Takeda · 7 hours ago
Data Engineer
Lexington, MA
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
$112K/yr - $176K/yr
6+ years expTakeda is a leading pharmaceutical company seeking a Data Engineer to join their AD Technology Development and Implementation team. The role involves designing, implementing, and deploying event-driven ETL data pipelines to optimize the use of laboratory data and support digital transformation initiatives.
BiotechnologyHealth CareManufacturingMedicalPharmaceutical
Responsibilities
Develop and maintain Analytical Development (AD) digital transformation road map. Deliver established vision, roadmap, projects, and timeline to support the digital transformation of analytical laboratory results
Support large database activities, design and maintain open-source code extraction algorithms
Assume technical ownership on digital transformation projects, which include but are not limited to data analytics and predictive modeling, dashboards using Spotfire, Tableau, Power BI, and open-sourced coding (i.e., R and Python)
Develop and maintain core software engineering infrastructure within data platform engineering & operations, including data wrangling, data logging, performance benchmarking, and multi-platform integration
Contribute to multiple software engineering efforts, including data engineering/analytic pipelines, and data platforms
Coordinate with other development teams to promote collaborative data management efforts, interoperability, and shared infrastructure
Monitor data capture systems to identify inefficiencies and remove bottlenecks
Support R&D Digital, Data & Technology projects, working closely with domain experts and internal/external partners to mature POCs into production-quality tools
Qualification
Required
B.S. degree in computer science, software engineering, or a related field with 8+ years of relevant industry experience, M.S. and 6+ years of relevant industry experience
Combined experience in the analytical environment utilizing SQL, Cloud environments, AWS, Python, Dev-Ops and R Studio
Experience with ETL pipelines, data pre-processing, and statistical concepts and can work in multiple languages (Python, R, Scala, C/C++, SQL)
Strong understanding of analytical software (Spotfire, Minitab, JMP, MATLAB) and demonstrated experience contributing to and maintaining multi-contributor software projects (open or closed source), pipelines, and/or enterprise systems required
Interacts with vendors of applications, integrators and consultants during front end studies, design workshops and system implementation
Will need to be able to collaborate with other coworkers and work with multi-functional teams of developers, engineers, and scientists
Preferred
Exposure to cloud computing environments and technologies in the data & analytics engineering domain (Spark, Databricks, data lakes, data QA tools, ML tools) are a plus but not required
Previous direct involvement in technology implementations for use in biologics, pharmaceuticals or devices, either in manufacturing operations or support function is highly desirable
Benefits
Medical, dental, vision insurance
401(k) plan and company match
Short-term and long-term disability coverage
Basic life insurance
Tuition reimbursement program
Paid volunteer time off
Company holidays
Well-being benefits
Up to 80 hours of sick time
Up to 120 hours of paid vacation
Company
Takeda
Takeda is a biopharmaceutical company that researches and develops pharmaceutical drugs.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$2.46B2025-06-27Post Ipo Debt· $2.4B
2016-09-01Grant· $19.8M
2016-05-08Grant· $38M
Leadership Team
Christophe Weber
President and CEO
Schuyler Fairfield
Senior Vice President, Global Head of Supply Chain
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