Lead Expert D&T Data Engineer Research, Innovation & Labs

Job Title: Expert Data Engineer, Research, Innovation & Labs

Location: Barcelona, Spain

Join us as Expert Data Engineer, Research, Innovation & Labs to design and maintain robust data pipelines, ensuring seamless data integration and transformation. Collaborate with data modelers, scientists, and business partners to drive impactful projects centered around our data. Elevate your career by mastering cutting-edge tools and technologies in a dynamic, innovative environment.

Your key responsibilities

• Provide technical recommendations and evaluate project feasibility and workloads.
• Design and implement efficient pipeline architectures for data ingestion, transformation, and storage.
• Develop modular, efficient code for data transformation and integration, ensuring adherence to modern development practices.
• Perform data ingestion from source systems, including ETL processes, when tables are not available on the data platform. *Conduct regular pipeline maintenance and upgrades, troubleshooting and resolving issues to ensure optimal performance.
• Implement data quality testing and validation to maintain high standards of data integrity and reliability.
• Collaborate closely with other data engineers, data modelers, data stewards, BI developers, data scientists, and subject matter experts to ensure seamless data integration, knowledge sharing, and delivery of impactful solutions.

We offer

• Unique career paths across health, nutrition and beauty, explore what drives you and get the support to make it happen.
• A chance to impact millions of consumers every day, sustainability embedded in all we do.
• A science led company, cutting edge research and creativity everywhere, from biotech breakthroughs to sustainability game-changers, you’ll work on what’s next.
• Growth that keeps up with you, you join an industry leader that will develop your expertise and leadership.
• A culture that lifts you up. with collaborative teams, shared wins, and people who cheer each other on.
• A community where your voice matters. it is essential to serve our customers well.

You bring

• Expert knowledge in dbt, SQL, Python, Spark, Cypher, Git, and Databricks.
• Expertise in cloud engineering (e.g. AWS, Azure), infra-as-code, and deploying CICD pipelines is a plus.
• Experience with graph databases (e.g., Neo4j), integrating with both commercial and custom-built scientific software applications is a plus.
• Strong problem-solving skills.
• 3+ years experience in creating and maintaining data pipelines within the science, innovation, and labs domain for health, nutrition and beauty.
• Experience with handling scientific datasets for cheminformatics or bioinformatics (e.g. microbiome) is a plus.
• Experience with FAIR data principles, data governance and data standards used in the scientific domain.
• Ability to closely collaborate with data experts and subject matter experts to ensure seamless data integration and transformation.
• You consistently use best practices in coding, testing, and documentation to deliver scalable data solutions, ensuring accuracy and reliability through automated quality checks and monitoring tools.
• Curiosity and an open mind: You relentlessly ask "Is there a better way?" to leverage data for smarter decision-making.

About dsm-firmenich

At dsm-firmenich, we don’t just meet expectations – we go beyond them.

Join our global team powered by science, creativity, and a shared purpose: to bring progress to life.

From elevating health to making fortified food and sustainable skincare, the impact of your work here will be felt by millions – every single day. Whether it’s fragrance that helps you focus, alternative meat that’s better for the planet, or reducing sugar without losing flavor, this is where you help shape the future of nutrition, health, and beauty for everyone, everywhere.

And while you’re making a difference, we’ll make sure you’re growing too. With learning that never stops, a culture that lifts you up and the freedom to move across businesses, teams, and borders. Your voice matters here. And your ideas? They’re essential to our future.

Because real progress only happens when we go beyond, together.

Inclusion, belonging and equal opportunity statement

At dsm-firmenich, we believe being a force for good starts with the way we treat each other. When people feel supported, included, and free to be themselves, they do their best work – and that’s exactly the kind of culture we’re building. A place where opportunity is truly equal, authenticity is celebrated, and everyone has the chance to grow, contribute, and feel they belong.

We’re proud to be an equal opportunity employer, and we’re serious about making our hiring process as fair and inclusive as possible. From inclusive language and diverse interview panels to thoughtful sourcing, we’re committed to reflecting the world we serve.

We welcome candidates from all backgrounds — no matter your gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or anything else that makes you, you.

And if you have a disability or need any support through the application process, we’re here to help – just let us know what you need, and we’ll do everything we can to make it work.

Agency statement

We’re managing this search directly at dsm-firmenich. If you’re applying as an individual, we’d love to hear from you. We’re not accepting agency submissions or proposals involving fees or commissions for this role.