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Alnylam Pharmaceuticals

Principal Data Engineer, Marketing

Cambridge, MA$175K - $237K / yearPosted 1 months ago
Full-timehybridprincipal

Job Description

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Data Engineering, Software Engineering, or a related technical field; Master’s degree preferred
  • 10+ years of progressive experience in data engineering, software engineering, or platform engineering, with at least 5 years in a leadership role managing technical teams
  • 3+ years of experience building data pipelines and platform integrations for marketing, commercial analytics, or digital experience teams; pharmaceutical or life sciences industry experience strongly preferred
  • Deep hands-on expertise with the modern data stack: Snowflake, dbt, Fivetran, and cloud-native orchestration tools (Astronomer/Airflow)
  • Production experience with CDP architectures, including Salesforce Data Cloud, Adobe Experience Platform, or equivalent composable CDP implementations
  • Strong software engineering fundamentals: Python, SQL, REST/GraphQL APIs, CI/CD, and infrastructure-as-code practices
  • Experience with AWS services (Bedrock, SageMaker, S3, Lambda) in a production environment
  • Demonstrated ability to serve as a trusted technical partner to non-technical business stakeholders, particularly in marketing and commercial functions
  • Understanding of pharmaceutical regulatory requirements including GxP, 21 CFR Part 11, HIPAA, and MLR review processes as they apply to marketing data and technology
  • Experience with identity resolution, consent management, and privacy-by-design architectures in a regulated industry
  • Familiarity with the Veeva ecosystem (Vault PromoMats, CRM) and its data integration patterns
  • Background in real-time personalization engineering, including A/B testing infrastructure (Adobe Target) and journey orchestration platforms
  • Experience with multi-touch attribution modeling and marketing mix analytics data products
  • AWS Solutions Architect or equivalent cloud certification
  • Prior experience in rare disease, specialty pharma, or biotech commercial operations
  • Track record of recruiting and developing engineering talent from non-pharma industries (financial services, technology, consumer digital)
  • Travel: Minimal; occasional travel to vendor conferences (Google, AWS) and team offsites
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    1001-5000 employees
    Cambridge, Massachusetts, US
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