Sr. Associate, Big Data Software Engineer

Key Skills

Apache Hadoop, C Programming, C++, Data science techniques, Java Programming, Machine learning techniques, MapReduce, Python Programming, PyTorch, R Programming, Scala Programming, SQL, TensorFlow

Job Description

ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES

• Design, develop and operate scalable, resilient data ingestion pipelines using open source big-data technologies
• Engages in building solutions leveraging technologies including but not limited to AWS EMR, Spark, Kafka, and other supporting AWS Services like Lambda, SNS, SQS, Glue, Athena etc.
• Continuously refactor the codebase to ensure maintainability, testability, and performance
• Actively perform code reviews and help evolve our code review guidelines to ensure quality code is shipped

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s Degree in computer science, engineering, data science, mathematics, or other related STEM degree
• 2-4 years’ experience as a software engineer in Python or Java
• 1-2 years’ experience with Python

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Master’s degree in mathematics, computer engineering or a related subject
• 3+ years’ experience as a software engineer
• 3+ years’ experience with Python, some in Python 3.8 or higher
• Experience working in an Agile Scrum team
• Experience working on large software projects
• Experience working with big data (petabyte scale)
• Strong knowledge of AWS development/cloud/engineering standard methodologies
• Experience with AWS Lambda, S3, EMR, API Gateway, AWS roles and policies and CloudFormation
• Some experience with PySpark, Hadoop and/or Spark
• Experience working in a development team and using git and Jira
• Experience writing unit tests
• Willingness to contribute fresh and innovative ideas
• High technical aptitude; quickly learns new skills
• Change agile; must take action on project quickly
• Team oriented
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Excellent analytic and problem-solving skills

LI#PFE

Purpose 

Breakthroughs that change patients' lives... At Pfizer we are a patient centric company, guided by our four values: courage, joy, equity and excellence. Our breakthrough culture lends itself to our dedication to transforming millions of lives.

Digital Transformation Strategy

One bold way we are achieving our purpose is through our company wide digital transformation strategy. We are leading the way in adopting new data, modelling and automated solutions to further digitize and accelerate drug discovery and development with the aim of enhancing health outcomes and the patient experience.

Flexibility  

We aim to create a trusting, flexible workplace culture which encourages employees to achieve work life harmony, attracts talent and enables everyone to be their best working self. Let’s start the conversation!

Equal Employment Opportunity 

We believe that a diverse and inclusive workforce is crucial to building a successful business. As an employer, Pfizer is?committed to celebrating?this,?in all its?forms – allowing for us to be as diverse as the patients and communities we serve. Together, we continue to build a culture that encourages, supports and empowers our employees.

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