Design and build data product infrastructure using Java and Spark, mentor team members, and ensure the privacy of healthcare data.
Veeva Systems is a mission-driven organization and pioneer in industry cloud, helping life sciences companies bring therapies to patients faster. As one of the fastest-growing SaaS companies in history, we surpassed $2B in revenue in our last fiscal year with extensive growth potential ahead.
At the heart of Veeva are our values: Do the Right Thing, Customer Success, Employee Success, and Speed. We're not just any public company – we made history in 2021 by becoming a public benefit corporation (PBC), legally bound to balancing the interests of customers, employees, society, and investors.
Join us in transforming the life sciences industry, committed to making a positive impact on its customers, employees, and communities.
The Role
Crossix Data Platform is a framework which connects huge patient healthcare data from multiple sources in a privacy-safe method on a daily basis to maintain a current view of the US healthcare market. The result enables two core businesses within Veeva. Crossix Analytics, which is dedicated to advancing healthcare marketing with analytics, innovative planning, targeting, measurement, and optimization solutions. And Compass, which enables clients to study and analyze de-identified healthcare data for various needs. Both businesses are positioned at the center of big data, innovative technology and provide most Life Sciences companies with insights to help make strategic business decisions, and drive improved patient outcomes.
As a tech lead, you will take a leading part in designing and building the infrastructure for connecting and analyzing huge, privacy protected datasets in the cloud using Java, Spark and other technologies and mentor team members.
What You'll Do
- Design and develop platform capabilities for scalable data products tailored to enterprise customers
- Collaborate with Product Managers, Software Engineers, and DevOps Engineers to gather requirements, create systems, feature design documentation, and implement solutions across diverse environments
- Write Java-based back-end code, leveraging Spark, various cloud services, and relational databases
- Partner with the production team to define solutions, monitor services, troubleshoot issues, and identify cost optimization opportunities
- Mentor and guide team engineers, providing support in their daily tasks and development
- Build and use monitoring infrastructure to track services, troubleshoot problems and optimize performance, throughput and costs
- Address privacy challenges to ensure the protection and confidentiality of consumer and patient data
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent
- 8+ years of experience with server side Java programming and with big data processing
- 4+ years of experience with one or more cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP), including experience with platform capabilities (e.g. storage, compute, queuing and orchestration) and in configuring security and networking
- Proficient in CI/CD pipelines and DevOps tools (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab CI, Ansible, Terraform, k8s), with the ability to modify and adapt existing resources as required
- Skilled in system architecture and code design
- Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills
- Get things done fast and with high quality
- Eager to learn and fast learner with a strong sense of ownership
- Proficient English skills
Nice to Have
- Experience with Apache Spark framework
Veeva’s headquarters is located in the San Francisco Bay Area with offices in more than 15 countries around the world.
As an equal opportunity employer, Veeva is committed to fostering a culture of inclusion and growing a diverse workforce. Diversity makes us stronger. It comes in many forms. Gender, race, ethnicity, religion, politics, sexual orientation, age, disability and life experience shape us all into unique individuals. We value people for the individuals they are and the contributions they can bring to our teams.
If you need assistance or accommodation due to a disability or special need when applying for a role or in our recruitment process, please contact us at [email protected].
Top Skills
Ansible
AWS
Azure
GCP
Gitlab Ci
Java
Jenkins
Kubernetes
Spark
Terraform
Veeva Pleasanton, California, USA Office
4280 Hacienda Drive, Pleasanton, CA, United States, 94588
Veeva San Francisco, California, USA Office
100 Montgomery Street, San Francisco, CA, United States, 94104
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