Associate Director, Data Engineering
Core
Lead the data engineering team to build and maintain an AI-native data platform supporting drug development, clinical trials, and asset evaluation.
Role type
Senior IC manager (Associate Director) leading data engineering
Builds
Data pipelines, data warehouse, and data products for clinical operations and decision-making
Domain
Life sciences / Pharma / AI-driven drug discovery
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis
Required skills
Engineering management, data platform architecture, AI tooling (LLMs, agentic coding), Snowflake, orchestration (Dagster/Airflow), transformation (dbt), data governance, Python, SQL, Docker, Terraform/OpenTofu
Preferred skills
Pharmaceutical or life-sciences industry data experience
Technologies
Snowflake, Dagster, Airflow, dbt, Python, SQL, Docker, GitHub, Terraform, OpenTofu
Responsibilities
Hire, coach, and develop a team of data engineers; Set technical direction and roadmap for data engineering; Partner with stakeholders on pipeline design and delivery; Oversee architecture and maintenance of the data platform; Ensure strong data quality, observability, and documentation practices; Own data governance practices for regulated data; Review and provide feedback on requirements and design documents; Drive knowledge sharing and mentoring; Own team support rotation for data platform incidents; Manage team budgeting and resourcing
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with management responsibilities
