Lead Data Platform Architect 12 Months Contract

Posted 13 Days Ago
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Hiring Remotely in Amsterdam, NLD
In-Office or Remote
Senior level
Information Technology • Software • Consulting • Cybersecurity
The Role
Lead design, build, and governance of cloud-based data platforms (Azure/Databricks) for clinical trials, RWD, and omics. Harmonise life‑sciences data into standardized, regulatory-grade, analysis-ready assets; provide hands-on engineering and technical leadership for a multidisciplinary team.
Summary Generated by Built In

Design, build, and govern cloud-based data platforms that turn heterogeneous, multi-country life-sciences data into trusted, reusable data products.

The role spans clinical trial data, real-world data (RWD), and omics — harmonising these into standardised, regulatory-grade, analysis-ready assets. Combines hands-on engineering on Azure and Databricks with technical leadership of a multidisciplinary team.


Requirements

Required (Must-Have)

  • 8+ years in data engineering, with substantial Life Sciences / pharmaceutical experience.
  • Proven delivery of cloud data platforms on Azure and Databricks; familiarity with Microsoft Fabric.
  • Strong proficiency in Python and SQL, plus ETL/ELT orchestration (Azure Data Factory).
  • Hands-on experience with CDISC standards (SDTM, ADaM) and clinical data workflows.
  • Relational and non-relational stores: SQL Server, PostgreSQL, MongoDB.
  • Data governance, access control, and sensitive/anonymised data handling.
  • Team leadership and Agile delivery (Scrum, SAFe, Kanban).

Preferred (Nice-to-Have)

  • OMOP CDM and real-world data standardisation experience.
  • Omics / bioinformatics data and large-scale scientific datasets.
  • Graph databases (Neo4j) and knowledge-graph modelling.
  • BI & visualisation: Power BI, Metabase, Streamlit.
  • Certifications (Preferred) Databricks Certified Data Engineer (Associate / Professional) Microsoft Certified: Azure Data Engineer / Fabric Analytics Engineer Associate Neo4j Certified Professional Professional Scrum Master (PSM I / II)

Soft Skills

  • Cross-functional collaboration with scientific and business stakeholders.
  • Clear communication of technical concepts to non-technical audiences.
  • Multilingual capability for global study support (an asset).

Team leadership and Agile delivery (Scrum, SAFe, Kanban)

Strong proficiency in Python and SQL

clinical data workflows

Pharmaceutical experience

ETL/ELT orchestration

SQL Server, PostgreSQL, MongoDB

Proven delivery of cloud data platforms on Azure and Databricks

8+ years in data engineering

Azure DataFactory

Data governance, access control, and sensitive/anonymised data handling

Hands-on experience with CDISC standards (SDTM, ADaM)

Microsoft Fabric

Preferred skills

OMOP CDM and real-world data standardisation experience

Omics / bioinformatics data and large-scale scientific datasets

BI & visualisation: Power BI, Metabase, Streamlit

Graph databases (Neo4j) and knowledge-graph modelling

Skills Required

  • 8+ years in data engineering with substantial Life Sciences / pharmaceutical experience
  • Proven delivery of cloud data platforms on Azure and Databricks; familiarity with Microsoft Fabric
  • Strong proficiency in Python and SQL
  • ETL/ELT orchestration experience (Azure Data Factory)
  • Hands-on experience with CDISC standards (SDTM, ADaM) and clinical data workflows
  • Experience with relational and non-relational stores: SQL Server, PostgreSQL, MongoDB
  • Data governance, access control, and sensitive/anonymised data handling
  • Team leadership and Agile delivery (Scrum, SAFe, Kanban)
  • OMOP CDM and real-world data standardisation experience
  • Omics / bioinformatics data and large-scale scientific datasets
  • Graph databases (Neo4j) and knowledge-graph modelling
  • BI & visualisation: Power BI, Metabase, Streamlit
  • Relevant certifications (Databricks Data Engineer, Microsoft Azure Data Engineer / Fabric Analytics Engineer, Neo4j Certified, PSM)
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The Company
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Year Founded: 2018

What We Do

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