Data engineer

Job Title: Data engineer

Job Location: Bangalore

About Syngene :  Syngene (www.syngeneintl.com) is an innovation-led contract research, development and manufacturing organization offering integrated scientific  services from early discovery to commercial supply.

At Syngene, safety is at the heart of everything we do personally and professionally. Syngene has placed safety at par with business performance with shared responsibility and accountability, including following safety guidelines, procedures and SOPs, in letter and spirit

Mandatory expectation for all roles as per Syngene safety guidelines

• Overall adherence to safe practices and procedures of oneself and the teams aligned
• Contributing to development of procedures, practices and systems that ensures safe operations and compliance to company’s integrity & quality standards
• Driving a corporate culture that promotes environment, health, and safety (EHS) mindset and operational discipline at the workplace at all times.
• Ensuring safety of self, teams and lab/plant by adhering to safety protocols and following environment, health, and safety (EHS) requirements at all times in the workplace.
• Ensure all assigned mandatory trainings related to data integrity, health, and safety measures are completed on time by all members of the team including self
• Compliance to Syngene’ s quality standards at all times

Role overview:

We are looking for a Data Engineer who will be responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining scalable pipelines and workflows to support R&D requirements. The role will work closely with scientific and informatics teams to deliver reliable and high‑quality data solutions.

Key Responsibilities:

• Build and maintain data pipelines for ingesting and processing scientific data.
• Develop workflow scripts and automate data processes using tools like Nextflow or similar workflow engines.
• Support pipeline optimization, monitoring, and troubleshooting on Linux HPC/cloud environments.
• Work with scientists and data scientists to understand data needs and deliver usable solutions.
• Follow data engineering best practices: version control, testing, documentation, and code reviews.

Syngene Values

All employees will consistently demonstrate alignment with our core values

•  Excellence
•  Integrity
•  Professionalism

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s/Master’s degree in informatics for life sciences
• 2+ years of experience in data engineering or scientific computing roles.

Preferred Skills & Expertise:

• Strong programming skills in Python and R; working knowledge of Java and SQL/NoSQL databases.
• Practical experience with cheminformatics, bioinformatics workflows  and demonstrated experience using tools like Nextflow/Snakemake.
• Experience working with container technologies, Linux HPC systems and cloud services.
• Strong problem‑solving, analytical, and communication skills.

Equal Opportunity Employer:

It is the policy of Syngene to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable legislation or local law. In addition, Syngene will provide reasonable accommodation for qualified individuals with disabilities.