Senior Data Platform Engineer

Senior Data Platform Engineer – Responsibilities

• Given a well‑specified data and scientific problem, implement end‑to‑end solutions using appropriate programming languages (Python, R, bash), open‑source tools (Spark, Nextflow, Kubernetes) and cloud vendor‑provided tools (gcloud CLI, Azure)
• Leverage infrastructure as code, cloud ops, Dev Ops, logging/alerting, and other internal tools in delivery of solutions
• Write proper documentation in code and in wikis or other documentation systems
• Write clean code with unit, functional, and integration tests to ensure quality
• Stay up‑to‑date with developments in the open‑source community around data engineering, data science, and related tooling
• Build and maintain modern, cloud‑native systems for standardizing and templating scientific data analysis and data engineering
• Design and manage cloud native infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, and Dev Ops environments (GCP and Azure)
• Implement data management and governance practices (data, metadata, versioning, provenance, governance)
• Process and analyse high‑dimensional, large‑scale scientific data, including multi‑modality data
• Manage API semantics, ontology, and standard API architecture
• Implement standard streaming semantics and processing pipelines
• Publish data to file‑based, relational, and other data stores using standard components
• Develop and maintain metadata systems and QA/evaluation tooling

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field, or equivalent experience with 8+ years of work experience
• Proficiency with the Python programming language
• Experience with public cloud providers such as AWS, Azure, and GCP
• Experience with agile software development and Dev Ops‑forward ways of working

• Advanced degree
• Experience building data pipelines with ETL/ELT tools and orchestration frameworks
• Knowledge of data modeling, partitioning, and performance tuning for analytical workloads
• Knowledge of data governance, access controls, and data quality practices
• Prior experience mentoring engineers and collaborating with cross‑functional product teams

Annual base salary range for new hires in this position ranges $157,575 to $262,625 for locations in Cambridge, MA;
Waltham, MA;
Rockville, MD; or San Francisco, CA. The position offers an annual bonus and eligibility for a share‑based long‑term incentive program. Benefits include health care and other insurance benefits for employee and family, retirement benefits, paid holidays, vacation, and paid caregiver/parental and medical leave.

GSK is an Equal Opportunity Employer. This ensures that all qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), parental status, national origin, age, disability, genetic information (including family medical history), military service or any basis prohibited under federal, state or local law.