Sr. Data Engineer

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Shanghai, Shanghai Municipality, Shanghai, CHN
In-Office
Senior level
Biotech
Our Mission is to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer.
The Role
Design, build, and maintain scalable data pipelines, models, and architectures; integrate structured and unstructured data; lead enterprise knowledge base development; enable AI and LLM-powered use cases; ensure data quality, governance, and performance; collaborate with stakeholders to translate requirements into scalable solutions and drive knowledge management and AI enablement.
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Job Description

As part of the Thermo Fisher Scientific team, you’ll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life every single day to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. We provide our global teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while helping to take science a step beyond by developing solutions for some of the world’s toughest challenges, like protecting the environment, making sure our food is safe or helping find cures for cancer.
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Position Summary

We are seeking a highly motivated Senior Data Engineer to join our Data team. This role will focus on designing, building, and evolving enterprise data and knowledge platforms that support business intelligence, digital transformation, and AI-enabled initiatives.

The ideal candidate will have strong hands-on data engineering expertise and proven experience building enterprise knowledge base solutions. This individual should understand how enterprise knowledge has evolved in the era of Generative AI and Large Language Models (LLMs), and be able to translate business knowledge into scalable and reusable organizational assets. The role requires close collaboration with business stakeholders, data teams, and AI teams to enable innovative solutions that improve knowledge accessibility, operational efficiency, and business outcomes.

Key ResponsibilitiesData Engineering
  • Design, develop, and maintain scalable data pipelines, data models, and data products across enterprise platforms.

  • Integrate structured and unstructured data from multiple business systems and sources.

  • Build and optimize data architectures that support analytics, reporting, AI applications, and knowledge management initiatives.

  • Ensure data quality, reliability, governance, and performance across enterprise data assets.

  • Collaborate with business stakeholders to translate business requirements into scalable technical solutions.

Enterprise Knowledge Base Development
  • Lead the design, implementation, and continuous improvement of enterprise knowledge base solutions.

  • Identify, organize, structure, and maintain business knowledge assets to improve discoverability and reuse.

  • Develop frameworks and processes for transforming business knowledge into scalable enterprise resources.

  • Partner with business, commercial, digital, and AI teams to establish sustainable knowledge management practices.

  • Drive knowledge governance, content organization, metadata management, and knowledge lifecycle management.

AI & Knowledge Enablement
  • Evaluate how emerging AI technologies, including Large Language Models (LLMs), impact enterprise knowledge management strategies.

  • Support AI-powered business initiatives by providing high-quality knowledge foundations and structured information assets.

  • Stay current with industry trends and best practices in enterprise knowledge management, AI, and information architecture.

  • Provide recommendations on future-state knowledge platform capabilities and enterprise knowledge strategies.

Required Qualifications
  • Bachelor's degree or above in Computer Science, Data Engineering, Information Systems, Data Science, or a related field.

  • 3+ years of experience in Data Engineering, Data Platform, or related technical roles.

  • At least 2 years of recent hands-on experience designing, implementing, and maintaining enterprise knowledge base or knowledge management solutions.

  • Strong experience in data modeling, data integration, ETL/ELT development, and enterprise data architecture.

  • Proficiency in SQL and modern data engineering technologies.

  • Experience working with both structured and unstructured data.

  • Strong understanding of enterprise knowledge management concepts, methodologies, and best practices.

  • Familiarity with current AI and LLM developments and their impact on enterprise knowledge management.

  • Ability to articulate perspectives on the evolution, current state, and future direction of enterprise knowledge platforms.

  • Strong problem-solving, communication, and stakeholder management skills.

  • Demonstrated ability to work in fast-paced, rapidly evolving environments.

Preferred Qualifications
  • Experience supporting AI-enabled business applications, digital transformation, or enterprise search initiatives.

  • Experience with knowledge graphs, semantic search, enterprise search platforms, content management systems, or related technologies.

  • Experience working with cloud-based data platforms (Databricks, Azure, AWS).

  • Familiarity with data governance, master data management, and enterprise information architecture.

  • Experience in the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, healthcare, or life sciences industry will be preferred.

  • Experience collaborating with commercial, marketing, customer experience, or digital teams.

Key Success Factors
  • Strong ownership and execution mindset.

  • Ability to quickly learn new technologies and business domains.

  • Excellent collaboration skills with cross-functional teams.

  • Curiosity and passion for emerging technologies and AI innovation.

  • Comfortable working in an agile, fast-changing, and iterative environment.

Skills Required

  • Bachelor's degree or above in Computer Science, Data Engineering, Information Systems, Data Science, or related field
  • 3+ years of experience in Data Engineering, Data Platform, or related technical roles
  • At least 2 years recent hands-on experience designing, implementing, and maintaining enterprise knowledge base or knowledge management solutions
  • Strong experience in data modeling, data integration, ETL/ELT development, and enterprise data architecture
  • Proficiency in SQL and modern data engineering technologies
  • Experience working with both structured and unstructured data
  • Strong understanding of enterprise knowledge management concepts, methodologies, and best practices
  • Familiarity with current AI and LLM developments and their impact on enterprise knowledge management
  • Strong problem-solving, communication, and stakeholder management skills
  • Demonstrated ability to work in fast-paced, rapidly evolving environments
  • Experience supporting AI-enabled business applications, digital transformation, or enterprise search initiatives
  • Experience with knowledge graphs, semantic search, enterprise search platforms, or content management systems
  • Experience working with cloud-based data platforms (Databricks, Azure, AWS)
  • Familiarity with data governance, master data management, and enterprise information architecture
  • Experience in pharmaceutical, biotechnology, healthcare, or life sciences industry
  • Experience collaborating with commercial, marketing, customer experience, or digital teams

Thermo Fisher Scientific Compensation & Benefits Highlights

The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Thermo Fisher Scientific and has not been reviewed or approved by Thermo Fisher Scientific.

  • Retirement Support Retirement programs include a strong company 401(k) match and an employee stock purchase plan that add meaningful long‑term value. Feedback suggests these features stand out among core financial benefits even when base pay feels average.
  • Healthcare Strength Health coverage offers multiple national medical options alongside dental and vision, with company‑paid life and disability coverage. This breadth is considered a solid foundation even if some costs may not be the lowest among peers.
  • Parental & Family Support Paid parental and caregiver leave, backup care, adoption assistance, and specialized family resources are available. Feedback suggests these supports are a notable plus for colleagues managing family and caregiving needs.

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The Company
HQ: Waltham, MA
100,000 Employees

What We Do

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. is the world leader in serving science, with annual revenue of approximately $40 billion. Our Mission is to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. Whether our customers are accelerating life sciences research, solving complex analytical challenges, increasing productivity in their laboratories, improving patient health through diagnostics or the development and manufacture of life-changing therapies, we are here to support them. Our global team delivers an unrivaled combination of innovative technologies, purchasing convenience and pharmaceutical services through our industry-leading brands, including Thermo Scientific, Applied Biosystems, Invitrogen, Fisher Scientific, Unity Lab Services, Patheon and PPD.

Why Work With Us

You will join a company which every colleague has the opportunity to create possibilities, for oneself, for our customers and patients. There is no more exciting place to be than at the forefront of solving problems which help improve lives around the world. As a company, we are committed to supporting your career aspirations and your journey.

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