Lead the design and implementation of scalable data solutions, optimize data pipelines, manage cloud platforms, and mentor junior engineers.
By joining Bio-Techne, you’ll join a company with a powerful and positive purpose of enabling cutting-edge research in Life Sciences and Clinical Diagnostics. Bio-Techne, and all of its brands, provides tools for researchers to further treat and prevent disease worldwide.
Pay Range:
$100,800.00 - $165,600.00Job Description Summary
We are seeking a Senior Data Engineer to lead the design and implementation of scalable, secure, and high-performance data solutions. This role will focus on architecting and optimizing data pipelines, managing cloud-based data platforms, and ensuring robust data governance across Bio-Techne’s enterprise systems. The ideal candidate will have deep technical expertise, strong leadership skills, and experience mentoring junior engineers while collaborating with data scientists and business stakeholders.
Employer salary range - 125-150K
Essential Functions- Architect, design, and maintain complex data pipelines and ETL workflows for large-scale data processing.
- Lead the development of cloud-based data architectures leveraging AWS Redshift, Azure Synapse, and GCP BigQuery.
- Optimize data storage, retrieval, and processing for performance and cost efficiency.
- Implement best practices for data governance, security, and compliance across all data platforms.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate diverse data sources into enterprise data systems.
- Develop and enforce coding standards, documentation, and quality assurance processes for data engineering projects.
- Mentor and guide junior data engineers, providing technical leadership and career development support.
- Troubleshoot and resolve complex data pipeline issues, ensuring high availability and reliability.
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Data Engineering, Information Systems, or related field required; Master’s degree preferred.
- 5+ years of professional experience in data engineering or related roles.
- Experience with data modeling, data warehousing, and performance optimization.
- Proven experience designing and managing cloud data platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP).
- Strong background in distributed data processing frameworks (Apache Spark) and workflow orchestration tools (Apache Airflow).
- Expertise in Python, SQL, and advanced ETL concepts.
- Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, containerization (Docker), and infrastructure-as-code tools is a plus.
- Strong understanding of data architecture principles, scalability, and security.
- Ability to lead projects and mentor team members effectively.
- Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
- Strong communication and collaboration skills for engaging technical and business stakeholders.
- Certifications such as AWS Certified Data Analytics, Google Cloud Professional Data Engineer, or Azure Data Engineer Associate are highly desirable.
Why Join Bio-Techne:
- We offer competitive insurance benefits starting on day one: medical, dental, vision, life, short-term disability, long-term disability, pet, and legal and ID shield.
- We invest in our employees’ financial futures through 401k plans, an employee stock purchase plan (ESPP), Health Saving Account (HSA), Flexible Spending Account (FSA), and Dependent Care FSA.
- We empower our employees develop their careers through mentorship, promotional opportunities, training and development, tuition reimbursement, internship programs, and more.
- We offer employee resource groups, volunteer paid time off, employee events, and charity drives to build a culture of caring and belonging.
- We offer an accrued leave policy with paid holidays, paid time off, and paid parental leave.
- We foster a culture of empowerment and innovation, where employees feel valued and encouraged to bring their new ideas to the table.
Bio-Techne is an E-Verify Employer in the United States.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.
To protect the interests of all, Bio-Techne will not accept unsolicited resumes from any source other than a candidate application. Any unsolicited resumes sent to Bio-Techne will be considered Bio-Techne property.
Top Skills
Apache Airflow
Spark
Aws Redshift
Azure Synapse
Docker
Gcp Bigquery
Python
SQL
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