Sr. Data Platform Engineer
Sr. Data Platform Engineer
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Job Description
The Role
Joining Moderna offers the unique opportunity to be part of a pioneering team thats revolutionizing medicine through mRNA technology with a diverse pipeline of development programs across various diseases.
As an employee youll be part of a continually growing organization working alongside exceptional colleagues and strategic partners worldwide contributing to global health initiatives.
Modernas commitment to advancing the technological frontier of mRNA medicines ensures a challenging and rewarding career experience with the potential to make a significant impact on patients lives worldwide.
Moderna is solidifying its presence within our international business services hub in Warsaw Poland a city renowned for its rich scientific and technological heritage. This hub provides critical functions meeting the growing demand of Modernas global business operations. Were inviting professionals from around the world to join our mission and contribute to the future of mRNA medicines.
As a Senior Data Platform Engineer within Modernas Data Platform team you will play a pivotal part in building and scaling missioncritical data infrastructure that empowers our teams across the enterprise.
This role is ideal for an engineer who thrives in technical complexity and has a passion for developing robust systems at scale. Youll focus on delivering selfservice capabilities secure data sharing models and metadata governanceall vital for ensuring Modernas data is reliable accessible and secure. Working as an individual contributor you will drive platform maturity and innovation and collaborate closely with data scientists engineers and product managers to shape and implement Modernas data vision.
Heres What Youll Do
Your key responsibilities will be:
Build scalable reliable data services using AWS technologies such as Glue Redshift Iceberg Lambda EMR Step Functions and Apache Airflow.
Partner with the Product Manager to gather data requirements understand business objectives and convert these into actionable technical plans.
Contribute to architectural decisions that define the future of the data platforms capabilities.
Drive enablement of secure and governed data sharing through modern data access patterns.
Develop and maintain infrastructureascode modules and CI/CD delivery pipelines.
Your responsibilities will also include:
Enable governed selfservice data management capabilities for data scientists and domain engineers.
Perform rigorous code reviews to ensure quality and maintainability.
Actively participate in technical knowledgesharing across the Data Platform team.
Contribute to documentation and internal learning resources to support platform usability.
Align development practices with broader Moderna data platform strategy and standards.
The key Moderna Mindsets youll need to succeed in the role:
We digitize everywhere possible using the power of code to maximize our impact on patients. In this role you will implement foundational systems that extend Modernas ability to operationalize data through automation and scalable infrastructure. By digitizing and streamlining data workflows you amplify the organizations reach and impact.
We obsess over learning. We dont have to be the smartest we have to learn the fastest. As a key member of the team your ability to explore adapt and iterate with emerging technologies like Iceberg and selfservice metadata governance will drive Modernas continuous evolution in data engineering.
Heres What Youll Need (Basic Qualifications)
58 years of experience in software or data engineering preferably in cloud environments.
Proficiency in Python SQL and tools like dbt or Apache Spark.
Experience with AWS data stack (e.g. Glue Catalog IAM S3).
Solid understanding of CI/CD DevOps and IaC tools like Pulumi or Terraform.
Develop and manage ETL/ELT workflows to ingest data from multiple sources (structured semistructured and unstructured).
Heres What Youll Bring to the Table (Preferred Qualifications)
Exposure to data lakehouse and data mesh architectures.
Familiarity with data privacy and access control implementations (OAuth RBAC).
Experience with AI/ML integration or supporting MLOps workflows.
AWS certifications such as AWS Certified Data Analytics Specialty or AWS Certified Solutions Architect.
At Moderna we believe that when you feel your best you can do your best work. Thats why our global benefits and wellbeing resources are designed to support youat work at home and everywhere in between.
- Quality healthcare and insurance benefits
- Lifestyle Spending Accounts to create your own pathway to wellbeing
- Free premium access to fitness nutrition and mindfulness classes
- Family planning and adoption benefits
- Generous paid time off including vacation bank holidays volunteer days sabbatical global recharge days and a discretionary yearend shutdown
- Savingsandinvestments
- Locationspecific perks and extras!
The benefits offered may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Moderna and the country where you work.
About Moderna
Since our founding in 2010 we have aspired to build the leading mRNA technology platform theinfrastructure to reimagine how medicines are created and delivered and a worldclass team. We believe in giving our people a platform to change medicine and an opportunity to change the world.
By living our mission values and mindsets every day our peopleare the driving force behind our scientific progress and our we are creating a culture of belonging and building an organization that cares deeply for our patients our employees the environment and our communities.
We are proud to have been recognized as a Science Magazine Top Biopharma Employer a Fast Company Best Workplace for Innovators and a Great Place to Work in the U.S.
As we build our company we have always believed an inperson culture is critical to our success. Moderna champions the significant benefits of inoffice collaboration by embracing a 70/30 work model. This 70% inoffice structure helps to foster a culture rich in innovation teamwork and direct mentorship. Join us in shaping a world where every interaction is an opportunity to learn contribute and make a meaningful impact.
If you want to make a difference and join a team that is changing the future of medicine we invite you to visit to learn more about our current opportunities.
Moderna is a smokefree alcoholfree and drugfree work environment.
Moderna is a place where everyone can grow. If you meet the Basic Qualifications for the role and you would be excited to contribute to our mission every day please apply!
Moderna is committed to equal opportunity in employment and nondiscrimination for all employees and qualified applicants without regard to a persons race color sex gender identity or expression age religion national origin ancestry or citizenship ethnicity disability military or protected veteran status genetic information sexual orientation marital or familial status or any other personal characteristic protected under applicable law. We consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories consistent with legal requirements.
Were focused on attracting retaining developing and advancing our employees. By cultivating a workplace that values diverse experiences backgrounds and ideas we create an environment where every employee can contribute their best.
Moderna is committed to offering reasonable accommodation or adjustments to qualified job applicants with disabilities. Any applicant requiring an accommodation or adjustment in connection with the hiring process and/or to perform the essential functions of the position for which the applicant has applied should contact the Accommodations and Adjustments team at .
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