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Hyderabad · Hybrid · 3-6 Yrs · Sep 28
Biotech & Pharmaceuticals · 10000+ Employees · Rahway, US
For 130 years, MSD has been inventing for life, bringing forward medicines and vaccines for many of the world's most challenging diseases in pursuit of our mission to save and improve lives. MSD is a trade name of Merck & Co., Inc., with headquarters in Kenilworth, N.J., U.S.A. We demonstrate our commitment to patients and population health by increasing access to health care through far-reaching policies, programs and partnerships. Today, we continue to be at the forefront of research to prevent and treat diseases that threaten people and animals — including cancer, infectious diseases such as HIV and Ebola, and emerging animal diseases — as we aspire to be the premier research-intensive biopharmaceutical company in the world. We hire the most brilliant minds because inventing for life depends on our work. Here, you'll find rewarding opportunities, diverse experiences, and an unwavering commitment to ethics and integrity. You'll collaborate with talented colleagues who share your sense of purpose. Our company will empower you to innovate, explore, and develop your full potential in our possibility-rich environment. Our team is constantly evolving, so if you are among the intellectually curious, join us—and start making your impact today.
Hiring: Engineering
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Overview
Based in Hyderabad, joining a global healthcare biopharma company and be part of a 130-year legacy of success backed by ethical integrity, forward momentum, and an inspiring mission to achieve new milestones in global healthcare.
Responsibilities
- Specialist Data Engineering
- The Opportunity
- Based in Hyderabad, joining a global healthcare biopharma company and be part of a 130-year legacy of success backed by ethical integrity, forward momentum, and an inspiring mission to achieve new milestones in global healthcare. Lead an organization driven by digital technology and data-backed approaches that supports a diversified portfolio of prescription medicines, vaccines, and animal health products.
- Collaborates on designing, building, and maintaining scalable data pipeline architectures to ingest, process, and deliver high-quality data to business stakeholders.
- Develops and optimizes batch-processing pipelines, ensuring collected data is structured and formatted for immediate, analytical consumption.
- Adheres to and promotes data engineering standards and best practices within the immediate team and across collaborating squads.
- Contributes actively to the execution and technical delivery of data analytics initiatives.
- Acquiring strong technical knowledge of our supported technologies, understanding basic upstream/downstream platform dependencies and cross-functional team workflows.
- Engages with peer platforms and technical communities to stay informed about emerging trends and modern methodologies being adopted within our ecosystem.
- Translate business requirements into technical tasks, building data-driven solutions that directly support stakeholder priorities and business objectives.
- Maintains constructive, collaborative relationships with business stakeholders and product owners to ensure aligned delivery.
- Monitors industry advancements in data engineering to suggest innovative ways of improving pipeline efficiency and value.
- Participates in and supports the "community of practice" by sharing personal project insights and technical documentation.
- Ensures delivered solutions meet defined quality standards, timelines, regulatory compliance guidelines, and user experience requirements.
- Supports innovation initiatives by participating in brainstorming, technical prototyping, and evaluating experimental criteria.
- Applies specialized knowledge within the Commercial data domain.
- BS Computer Science or related field with 3 – 5 years of working experience with Data Engineering.
- Core Languages Proficient in SQL and Python for data manipulation, ETL pipeline building, and debugging.
- ETL with IDMC Practical experience building and monitoring mapping tasks, taskflows, and data integration pipelines within the Informatica Intelligent Data Management Cloud (IDMC) platform.
- Databricks Developer Hands-on experience developing within Databricks workspaces using notebooks and Delta Lake tables.
- AWS Cloud Basics Practical familiarity with core AWS services, specifically S3 data storage, IAM access, and basic service integrations.
- Salesforce Data Awareness Experience extracting, querying, and staging data from Salesforce/Veeva CRM objects using standard APIs.
- Data Modeling Solid understanding of relational database structures and dimensional data modeling (Star/Snowflake schemas).
- CI/CD & Git Experience with version control (Git) workflow processes, including branching, merging, and Pull Requests.
- Agile Execution Proven ability to work within sprint cycles, estimate tasks, and deliver tested code on time.
Qualifications
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Last updated 3 October 2026
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