Data Engineer

Work Schedule

Standard Office Hours (40/wk)

Environmental Conditions

Office

Job Description

As part of the Thermo Fisher Scientific team, you’ll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life every single day to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. We provide our global teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while helping to take science a step beyond by developing solutions for some of the world’s toughest challenges, like protecting the environment, making sure our food is safe or helping find cures for cancer.

The Data Engineer will support the development, maintenance, and optimization of data solutions using the Databricks platform. This is an entry-level data engineering role designed for candidates with foundational experience in SQL, Python, cloud technologies, and modern data engineering concepts.

The engineer will work as part of an Agile development team and collaborate with experienced data engineers, analysts, and business partners to build reliable data pipelines, data models, and analytics-ready datasets.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain data pipelines and data transformations using Databricks, SQL, Python, and PySpark.
• Assist with the ingestion, transformation, and processing of structured and semi-structured data from multiple source systems.
• Develop and maintain Databricks notebooks, pipelines, workflows, and jobs supporting data engineering and analytics use cases.
• Build and maintain data tables and datasets using Delta Lake and lakehouse architecture principles.
• Write, test, troubleshoot, and optimize SQL queries used for data processing, analysis, and reporting.
• Support the development of ETL/ELT pipelines that move and transform data across source systems, cloud storage, Databricks, and downstream applications.
• Work within an Agile Scrum team to design, develop, unit test, debug, document, and maintain data solutions based on defined functional and technical requirements.
• Collaborate with senior engineers and architects to ensure solutions follow established architecture, development standards, security requirements, and engineering best practices.
• Assist with defining data models, data structures, transformation logic, and information flows.
• Perform data validation and troubleshooting to help ensure the quality, consistency, completeness, and accuracy of data products.
• Monitor data pipelines and Databricks workloads and assist with troubleshooting pipeline failures and data-related issues.
• Participate in root-cause analysis and resolution of data and application issues with cross-functional teams.
• Use Git and established CI/CD practices to manage and deploy data engineering code and configurations.
• Create and maintain technical documentation for data pipelines, transformations, data models, and other data products.
• Collaborate with business and technical teams supporting areas such as Finance, Supply Chain, and Operations to understand data requirements and deliver appropriate data solutions.
• Support data solutions spanning ingestion, transformation, data modeling, analytics, and reporting.
• Develop knowledge of data governance, data security, access controls, and data quality management practices.
• Participate in production support activities on a rotating basis as needed.
• Can work remotely.

Minimum Education Requirement

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Data Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field of study.

Equivalent education, technical training, certifications, internships, or relevant practical experience may also be considered.

Minimum Experience Requirement

0–2 years of experience in data engineering, software development, business intelligence, data analytics, data science, or a related technical field.

Relevant internships, academic projects, certifications, or hands-on project experience may be considered toward the experience requirement.

Required Knowledge or Experience

• Foundational knowledge of Databricks or similar cloud-based data platforms.
• Experience or coursework using SQL for querying and transforming data.
• Experience or coursework using Python for data processing or software development.
• Familiarity with Apache Spark or PySpark concepts.
• Understanding of ETL/ELT and data pipeline concepts.
• Basic understanding of relational databases and data modeling.
• Familiarity with cloud computing concepts and services, preferably AWS.
• Familiarity with Git source control and software development practices.
• Understanding of basic data quality concepts, including validation, completeness, consistency, and accuracy.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to learn new technologies and work collaboratively within a technical team.

Preferred Knowledge or Experience

The following experience is beneficial but not required:

• Databricks notebooks, workflows, jobs, or Databricks SQL.
• Delta Lake and lakehouse architecture concepts.
• PySpark DataFrames and Spark SQL.
• Databricks Unity Catalog and data governance concepts.
• AWS services such as S3, IAM, Glue, Athena, or related data services.
• Apache Airflow or other workflow orchestration technologies.
• CI/CD concepts and automated deployment practices.
• Data visualization tools such as Power BI.
• Streaming and event-driven technologies such as Apache Kafka.
• Data warehouse and data lake concepts.
• Data governance, metadata management, and access-control concepts.
• Databricks or cloud-provider certifications.