Job Description

Company Name: VARITE India Private Limited
About The Client:
Client is a pioneering Software Engineering and IT consultancy company, transforming and executing at the intersection of Domain and Technology to create digital leaders for our people, clients, partners, and communities.
Essential Job Functions:

• Using Azure cloud services and GSK data platform tools to ingest, egress, and transform data from multiple sources.
• Confidently optimizes the design and execution of complex solutions in data ingestion and data transformation using established patterns or improving those patterns.
• Produces well-engineered software, including appropriate automated test suites, technical documentation, and operational strategy.
• Provides input into the roadmaps, e.g., to Data Platforms and other Data Engineering Teams, to help improve the overall program of work.
• Ensure consistent application of platform capabilities to ensure quality and consistency concerning logging and lineage.
• Fully versed in coding best practices and ways of working, and participates in code reviews and partnering to implement established standards in the team and to improve those standards if needed.
• Adhere to QMS framework, Security & Regulatory Standards, and CI/CD best practices, and helps to guide improvements to them that improve ways of working.
• Provide leadership to team members to help others get the job done right.
• Supporting engineering teams in the adoption and creation of Data Mesh best practices.
• Maintains best practices for engineering and architecture on our Confluence site.
• Pro-actively engages in experimentation and innovation to drive relentless improvement.
• Provides leadership and technical input to architecture and engineering teams composed of GSK FTEs, strategic partners, and software vendors.

Qualifications:

• BS in Computer Science, Software Engineering, biomedical engineering, engineering, or bioinformatics/computational biology, with 4+ years of experience (or MS with 2+ years of experience, or PhD) in the biotech/pharmaceutical/healthcare/diagnostics/health insurance space
• Extensive architecture, coding and testing experience, excellent teamwork
• Proficient with at least 3 of the below skills and can demonstrate knowledge and value with relevant experience in all the following competencies:

• Data Engineering development, architecture design & technology platforms/frameworks
• Hands-on experience with Azure Data Analytics services e.g. ADLS, Azure Data Factory, Azure Databricks, Purview, Azure Synapse, etc.
• Data Platforms and Domain-driven design
• Agile, DevOps & Automation (testing, build, deployment, CI/CD, etc.)
• Data analytics & data quality/integrity
• Testing strategies & frameworks
• Kubernetes and ArgoCD/FluxCD

Role requires:

• Has soft-skill to lead a larger data engineering team
• Demonstrated skill in delivering high-quality engineered data products
• Knowledge of industry standards and technology platforms
• Excellent communication, negotiation, influencing, and stakeholder management skills
• Customer focus and excellent problem-solving skills
• Familiarity with and use of various cloud ecosystems including BigQuery, DataBricks, KeyVaults, ObjectStores, etc.
• Good understanding of various software paradigms: domain-driven, procedural, data-driven, object-oriented, functional
• Deep knowledge in Python
• Demonstrable knowledge depth in more than one area of software engineering and technology

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in data structures (information management), data models or relational database design
• Background in biomedical data processing is a plus
• Experience in GenAI and Agentic AI
• Subject matter expertise in Pharma CMC and scientific domains
• Experience in applying data curation, virtualization, workflow, and advanced visualization techniques to enable decision support across multiple products and assets to drive results across R&D business operations

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6+ years INR 10,000
About VARITE: VARITE is a global staffing and IT consulting company providing technical consulting and team augmentation services to Fortune 500 Companies in USA, UK, CANADA and INDIA. VARITE is currently a primary and direct vendor to the leading corporations in the verticals of Networking, Cloud Infrastructure, Hardware and Software, Digital Marketing and Media Solutions, Clinical Diagnostics, Utilities, Gaming and Entertainment, and Financial Services.
Equal Opportunity Employer:
VARITE is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

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