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Data Engineer, GPS BI&T

Position Overview:

We are seeking a motivated and skilled Data Engineer (DE) to join our cell therapy technology team. In this role, you will design, implement, and maintain high quality data applications that power advanced cell therapy manufacturing, research, and clinical workflows. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in data modeling, database design, and building Unified Data Models (UDM) to support both real-time and batch data processing. You will work closely with cross-functional teams to enable reliable, secure, and performant data solutions that enable life-saving therapies for patients.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable ETL/ELT data pipelines and data lake architectures using AWS services
• Build and maintain RESTful APIs using API Gateway, Lambda and Python to establish connection between front-end and back-end
• Automate infrastructure deployment with BMS Auto PTP and CloudFormation tools (Infrastructure as a Code)
• Partner with upstream application owners to develop data streaming pipelines using AWS App Flow, Lambda, Kinesis Data Streams, Glue Streaming ETL, Step functions etc. into downstream DBs.
• Design normalized and denormalized data models to support Unified Data Model (UDM) frameworks for healthcare, finance, or operational systems.
• Collaborate with business stakeholders, product managers, scientists, software developers to build rich and robust data applications supporting operational, analytical and machine learning needs
• Develop and maintain documentation on architecture design, data flows and functionality
• Ensure data quality and accuracy through unit testing, code reviews, and adherence to regulatory standards (e.g., GMP, GxP, FDA, IEC 62304) as applicable.
• Work in an Agile environment, participating in sprint planning, daily stand-ups, and retrospective meetings.
• Stay current with emerging technologies and propose innovative solutions to improve laboratory and manufacturing efficiency.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field.
• 8+ years of industry experience in data engineering and at least 3 years in AWS; experience in life sciences, medical devices, or regulated industries is highly desirable.
• Proficiency in object-oriented programming languages such as C#, Java, Python, or C++.
• Working knowledge of Apache Spark for complex data processing needs
• Strong experience with relational and NoSQL databases, such as PostgreSQL, Redshift, DynamoDB, or Aurora.
• Hands-on experience in writing complex SQLs and optimizing them for speed and performance
• Proficiency in data modeling (3NF, star, snowflake) and designing schemas for batch and streaming systems.
• Experience with web-based distributed applications (front-end and back-end), REST APIs, and relational databases.
• Experience preparing datasets for LLM applications, including text normalization, document parsing, vector embeddings/DBs, and semantic search/indexing.
• Knowledge of Agentic AI architectures, tool-calling frameworks, and chaining techniques (Lang Chain, Llama Index, Bedrock Agents, AWS MCP concepts).
• Strong analytical, debugging, and problem-solving skills.
• Knowledge of CI/CD, Git, Git hub with good documentation practices.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to work collaboratively in multidisciplinary teams.

Preferred Skills:

• Experience in IT development and data stack utilized in pharmaceutical industry
• Experience with Scala, Airflow, and Kafka
• Familiarity with regulatory standards for medical software (GMP, GxP, FDA, IEC 62304).
• Experience in test-driven development and continuous integration.
• Experience with Machine Learning and DevOps tools is preferred.

If you come across a role that intrigues you but doesn’t perfectly line up with your resume, we encourage you to apply anyway. You could be one step away from work that will transform your life and career.

Uniquely Interesting Work, Life-changing Careers With a single vision as inspiring as “Transforming patients’ lives through science™ ”, every BMS employee plays an integral role in work that goes far beyond ordinary. Each of us is empowered to apply our individual talents and unique perspectives in a supportive culture, promoting global participation in clinical trials, while our shared values of passion, innovation, urgency, accountability, inclusion and integrity bring out the highest potential of each of our colleagues.

On-site Protocol

BMS has an occupancy structure that determines where an employee is required to conduct their work. This structure includes site-essential, site-by-design, field-based and remote-by-design jobs. The occupancy type that you are assigned is determined by the nature and responsibilities of your role:

Site-essential roles require 100% of shifts onsite at your assigned facility. Site-by-design roles may be eligible for a hybrid work model with at least 50% onsite at your assigned facility. For these roles, onsite presence is considered an essential job function and is critical to collaboration, innovation, productivity, and a positive Company culture. For field-based and remote-by-design roles the ability to physically travel to visit customers, patients or business partners and to attend meetings on behalf of BMS as directed is an essential job function.

Supporting People with Disabilities

BMS is dedicated to ensuring that people with disabilities can excel through a transparent recruitment process, reasonable workplace accommodations/adjustments and ongoing support in their roles. Applicants can request a reasonable workplace accommodation/adjustment prior to accepting a job offer. If you require reasonable accommodations/adjustments in completing this application, or in any part of the recruitment process, direct your inquiries to adastaffingsupport@bms.com. Visit careers.bms.com/eeo-accessibility to access our complete Equal Employment Opportunity statement.

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