Principal Data Engineer, Commercial Data

Company: Initial Therapeutics, Inc.
Location: Seattle
Posted on: March 23, 2025

Job Description:

The Role:In this role you will be part of the Commercial Data team and play a key role in defining, building and advancing Modena's Commercial strategy. Your mission will be to design and deliver cutting-edge data and analytics solutions that power Moderna's quantitative analysis, AI, decision support, and business reporting. These solutions will become the foundation that Moderna needs to deliver sophisticated business analytics, required to bring our life-changing medicines to market.We are looking for an experienced, dynamic, and versatile individual who can define end-to-end analytics solutions, easily pivot between strategy and execution, and be passionate about learning and developing at the pace of our rapidly growing business. The ideal candidate will have a solid experience developing modern data solutions in Amazon Web Services and have a solid understanding of the traditional data warehousing paradigms.Here's What You'll Do:

• Partner with leadership on planning, prototyping, documenting and initiating new projects and programs
• Analyze business requirements and create conceptual data lake/lakehouse solution architectures, data models, and data processes
• Lead highly technical discussions, generate technical solutions, critically evaluate data architecture, models, and processes.
• Partner with Data engineers and management on advancing and maintaining tech roadmap for the Data Platform. Effectively promote the tech agenda and assure key platform initiatives are implemented in a timely manner
• Provide technical direction, serve as a mentor / leader to other members of the team
• Gather, document, and analyze solution requirements; produce development estimates
• Design, develop, test and deploy data collection, flow and transformation components
• Troubleshoot and support existing data workflow processes; deliver fixes and optimizations where appropriate
• Partner with the user community, software engineers and operations specialists on data related investigations, research and issue managementHere's What You'll Need:
  • 10+ years of relevant experience with 5+ years of senior-level big data architecture and engineering experience
  • Passion for improving business outcomes through data and analytics
  • Track record of working effectively on project teams as developer, as an architect or as a team leader
  • Experience building data solutions with the Amazon Web Services (S3, EMR, Data Pipeline, Redshift)
  • Outstanding SQL and Python skills
  • Experience with Spark and Map Reduce is preferred
  • Experience with information delivery architecture, design and tools, including Tableau, Looker, Quicksight, etc.
  • Solid development experience with Hadoop and its ecosystem of tools
  • Strong understanding of traditional Data Warehousing principles and architecture
  • Ability to deploy and manage software in Linux
  • Experience working in an Agile/SCRUM model
  • Excellent written and oral communication skills
  • Ability to work with a variety of stakeholders, mentor junior resources, and effectively handle multiple tasks/deadlines with success
  • Bachelor's degree in a technology or a related discipline is preferredIn addition to base compensation Moderna employees are eligible for a comprehensive incentive compensation package including an annual cash bonus, new hire equity and an annual refresh, 401(k) match, competitive and inclusive medical, dental, and vision coverage options, flexible spending accounts for medical and dependent care, Life, LTD, and STD insurance, paid family leave offerings, including at least 16 weeks of 100% paid parental leave, lifestyle spending account, adoption, surrogacy, and family-planning benefits, generous paid time off, including:
    • Vacation, sick time, and observed Company-wide holidays
    • Paid volunteer time to participate within your community
    • Discretionary winter holiday shut down
    • Paid 4-week sabbatical after 5 years, and every 3 years afterAbout ModernaSince our founding in 2010, we have aspired to build the leading mRNA technology platform, the infrastructure to reimagine how medicines are created and delivered, and a world-class team. We believe in giving our people a platform to change medicine and an opportunity to change the world.By living our mission, values, and mindsets every day, our people are the driving force behind our scientific progress and our culture. Together, we are creating a culture of belonging and building an organization that cares deeply for our patients, our employees, the environment, and our communities.As we build our company, we have always believed an in-person culture is critical to our success. Moderna champions the significant benefits of in-office collaboration by embracing a 70/30 work model. This 70% in-office structure helps to foster a culture rich in innovation, teamwork, and direct mentorship. Join us in shaping a world where every interaction is an opportunity to learn, contribute and make a meaningful impact.If you want to make a difference and join a team that is changing the future of medicine, we invite you to visit to learn more about our current opportunities.Moderna is a smoke-free, alcohol-free and drug-free work environment.Moderna is a place where everyone can grow. If you meet the Basic Qualifications for the role and you would be excited to contribute to our mission every day, please apply!Moderna is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer.Moderna is committed to equal employment opportunity and non-discrimination for all employees and qualified applicants without regard to a person's race, color, sex, gender identity or expression, age, religion, national origin, ancestry or citizenship, ethnicity, disability, military or protected veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, marital or familial status, or any other personal characteristic protected under applicable law. Moderna is an E-Verify Employer in the United States. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements.Belonging, Inclusion, and Diversity are critical to the success of our company and our impact on society. We're focused on attracting, retaining, developing, and advancing our employees and believe that by cultivating diverse experiences, backgrounds, and ideas, we can provide an environment where every employee is able to contribute their best.Moderna is committed to offering reasonable accommodations to qualified job applicants with disabilities. Any applicant requiring an accommodation in connection with the hiring process and/or to perform the essential functions of the position for which the applicant has applied should contact the Accommodations team at . (EEO/AAP Employer)
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