Join Our Team as a Junior Analytics Engineer

Are you a talented, motivated, and self-driven professional looking to make an impact in the biopharma industry? Join the HH Digital, Data & Analytics (HHDDA) team at Merck & Co., Inc. and help us transform into the premier “Data First” commercial biopharma organization.

Position: Jr. Analytics Engineer - Data Solutions

As a Junior Analytics Engineer, you will be a crucial part of the HHDDA Commercial Data Solutions team. Your role will involve developing analytical data products to support data science and analytics initiatives. You will work closely with data product owners to translate requirements and user stories into actionable development activities.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop last-mile data products using the latest technologies and best DevOps practices.
• Collaborate with data science and analytics teams to drive data modeling and feature engineering activities.
• Acquire domain expertise and business acumen to navigate data source nuances.
• Create automated data models aligned with use case requirements.
• Ensure reusability, governance, and compliance of analytical data products.
• Implement semantic layers for analytics data products.
• Support data stewards and engineers in maintaining data catalogs, quality measures, and governance frameworks.

Educational Qualifications:

B.Tech / B.S., M.Tech / M.S., or PhD in Engineering, Computer Science, Pharmaceuticals, Healthcare, Data Science, Business, or a related field.

Required Experience:

• 3+ years of relevant experience in the pharmaceutical/life sciences industry.
• Proficiency in SQL, Python, and AWS.
• Experience with commercial/marketing analytics datasets.
• Understanding of requirements provided by Data Product Owners and Lead Analytics Engineers.
• Experience with creating or adopting data models.
• Experience with cloud-based platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure) and storage/compute services (Databricks, Snowflake, Redshift).
• Experience with modern data stack tools like Matillion, Starburst, and ThoughtSpot.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.

Preferred Experience:

• Experience in marketing strategy and commercial execution for pharmaceuticals and vaccines.
• Agile methodology experience.
• Certifications in AWS or modern data technologies.
• Knowledge of the commercial/marketing analytics landscape.
• Experience building data models for data science and visualization/reporting products.
• Experience with data visualization tools such as PowerBI.

About Us

At Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, New Jersey, USA (known as MSD outside the United States and Canada), we have been inventing for life for over a century. We are committed to bringing forward medicines and vaccines for the world's most challenging diseases, advancing health solutions, and preventing diseases that threaten people and animals worldwide.

Why Join Us

Imagine waking up every morning with the knowledge that your work is helping to save and improve lives globally. Here, you have that opportunity. Collaborate with a diverse group of colleagues, bringing your empathy, creativity, or scientific genius to work in pursuit of hope for countless individuals facing challenging diseases. Join our dynamic team and start making a difference today.

We value diversity and are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We believe that the fastest path to innovation is bringing diverse ideas together in an inclusive environment. We encourage our colleagues to respectfully challenge each other's thinking and approach problems collectively.

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