[Remote] Principal Data Engineer (Research, Manufacturing, Supply Chain) - REMOTE

About the Role

Vertex Pharmaceuticals, a global biotechnology leader, is seeking a Principal Data Engineer to spearhead their Data Engineering team. This remote position, open to candidates in the USA, is crucial for developing and maintaining data assets that empower scientists to make critical decisions across research, manufacturing, and supply chain operations.

Responsibilities

Data Engineering

• Integrate and curate data from research systems and artifacts to support analytics, modeling, machine learning, and investigations.
• Collaborate closely with research engagement teams to understand requirements and translate them into effective data solutions.

Data Engineering Management

• Manage, maintain, and enhance the Vertex Data Platform solutions that support research scientists and analytics teams in manufacturing and supply chain.

Delivery Management

• Estimate, architect, and execute the delivery of essential data solutions across research, manufacturing, and supply chain domains in partnership with the DSE leadership team.

Operations Management

• Lead a team of data engineers to ensure compliant, timely, secure, and reliable data workloads for Research.
• Collaborate with the DSE MLOps team to support complex workloads leveraging curated and model-ready data.

Innovation Champion

• Advocate for process improvements and opportunities to enhance capabilities, focusing on efficiency, scale, and data connectivity.

Skills and Qualifications

• Minimum of 9 years of development experience with Snowflake, Databricks, Spark, Redshift, or equivalent data technologies.
• Minimum of 9 years of experience in pharmaceutical research, with a focus on data engineering, data science, data integrity, and data governance.
• Prior experience leading Data Engineering projects and teams.
• 3 years of experience leveraging Databricks, Snowflake, AWS, or equivalent cloud data platforms.
• Demonstrated experience with pipeline technologies such as Astronomer / Airflow, MLFlow, etc.
• Proven ability to work independently and manage multiple cross-functional projects.
• A skillful, collaborative team player capable of building rapport and credibility with stakeholders.
• Demonstrated ability and willingness to mentor and support others in learning new technologies and concepts.
• Enthusiasm for and the capacity to quickly learn new technologies and solve complex problems.
• Strong presentation, verbal, and written communication skills.
• Working knowledge of key workflow tools, including JIRA and Confluence.

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision benefits.
• Generous paid time off, including a week-long company shutdown in the Summer and Winter.
• Educational assistance programs, including student loan repayment.
• A generous commuting subsidy.
• Matching charitable donations.
• 401(k) plan.

Company Overview

Vertex Pharmaceuticals, founded in 1989 and headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, is dedicated to discovering and developing small molecule drugs for serious diseases. With a workforce of 5001-10000 employees, the company is committed to scientific innovation. Learn more at http://www.vrtx.com.

Company H1B Sponsorship

Vertex Pharmaceuticals has a history of providing H1B sponsorships. While this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role, past data indicates a willingness to support eligible candidates.

• 2026: 32 sponsorships
• 2025: 188 sponsorships
• 2024: 150 sponsorships
• 2023: 111 sponsorships
• 2022: 164 sponsorships
• 2021: 112 sponsorships
• 2020: 80 sponsorships