Principal Data Engineer, GSK

$145-180k

18% bonus + LTI

Python

Scala

Java

Azure

Mid and Senior level

New York

2-3 days a week in office (Upper Providence, PA)

Building a cutting-edge digital and tech team.

Job no longer available

Building a cutting-edge digital and tech team.

1001+ employees

HealthcareArtificial IntelligenceBig dataMachine LearningCyber SecurityData IntegrationDevOpsCloud ComputingBiotechnology MedTech

Job no longer available

$145-180k

18% bonus + LTI

Python

Scala

Java

Azure

Mid and Senior level

New York

2-3 days a week in office (Upper Providence, PA)

1001+ employees

HealthcareArtificial IntelligenceBig dataMachine LearningCyber SecurityData IntegrationDevOpsCloud ComputingBiotechnology MedTech

Company mission

At GSK, we use technology to deliver what matters most, better and faster. Whether it’s life-saving medicines or life-enhancing products, Tech at GSK helps scale and accelerate our expertise.

Job

Company

Role

Who you are

BS in Computer Science
Data Engineering development, architecture design & technology platforms/frameworks
Azure Data Analytics services e.g. ADLS, Azure Data Factory, Azure Databricks, Purview, Azure Synapse, etc
Python proficiency

Desirable

Data Platforms and Domain-driven design
Agile, DevOps & Automation [of testing, build, deployment, CI/CD, etc.]
Data analytics & data quality/integrity
Testing strategies & frameworks

What the job involves

Using Azure cloud services and GSK data platform tools to ingest, egress, and transform data from multiple sources
Confidently optimizes the design and execution of complex solutions in data ingestion and data transformation
Produces well-engineered software, including appropriate automated test suites, technical documentation, and operational strategy
Provides input into the roadmaps of upstream teams (e.g., Data Platforms, DataOps, DevOps) to help improve the overall program of work
Ensure consistent application of platform capabilities to ensure quality and consistency concerning logging and lineage
Fully versed in coding best practices and ways of working, and participates in code reviews and partnering to improve the team’s standards
Adhere to QMS framework, Security & Regulatory Standards, and CI/CD best practices and helps to guide improvements to them that improve ways of working
Provide leadership to team members to help others get the job done right
Supporting engineering teams in the adoption and creation of data Mesh best practices
Maintains best practices for engineering and architecture on our Confluence site
Pro-actively engages in experimentation and innovation to drive relentless improvement
Provides leadership, technical direction, and GSK expertise to architecture and engineering teams composed of GSK FTEs, strategic partners, and software vendors

Our take

GSK Tech is set to build a suite of next-generation platforms for data- and prediction-driven drug discovery in support of GSK's Research and AI/ML organizations, and an industry-leading data engineering function in support of AI/ML and Genomic Sciences.

GSK’s ambitions go far past the data lake: they’re building a comprehensive data and machine learning ecosystem that can speak to the customers in their own scientific and technical language and semantics. Enabled by GSK Knowledge Graph, powered by machine learning, and underpinned by natural language processing, GSK's vision is for accessibility to data (and, importantly, the knowledge it represents). GSK wants to increase this tenfold, taking mere moments to find, access, and integrate the right information.

The creation of GSK Tech shows GSK's commitment to making a major investment in changing how we think about data in the research space, and levelling up the data experience for GSK's researchers, scientists, computational scientists, AI/ML Engineers, and ultimately decision-makers. As of 2024, GSK is putting more energy into its Cyber Security features, thus widening its market reach.

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Insights

45% female employees

6% employee growth in 12 months

Glassdoor (4.1)

Company

Company benefits

An annual bonus based on company performance
Access to healthcare and wellbeing programmes, pension plan membership, savings programmes, time off and childcare support
Employee recognition programmes which reward exceptional achievements
Long term incentives through share ownership link your rewards to our longer term performance
Coaching, mentoring and formal training programmes
Plenty of opportunities for open conversations with people who can help to shape your career
A range of health and wellbeing programmes and support services to help employees understand how to feel healthier, happier and more energised at work and at home

Company HQ

Brentford, UK

Leadership

Luke Miels

(CEO)

Luke became CEO on Jan 1, 2026, after serving as CEO designate since Sept 2025. He joined GSK in 2017 as Chief Commercial Officer, responsible for our commercial portfolio of medicines and vaccines.

Shobie Ramakrishnan

(Chief Digital and Technology Officer)

Has a broad experience in biotech and hi-tech companies. Has led Digital and Technology for GSK’s Global Commercial organisation, transforming the company’s capabilities in digital, data & analytics.

Michael Elmore

(SVP & Global Chief Information Security Officer)

Experienced in building and leading tech teams across cyber security, IT infrastructure, application development, and more. A trusted advisor to VCs and startups focusing on cybersecurity advancements.

Shubha Chaudhari

(SVP, Development Digital & Tech)

Previously worked at Novartis in several roles, including Head of Clinical Informatics, Global Head of Development Informatics, and Head of Digital Transformation.

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