Data Engineer - Job ID: DE2025
Data Engineer - Job ID: DE2025
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Job Description
Build the data foundation that powers patientcentric decisions
Ascendis Pharma is a growthstage biopharmaceutical company guided by the core values Patients Science Passion. To strengthen our cloudnative commercial and medical data platform we are looking for a Data Engineer who combines solid datapipeline craftsmanship with a collaborative productoriented mindset. You will join the same agile product team as our analysts working in rapid productdiscovery cycles to deliver trustworthy data that drives access to lifechanging therapies.
Your four focus areas
1. Data Engineering
- Design build and maintain scalable ELT pipelines that ingest Patient Support Program Specialty Pharmacy Claims CRM Marketing Medical and Financial data.
- Implement automated dataquality checks monitoring and alerting.
2. Data Modelling
- Develop canonical data models and dimensional marts in our up-coming Databricks Lakehouse to enable selfservice analytics.
- Apply bestpractice naming documentation and version control.
3. Collaboration & Facilitation
- Work sidebyside with analysts and product owners to translate business questions into robust technical solutions.
- Lead whiteboard sessions and spike explorations during product discovery.
4. DevOps & Continuous Improvement
- Configure CI/CD pipelines for data code automate testing and promote reusable patterns.
- Keep an eye on performance cost and security driving iterative enhancements.
Key responsibilities
- Engineer reliable endtoend data flows using Spark SQL and Pyspark notebooks in Databricks (nice to have).
- Orchestrate and schedule batch & streaming jobs in Azure Data Factory or similar tools.
- Develop and maintain dbt models (nice to have) to standardise transformations and documentation.
- Implement datacataloguing lineage and governance practices that meet pharmacompliance requirements.
- Drive alignment with analysts to optimise queries refine schemas and ensure metrics are consistent across dashboards to ensure stakeholders have a single source of truth for decision-making
- Contribute to agile ceremonies (backlog refinement sprint reviews retros) and actively champion a culture of data craftsmanship.
Why Ascendis
- Mission that matters Our pipelines accelerate insight generation that expands patient access to vital therapies.
- Modern stack Azure Databricks dbt GitHub Actions with room to propose new tools.
- Endtoend ownership Influence everything from ingestion to visualisation in a small empowered team.
- Hybrid flexibility & growth Work three days onsite enjoy generous benefits great snacks and pursue clear technical or leadership paths.
Requirements
What you bring
- Experience 37 years in Data Engineering or Analytics Engineering ideally in pharma biotech or another regulated datarich environment.
- Core toolkit Advanced SQL and Python. Solid experience in dimensional modelling.
- Nicetohave Handson with Databricks notebooks/Lakehouse and dbt for transformation & testing.
- Product mindset Comfortable iterating fast demoing early and measuring impact.
- Communication & teamwork Able to explain tradeoffs write clear documentation and collaborate closely with analysts product managers and business and other stakeholders.
- Quality focus Passion for clean maintainable code automated testing and robust data governance.
Benefits
- 401(k) plan with company match
- Medical dental and vision plans
- Company-offered Life and Accidental Death & Dismemberment (AD&D) insurance
- Company-provided short and long-term disability benefits
- Unique offerings of Pet Insurance and Legal Insurance
- Employee Assistance Program
- Employee Discounts
- Professional Development
- Health Saving Account (HSA)
- Flexible Spending Accounts
- Various incentive compensation plans
- Accident Critical Illness and Hospital Indemnity Insurance
- Mental Health resources
- Paid leave benefits for new parents
A note to recruiters:
We do not allow external search party solicitation. Presentation of candidates without written permission from the Ascendis Pharma Inc Human Resources team (specifically from: Talent Acquisition Partner or Human Resources Director) is not allowed. If this occurs your ownership of these candidates will not be acknowledged.
Employment Type
Full-Time
