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Job title: Data Engineer - R&D

• Location: Lyon Carteret (France)

About the job

Sanofi is a global healthcare leader focused on improving the lives of people worldwide through innovative medicines and vaccines. With sustainability and social responsibility at the heart of our mission, we are committed to transforming the practice of medicine

Join Sanofi’s dynamic Digital R&D Data team, dedicated to transforming the practice of medicine through cutting-edge data and AI technologies. With a global presence and a mission to empower R&D with good data, we create life-changing treatment options and life-saving vaccines. Our hubs in Paris, Lyon, Barcelona, Cambridge, Bridgewater, and Toronto, with a new office in Budapest, provide a unique environment for innovation and growth.

Main responsibilities:

• Establish technical designs to meet business and technical requirements as a prime data engineering expert.
• Develop and maintain all components of data engineering solutions and pipelines using appropriate tools and technologies.
• Optimize solutions (ETL/data pipelines) to balance performance, functionality, cost, and operational requirements.
• Conduct peer reviews for quality, consistency, and rigor for production-level solutions.
• Create design and development documentation for knowledge transfer, training, and maintenance.
• Define and promote best practices for code management, automated testing, and deployments.
• Leverage or create new standard data pipelines within Sanofi to bring value through business use cases.
• Develop automated tests for CI/CD pipelines and validate developed solutions to ensure they meet requirements.
• Assess and resolve data pipeline issues to ensure performance and timely execution.
• Manage efforts to modernize and replace legacy solutions and platforms.
• Partner with Data Engineering Manager, Product Owner, and Data Analysts to create implementation plans, including assessments of timelines and complexity.
• Actively contribute to the Data Engineering community and define leading practices and frameworks.

About you

• Experience: Proven experience working with cross-functional teams to solve complex data architecture and engineering problems.
• Technical skills:
  • Demonstrated ability to learn new data and software engineering technologies quickly.
  • Experience with agile/scrum development processes.
  • Technical analysis and problem-solving skills related to data and technology solutions.
  • Proficiency in data structures and algorithms, scripting languages (Python, R, SQL, Shell scripting), and relevant technologies such as databases, distributed systems, and microservices.
• Education: Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, or a relevant field.
• Languages: Fluent in English; other languages are a plus.
• Soft skills: Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal. Pragmatic problem-solver with technical intuition and attention to detail. Service-oriented, flexible, and a team player.

Why choose us?

• An international work environment where you can develop your talent and realize ideas within a competent team.
• An attractive, market-oriented salary and benefits.
• Flexible home office policy, allowing up to 60% of work time from home.
• Collective life and accident insurance.
• Yearly medical check-up.
• Exposure to training and certification pathways from AWS, SnowFlake, Informatica, and others.
• Structured introduction and training program with a dedicated Buddy to help you navigate your first weeks.
• Opportunities for professional and personal development within Sanofi.
• A vibrant community with special events (Monthly Board Game Nights, Summer Events, Well-Being Lectures, and Sport Clubs).

Pursue Progress. Discover Extraordinary.

Progress doesn’t happen without people – people from different backgrounds, in different locations, doing different roles, all united by one thing: a desire to make miracles happen. Be one of those people. Join us in pursuing progress and discovering extraordinary together.

At Sanofi, we provide equal opportunities to all, regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, or gender identity.

Watch our ALL IN video and check out our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion actions at sanofi.com!

Pursue progress, discover extraordinary

Better is out there. Better medications, better outcomes, better science. But progress doesn’t happen without people – people from different backgrounds, in different locations, doing different roles, all united by one thing: a desire to make miracles happen. So, let’s be those people.

At Sanofi, we provide equal opportunities to all regardless of race, colour, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, ability or gender identity.

Watch our ALL IN video and check out our Diversity Equity and Inclusion actions at sanofi.com!