Data Engineer – OpenData Commercial – Portugal – Lisbon

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<div>Veeva Systems is a mission-driven organization and pioneer in industry cloud, helping life sciences companies bring therapies to patients faster. As one of the fastest-growing SaaS companies in history, we surpassed $2B in revenue in our last fiscal year with extensive growth potential ahead.</div> <div>At the heart of Veeva are our values: Do the Right Thing, Customer Success, Employee Success, and Speed. We’re not just any public company – we made history in 2021 by becoming a <a href="https://medium.com/@peter.gassner/public-benefit-corporation-pbc-486e1e9508a6" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">public benefit corporation</a> (PBC), legally bound to balancing the interests of customers, employees, society, and investors.</div> <div>As a <a href="https://medium.com/@peter.gassner/work-anywhere-is-about-trusting-and-empowering-employees-ef1beba56590" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Work Anywhere</a> company, we support your flexibility to work from home or in the office, so you can thrive in your ideal environment.</div> <div>Join us in <a href="https://www.youtube.com/supported_browsers?next_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DTaPSP8cCSKY&amp%3Bab_channel=Forbes" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">transforming the life sciences industry</a>, committed to making a positive impact on its customers, employees, and communities.</div> <div> <strong>The Role</strong></div> <div>Veeva OpenData Commercial supports the industry by providing reference data across the complete healthcare ecosystem, to support commercial sales execution, compliance, and business analytics. We drive value to our customers through constant innovation, using cloud-based solutions and state-of-the-art technologies to deliver product excellence and customer success. The Data Platform Engineering team delivers the tools and data processing pipelines to build the global data core for life sciences in 100+ countries.</div> <div>Working as a data engineer in our global Data Platform Engineering team at OpenData, you will drive impactful change by harmonizing data operations globally and enhancing data quality. Your responsibilities will include creating the tools and processes necessary to efficiently store, manage, and compile data, directly contributing to the success of OpenData.</div> <div>You must be based in Portugal and already hold legal work authorization, as Veeva does not sponsor employment visa processes for this role.</div> <div> <strong>What You’ll Do</strong></p> <ul class="posting-requirements plain-list"> <ul> <li>Build data tools to streamline data operations globally</li> <li>Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver data solutions</li> <li>Contribute to the Data Engineering community at OpenData to influence tooling and standards to improve data quality and productivity</li> <li>Develop a data validation framework to automate quality control processes</li> </ul> </ul> </div> <div> <strong>Requirements</strong></p> <ul class="posting-requirements plain-list"> <ul> <li>Over 3+ years of hands-on Python development experience for production systems </li> <li>Proficient in data cloud computing technologies (EMR, Databricks) within leading cloud platforms (AWS, Google Cloud, or Azure)</li> <li>Skilled in designing and implementing data pipelines using distributed storage platforms </li> <li>Demonstrated analytical skills and structured approach to software design</li> <li>Have a strong intrinsic desire to learn and fill in missing skills</li> <li>Highly proactive finding ways to overcome challenges</li> </ul> </ul> </div> <div> <strong>Nice to Have</strong></p> <ul class="posting-requirements plain-list"> <ul> <li>Proficiency in Git, including knowledge of branching strategies, merge mechanisms, and repository management</li> <li>Demonstrated ability to build and maintain test automation frameworks and CI/CD pipelines</li> <li>Experience with Polars</li> </ul> </ul> </div> <div> <strong>Perks & Benefits</strong></p> <ul class="posting-requirements plain-list"> <ul> <li>Benefits package including Restricted Stock Units (RSUs), family health insurance, and contributions to private pension plans</li> <li>Fitness reimbursement</li> <li>Work anywhere</li> </ul> </ul> </div> <div>#RemotePortugal</div> <div>Veeva’s headquarters is located in the San Francisco Bay Area with offices in more than 15 countries around the world.</div> <div>As an equal opportunity employer, Veeva is committed to fostering a culture of inclusion and growing a diverse workforce. Diversity makes us stronger. It comes in many forms. Gender, race, ethnicity, religion, politics, sexual orientation, age, disability and life experience shape us all into unique individuals. We value people for the individuals they are and the contributions they can bring to our teams.</div> <div>If you need assistance or accommodation due to a disability or special need when applying for a role or in our recruitment process, please contact us at <a href="mailto:talent_accommodations@veeva.com">talent_accommodations@veeva.com</a>.</div>

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