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Job Description

Senior Data Engineer

The Future Begins Here

At Takeda, we are creating a future-ready organization that uses data and digital to meet the needs of patients, our people, and the planet. We need your help to make this happen. Join our new Innovation Capability Center (ICC) in Bratislava, Slovakia.

In this role at our state-of-the-art center, you will have the opportunity to grow your skills and create solutions that will benefit patients around the world. Become the heart of our internal innovation engine.

At Takeda we unite in diversity

Takeda is committed to creating an inclusive workplace, where individuals are recognized for the diverse backgrounds and abilities they bring to our company. We are continually improving workplace experience and accessibility for everyone, and welcome applications from all qualified candidates. Here, you will feel welcomed, respected, and valued as an important contributor to our Team.

The Opportunity

As a Data Engineer, you will be responsible for building and maintaining data systems and constructing datasets that are optimized for analysis, supporting Business Intelligence requirements and downstream systems.

Responsibilities

Develop and maintain scalable data pipelines, and build new integrations using AWS native technologies to support increasing data sources, volumes, and complexity.

Collaborate with analytics and business teams to improve data models that enhance business intelligence tools and dashboards, fostering data-driven decision-making across the organization.

Implement processes and systems to ensure data reconciliation, monitor data quality, and ensure production data is accurate and available for key stakeholders, downstream systems, and business processes.

Write unit, integration, and performance test scripts, contribute to engineering documentation, and maintain the engineering wiki.

Perform data analysis to troubleshoot and resolve data-related issues.

Work closely with frontend and backend engineers, product managers, and analysts to deliver integrated data solutions.

Collaborate with enterprise teams, including Enterprise Architecture, Security, and Enterprise Data Backbone Engineering, to design and develop data integration patterns and models supporting various analytics use cases.

Partner with DevOps and the Cloud Center of Excellence to deploy data pipeline solutions in Takeda AWS environments, meeting security and performance standards.

Skills and Qualifications

Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited institution in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.

5+ years of experience in data engineering, software development, data warehousing, data lakes, and analytics reporting.

Strong expertise in data integration, data modeling, and modern database technologies (Graph, SQL, No-SQL) and AWS cloud technologies (e.g., DMS, Lambda, Databricks, SQS, Step Functions, Data Streaming, and Visualization).

Extensive experience in DBA, schema design & dimensional modeling, and SQL optimization.

Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams.

Understanding of good engineering practices (DevSecOps, source-code versioning, ...)

Nice to Have

Experience with streaming technologies like Spark Streaming or Kafka

Infrastructure as Code (IaC) experience, preferably with Terraform.

Experience designing and developing API data integrations using SOAP / REST.

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What Takeda Can Offer You

At Takeda, you may build your career, while contributing to better people’s lives. Expect trust driven culture built around Integrity, Fairness, Honesty and Perseverance. Joining ICC will give you access to high end technology, training and colleagues who will support your growth.

Salary

As a motivated employee, you should be compensated appropriately. The minimum salary for this position is € 3850 per month (full time), but your final remuneration package may be higher depending on your qualifications and experience.

Benefits

Here are a few benefits our employees are enjoying at Takeda. To get a full picture of what we are offering, follow this link.

Cafeteria

Medical - High standard medical care

Bridge days

Summer Hours

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LocationsSVK - Bratislava – Svatoplukova

Worker TypeEmployee

Worker Sub-TypeRegular

Time TypeFull time