Curious Data Engineer with DevOps skills for the Digital Accelerator - Novo Nordisk - Copenhagen
Are you a data engineer looking to make real impact? Look no further.
If you become part of our journey, you can build a better future with your own two hands. By utilising your passion, skills and knowledge about the latest digital technologies you can challenge the status quo and help develop digital solutions with the aim of solving complex business challenges and deliver value to the company and our 29.000.000+ patients globally.
About the department
The Digital Accelerator is the home of the Outliers - a team of people who are wired differently. We are anchored in Digital Incubator & Innovation unit in Global IT.
Our purpose is to a drive cultural change through partnering with the business to accelerate digital innovation. We aim to do this by providing passionate people, new ways of working, and the technical foundation to help solve Novo Nordisk business challenges. In order to add most value, our people are 100% dedicated and co-located together with product teams that are comprised of business and IT colleagues.
The area is growing fast, and the people in the Digital Accelerator are working hard to develop the best digital solutions and ensure high impact. We see our workplace as a space for learning and experimentation, and make sure to leave room for trying out new ideas and having fun while we drive meaningful change.
If you want to learn more about Digital Accelerator, please take a look here: www.novonordisk.com/digitalaccelerator
The job
As our new data engineer, you will be using your deep technical insight and understanding of data to support the continuous exploration and exposure of data in the development of digital solutions. You will be part of a SCRUM team and play a key role in ensuring the best design of our data infrastructure. An efficient DevOps setup is key; and you will be responsible for developing our current setup based on Azure DevOps within the team.
You will be responsible for writing and documenting code in several languages including SQL, R and Python to provide data connections and APIs for the digital solutions. With your broad knowledge of new and existing technologies you will ensure the team selects the right technology for each task. As we are pioneering the digital transformation of Novo Nordisk, we expect you to challenge and inspire the organisation as well as take part in establishing a strong internal community to share knowledge and learnings.
Qualifications
You have a master’s degree in Biostatistics, Mathematics, Engineering, Computer science, Life sciences or equivalent. In addition, you have 3-5 years of experience with programming, data science/engineering and DevOps.
You have experience in data ingestion and processing by writing well performing and maintainable code in SQL, R and Python and you know how to get good performance from relational (and NOSQL) databases. You are also experienced in the setup and use of Azure DevOps or equivalent. Experience with Linux, R/Shiny, project coordination and technical writing is a plus.
You are eager to demonstrate how data can contribute to solving complex business challenges and you enjoy engaging with the team members with various competencies as well as internal stakeholders to shape the best solutions. We expect our new colleague to be a team player, curious, eager to learn and drive change.
It is a plus if you have experience with integrating to various system of records within a corporate environment using different protocols, or have previous experience working in a regulated environment (e.g. pharma, aviation, oil & gas).
Contact
For further information, please contact Kathrine Hee Nielsen khnl@novonordisk.com.
Deadline
18 September 2020.
Millions rely on us
To work for Novo Nordisk you will need the skills, dedication and ambition to change lives for the better for millions of patients living with diabetes and other chronical diseases. In exchange, we offer the chance to be part of a truly global workplace, where passion and engagement are met with opportunities for professional and personal development.
