccines, specialty and general medicines. We focus on the science of the immune system and the use of new platform and data technologies, investing in four core therapeutic areas (infectious diseases, HIV, respiratory/ immunology and oncology). 

  

Our success absolutely depends on our people. While getting ahead of disease together is about our ambition for patients and shareholders, it’s also about making GSK a place where people can thrive. We want GSK to be a place where people feel inspired, encouraged and challenged to be the best they can be. A place where they can be themselves – feeling welcome, valued, and included. Where they can keep growing and look after their wellbeing. So, if you share our ambition, join us at this exciting moment in our journey to get Ahead Together.

Department Description

The Data Platform Engineering team accelerates biomedical and scientific data product development and ensures consistent, professional-grade operations for the Data Science and Engineering organization by building templated projects (code repository plus DevOps pipelines) for various Data Science/Data Engineering architecture patterns in the challenging biomedical data space. The Data Platform Engineering team partners with research teams to carry out scientific data processing technical foundation development in a cloud environment.

 

This internship will support the Onyx Team to deliver tech innovation that will support our scientists to drive scientific breakthroughs that will change lives all over the world.

 

Something to get you excited about Onyx:

What is Onyx? Hear directly from Shobie, GSK’s Chief Digital and Technology Officer: Welcome to GSK Onyx - YouTube

 

Why Onyx? Hear from Nick, VP of Onyx Research Data Platform and Kim,SVP and Head of AI/ML: Why Onyx? - YouTube

 

Watch this before you apply! GSK Early Careers Top Tips:

Learn practical advice from GSK on how to prepare a standout application and succeed in your early careers journey: GSK Early Careers Top Tips

Job Description

• Deliver declarative components for common scientific data ingestion, transformation, and publishing techniques.
• Implement data governance aligned to modern standards.
• Write fantastic code along with proper unit, functional, and integration tests for code and services to ensure quality.
• Participate in the design, development, and implementation of scalable APIs that meet the requirements of internal and external stakeholders.
• Ensure consistent application of platform abstractions to ensure quality and consistency with respect to logging and lineage.
• Adhere to QMS framework and CI/CD best practices and helps to guide improvements to them that improve ways of working.

Minimum Qualifications

• Pursuing a Master's or PhD Degree in Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, Computer Science, or related disciplines.
• Proficient with common programming languages (Python, Java, SQL) and scientific orchestration tools (Nextflow, Cromwell).
• Exposure to modern software development tools / ways of working (e.g., git/GitHub, DevOps tools, Docker).
• Exposure to Infrastructure/Configuration as Code tools and techniques (e.g., Terraform, Ansible, CloudFormation, ARM Templates).
• Must be able to work full-time (35-40 hours/week) throughout the 12-week Internship (May/June-August 2026).
• Must have an active student status and/or within 12 months post-graduation from a BS or MS degree program. Post-doctoral candidates are not eligible. 

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in developing Nextflow pipelines.
• Experience in NGS, spatial-omics, single-cell, histopathology, and cell imaging data processing.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel and Outlook.
• Self-starters that take initiative and think quickly on their feet.
• Strong verbal, presentation, and written communication skills.
• Motivation for an exciting summer opportunity with potential for future full-time employment.

Eligibility Requirements

• Must successfully pass a drug screen and background check prior to assignment target start date.  
• Once your application is submitted, you will be prompted t