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Tiger Analytics

Senior Data Engineer

RemoteUnited States only
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Data Engineering
Experience
Senior
Employment
Full-time
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Senior Data Engineer with 8+ years of data engineering experience, deep AWS (S3, Glue, Lambda, Redshift) plus Databricks, Spark, SQL and Apache Airflow. Must have strong commercial pharmaceutical data knowledge (Xponent, Veeva, etc.) and pharma KPIs/metrics. Based in Chicago, Illinois.

Core skills

DatabricksApache SparkSQL

Required skills

AWSApache Airflow

What you'll do

  • Design, develop, and deploy end-to-end data pipelines on AWS using services such as Amazon S3, AWS Glue, AWS Lambda, Amazon Redshift, and related data platform technologies.
  • Build and maintain scalable data processing and transformation workflows using Databricks, Apache Spark, and SQL.
  • Develop and maintain Apache Airflow workflows for pipeline orchestration, scheduling, dependency management, monitoring, and automation.
  • Integrate and process commercial pharmaceutical data sources such as Xponent, IMS Health, MMIT, Plantrak, Specialty Pharmacy, LAAD, and similar sources.
  • Build and optimize data pipelines supporting pharma KPIs, metrics, analytics, and reporting requirements.
  • Design and implement data pipelines for AI/ML and Generative AI workloads, including structured and unstructured data preparation.
  • Enable data pipelines supporting LLM-based applications, vector embeddings, and knowledge retrieval/RAG solutions.
  • Support migration of legacy data systems and pipelines to a modern AWS cloud and lakehouse architecture.
  • Monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize data pipelines for performance, scalability, reliability, and cost-effectiveness.
  • Ensure data pipelines meet required standards for data quality, accuracy, consistency, and operational reliability.
  • Communicate effectively with technical and business stakeholders to understand requirements and translate pharmaceutical business needs into scalable data solutions.

What they require

  • 8+ years of experience in Data Engineering, preferably with experience supporting commercial pharmaceutical/healthcare data environments.
  • Strong hands-on experience with AWS cloud, Databricks, Spark, and SQL
  • Strong experience building ETL/ELT data pipelines and large-scale data processing workflows.
  • Hands-on experience with Apache Airflow for workflow orchestration.
  • Strong understanding of data modeling, data lake/lakehouse architecture, data ingestion, and transformation frameworks.
  • Deep knowledge of commercial pharmaceutical data sources: Xponent, IQVIA (Xponent), MMIT, Plantrak, Specialty Pharmacy, LAAD, and other commercial pharma data sources.
  • Strong understanding of pharmaceutical commercial data processes, including: Alignment, Allocation, Split credits, Market basket, Customer universe.
  • Strong understanding of pharma KPIs, metrics, and commercial analytics.
  • Strong analytical, problem-solving, and data troubleshooting skills.

Benefits

  • Significant career development opportunities exist as the company grows.
  • The position offers a unique opportunity to be part of a small, challenging, and entrepreneurial environment, with a high degree of individual responsibility.

Tiger Analytics is a leading advanced analytics consulting firm specializing in AI and machine learning. It is a trusted analytics partner for several Fortune 100 companies, helping them generate business value from their data.

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What people say about this company

3.8/ 5

  • Employees appreciate the supportive work culture.
  • There are good opportunities for professional development.
  • Some employees mention a lack of work-life balance.
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