Lead Software Engineer, Python

Clarivate is looking for a Lead Software Engineer to join our Life Science & Healthcare Segment. This is an amazing opportunity to work on our LSH Data Platform. Are you passionate about building robust Python applications and leveraging big data technologies to solve complex business challenges? You will play a pivotal role in designing, developing, and maintaining Python-based data processing applications and services that support scalable big data solutions. If you're excited about combining deep Python skills with cutting-edge technologies like Apache Spark, PySpark, SQL, and relational databases, we want to hear from you.

About You – experience, education, skills, and accomplishments 

• 5+ years of hands-on Python software development experience.

• Strong expertise in Apache Spark and PySpark for building scalable data solutions.

• Advanced proficiency in SQL, database design, and relational database systems.

• Experience developing and deploying solutions on cloud platforms, particularly AWS (S3, ECS, EMR, Glue, RDS).

• Familiarity with orchestration tools like Apache Airflow.

• Understanding of modern data lake architectures and familiarity with data storage formats such as Delta Lake and Apache Iceberg.

• Solid grasp of CI/CD principles and experience implementing automated pipelines.

It would be great if you also have . . . 

• Practical experience with Databricks and Snowflake.

• Exposure to Cassandra, Hadoop, Apache Hive.

• Experience with Jupyter notebooks and BI tools like Tableau or PowerBI.

• Familiarity with PL/SQL and Oracle GoldenGate.

What will you be doing in this role?

• Provide Technical Leadership: Guide the development team in implementing Python-based solutions, ensuring alignment with business requirements, performance standards, and scalability best practices.

• Application Development: Design, build, and maintain scalable Python applications for data processing, transformation, and analytics.

• Big Data Integration: Leverage Apache Spark, PySpark, and related big data technologies to develop distributed data processing pipelines.

• Database Expertise: Utilize strong proficiency in SQL and relational database concepts to design efficient data models, optimize queries, and manage data quality.

• Best Practices Enforcement: Implement and uphold best practices in Python software development, testing, and CI/CD pipelines.

• Continuous Improvement: Stay current with evolving Python, and big data ecosystem technologies, recommending improvements and new approaches to enhance our data platform.

• Mentorship & Collaboration: Mentor junior developers, facilitate knowledge sharing sessions, and foster a culture of continuous learning within the team.

About the Team

LSH Data Platform Team is in Europe, has 7 engineers, QA, Product Owner and a Manager. With this team you will have meaningful impact, directly contribute to advancements in the Life Sciences industry, accelerating processes from drug discovery through commercialization.

Benefits

• Holidays: 25 days paid leave per annum

• Private Health Insurance

• Paid Lunch

• Yearly Bonus

• Yearly Merit Plan

• My Learning Platform

• Mental Healthcare

• Fit Pass

• Life Insurance

• Accident Insurance

• Company bicycles for rent free of charge

Hours of work

This is a permanent full-time position, with core engagement hours within CET time zone. This is a hybrid position, you will be expected to work from our Belgrade office 3 days every other week.

Please note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

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