Senior Data Engineer

At Real Chemistry, making the world a healthier place isn’t just an aspiration—it’s our everyday reality. Our drive to transform healthcare is informed by our blend of deep scientific expertise, human-centred creativity, and AI-driven insights, fostering a unique environment where innovation thrives and our people are impact-obsessed. As a global agency, we provide a full suite of services across healthcare communications and marketing to our clients, including top players in the pharmaceutical and biotech industries.

Our culture is rooted in our people—we believe we are best together and are committed to excellence for both our clients and colleagues. Whether you're a seasoned professional or just starting your career, if you share our passion for healthcare and connection, we invite you to explore our opportunities.

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Spring & Bond, a part of Real Chemistry, is a digital media agency and consultancy helping pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturers build robust, omnichannel-enabled media executions for both HCP and consumer audiences. Our focus is on client empowerment through services like customer journey planning, media strategy & activation, technology evaluation, in-house capability development, and training.

We are looking for a Senior Data Engineer to help drive the design, build, and scale of our data infrastructure. This role will be responsible for architecting and maintaining multi-cloud data platforms, optimizing ETL pipelines, and ensuring data quality and availability across the organization. As a senior member of the Data Engineering team, you will not only deliver hands-on technical solutions but also mentor junior engineers, guide best practices, and help shape the direction of our data engineering capabilities.

What You'll Do

• Architect and optimize robust, scalable ETL pipelines and workflows to ingest, transform, and deliver data from multiple sources.
• Ensure data integrity and governance through validation frameworks, schema design, and proactive monitoring.
• Leverage advanced SQL and programming skills to extract, transform, and analyze data efficiently.
• Develop automation using Python, Pandas, AWS Lambda, and related tools to improve operational efficiency.
• Design and manage data platforms, including Snowflake, Athena, Redshift, BigQuery, and other cloud-based solutions.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with analysts, strategists, and business leaders to translate business requirements into technical solutions.
• Mentor and coach junior data engineers, setting standards for code quality, documentation, and best practices.
• Lead vendor and partner integrations, ensuring seamless data delivery and alignment with internal standards.
• Communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders, providing clear insight and direction.
• Drive innovation, identifying opportunities to improve performance, scalability, and usability of our data systems.

What You Should Have

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Data Engineering, or related field—or equivalent experience.
• 5–7+ years of experience in data engineering, with proven success building and scaling data systems.
• Expert knowledge of SQL and Python, including performance optimization and data manipulation libraries (e.g., Pandas).
• Strong experience with AWS data products (S3, Redshift, Athena, Lambda) and familiarity with multi-cloud environments.
• Deep understanding of data modeling, schema design, and best practices for large-scale data solutions.
• Demonstrated ability to design secure, reliable pipelines and troubleshoot complex issues.
• Experience leading projects and mentoring other engineers.
• Excellent communication, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills.
• Comfortable managing multiple priorities and delivering in a fast-paced environment.

Great-to-Haves

• Experience with data transformation and productivity tools (dbt, Jinja, etc.).
• Familiarity with Snowflake (Notebooks, Worksheets, VS Code plugin).
• Knowledge of data visualization platforms such as Looker Studio or similar BI tools.
• Exposure to digital marketing analytics and measurement frameworks.

Pay Range: $120,000-$145,000

This is the pay range the Company believes it will pay for this position at the time of this posting. Consistent with applicable law, compensation will be determined based on job-related, non-discriminatory factors including but not limited to work experience, skills, certifications, and geographical location. The Company reserves the right to modify this pay range at any time.

Real Chemistry is proud to be Great Place to Work® certified; check out what our people shared about our culture and workplace on our Great Places to Work Profile here.

We believe we can do our best when feeling our best, which is why we’ve put together a benefits program designed to give you the support you and your family need at every stage of life. Real Chemistry offers a comprehensive benefit program and perks, tailored to your region. Globally, this includes offices in our key markets with free snacks to keep you running all day long, generous holiday and paid time off, options for private medical, dental, and vison plans, and support in saving for the future. Other perks include mental wellness coaching and support and access to more than 13,000 online classes with LinkedIn Learning. Learn more about our great benefits and perks and search specific offerings in your region at: www.realchemistrybenefits.com.

Working with Real HART: Since the pandemic, we have adapted to how our people told us they want to work. We have office locations in cities in the US, UK, and Europe with many employees and clients that serve as hubs where and when they need us. For employees who are within an hour of one of our offices, we expect attendance in the office two days per week, either at a Real Chemistry office or onsite with clients. We are also actively opening new office locations, so if one opens near you, our Real HART policy will apply. We are not looking for attendance for the sake of attendance but believe that the opportunity to coordinate in-office team meetings, 1:1 meetings with managers, taking advantage of on-site learning, and connecting with client partners is a critical to delivering on our purpose of making healthcare what it should be. Outside of these offices, we have regions, where people work remotely but come together quarterly for collaboration, culture and learning opportunities. We call this our Real Hybrid and Regional Teams (Real HART) approach. Real Chemistry believes we are best together – and our workplace strategy fosters connection and collaboration in person – but also supports flexibility for our people.

Real Chemistry is an Equal Opportunity employer. We continually strive to build and sustain an inclusive and equitable work environment where our employees feel empowered to leverage all they bring from their personal lived experience and professional expertise, to make our team the best in the industry. We encourage motivated and qualified applicants to apply without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, ethnic or national origin, age, physical or mental disability, genetic information, marital information, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local employment discrimination laws where Real Chemistry operates. Should you require accommodations throughout the interview process please let your recruiter know.

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