Data Engineer

Career Category

Information Systems

Job Description

Join Amgen’s Mission of Serving Patients

At Amgen, if you feel like you’re part of something bigger, it’s because you are. Our shared mission—to serve patients living with serious illnesses—drives all that we do.

Since 1980, we’ve helped pioneer the world of biotech in our fight against the world’s toughest diseases. With our focus on four therapeutic areas –Oncology, Inflammation, General Medicine, and Rare Disease– we reach millions of patients each year. As a member of the Amgen team, you’ll help make a lasting impact on the lives of patients as we research, manufacture, and deliver innovative medicines to help people live longer, fuller happier lives.

Our award-winning culture is collaborative, innovative, and science based. If you have a passion for challenges and the opportunities that lay within them, you’ll thrive as part of the Amgen team. Join us and transform the lives of patients while transforming your career.

Data Engineer

What you will do

Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. In this vital role you will build and optimize our data infrastructure. As a key contributor, you will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to design and implement robust data pipelines that efficiently extract, transform, and load data into our AWS-based data lake and data warehouse. Your expertise will be instrumental in empowering data-driven decision making through advanced analytics and predictive modeling.

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Building and optimizing data pipelines, data warehouses, and data lakes on the AWS and Databricks platforms.

• Managing and maintaining the AWS and Databricks environments.

• Ensuring data integrity, accuracy, and consistency through rigorous quality checks and monitoring.

• Maintain system uptime and optimal performance

• Working closely with cross-functional teams to understand business requirements and translate them into technical solutions.

• Exploring and implementing new tools and technologies to enhance ETL platform performance.

What we expect of you

We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients. The professional we seek will have these qualifications.

Basic Qualifications:

Master’s degree

OR

Bachelor’s degree and 2 years of computer science or engineering experience

Or

Associate’s degree and 6 years of computer science or engineering experience

Or

High school diploma / GED and 8 years of computer science or engineering experience

Preferred Qualifications:

Functional Skills:

Must-Have Skills :

• Proficient in SQL for extracting, transforming, and analyzing complex datasets from both relational and columnar data stores. Proven ability to optimize query performance on big data platforms.

• Proficient in leveraging Python, PySpark, and Airflow to build scalable and efficient data ingestion, transformation, and loading processes.

• Ability to learn new technologies quickly. Strong problem-solving and analytical skills. Excellent communication and teamwork skills.

Good-to-Have Skills:

• Experienced with SQL/NOSQL database, vector database for large language models

• Experienced with data modeling and performance tuning for both OLAP and OLTP databases

• Experienced with Apache Spark, Apache Airflow

• Experienced with software engineering best-practices, including but not limited to version control (Git, Subversion, etc.), CI/CD (Jenkins, Maven etc.), automated unit testing, and Dev Ops

• Experienced with AWS, GCP or Azure cloud services

Professional Certifications:

• AWS Certified Data Engineer preferred

• Databricks Certificate preferred

Soft Skills:

• Excellent analytical and troubleshooting skills.

• Strong verbal and written communication skills

• Ability to work effectively with global, virtual teams

• High degree of initiative and self-motivation.

• Ability to manage multiple priorities successfully.

• Team-oriented, with a focus on achieving team goals

• Strong presentation and public speaking skills.

What you can expect from us

As we work to develop treatments that take care of others, we also work to care for your professional and personal growth and well-being. From our competitive benefits to our collaborative culture, we’ll support your journey every step of the way.

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