Software Data Engineer

Company Description

Why are we here?

You may not know our name but we can guarantee you know our work as all we do has a positive impact on life, health and the environment.

Eurofins is by your side every day, from the food you eat to the medicines you rely on. We work with the biggest companies in the world, making sure the products they supply are safe, their ingredients are authentic and labelling is accurate.

As a fast paced growing environment we are looking for natural born leaders that inspire passion in unique individuals and are not afraid to take risks in order to achieve goals. Life at Eurofins is a meritocracy, where people are empowered to make decisions and are rewarded for their success. We encourage independent thinkers who challenge the status quo and never accept the market or the company's usual way of doing things.

Job Description

We are looking to grow our Observability Engineering team in Dublin, with a focus on supporting our global software teams. The aim of Observability Engineering is to deliver data and knowledge to promote excellence in software development through analysing performance data, educating staff and utilizing performance improvement methodology using the support of leadership and staff empowerment.

Your main role will be to maintain and further development of data pipeline, to develop analytical layer by implementing .NET and Python services, and building visualization.

As a Software Data Engineer in Eurofins you will:

• Lead development of data-oriented services enabling application monitoring for business critical applications.
• Collaborate with other engineering teams in defining Standards and Governance.
• Collaborate with architects to define their technology transition into the cloud.
• Define and standardise tooling and Improve software performance metrics.
• Consult with business and other IT teams to build new channels between development and operations teams.

Do you have what it takes?

• Extensive experience working with .NET (C#)
• Basic experience in Python development.
• Good familiarity with algorithms and data structures (i.e. trees, graphs).
• Experience in building data driven application and data engineering (building data pipeline, data orchestration).
• Hands on experience in implementing SOLID principles and having good hands on experience SQL, and NoSQL databases.
• Good mathematical and statistical background.
• Basic React knowledge would be an advantage.
• Familiarity with data scientific tools is an advantage (NLP, Keras etc.).
• Familiarity with Elastic stack is a nice to have.
• Working with/design different domain-specific language (DSL) is an advantage.
• Hands on experience with Linux and Docker would be an advantage
• Experience in working with distributed teams or offshore teams is an advantage.

Personal Skills:

• Excellent communication with leaders.
• Capable to establish trust based on outstanding expertise with stakeholders.
• Excellent written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills 
• Strong analytical and organisational skills.
• Strong collaboration, partnership development, and relationship building skills.
• Ability to work effectively under pressure and identify ambiguity and drive for clarity.
• Ability to work in a complex international environment and ability to motivate and influence others.
• Adaptable and detail orientated. 

Qualifications

• Degree in Computing or similar related qualification, or equivalent by experience.
• Certifications are an advantage.

Additional Information

Eurofins Scientific is an international life sciences company, providing a unique range of analytical testing services to clients across multiple industries, to make life and our environment safer, healthier and more sustainable. From the food you eat, to the water you drink, to the medicines you rely on, Eurofins laboratories work with the biggest companies in the world to ensure the products they supply are safe, their ingredients are authentic and labelling is accurate.

The Eurofins network of companies is the global leader in food, environment, pharmaceutical and cosmetic product testing and in agroscience Contract Research Organisation services. It is one of the market leaders in certain testing and laboratory services for genomics, discovery pharmacology, forensics, advanced material sciences and in the support of clinical studies, as well as having an emerging global presence in Contract Development and Manufacturing Organisations. It also has a rapidly developing presence in highly specialised and molecular clinical diagnostic testing and in-vitro diagnostic products.

In over 30 years, Eurofins has grown from one laboratory in Nantes, France to 58,000 staff across a decentralised and entrepreneurial network of 900 laboratories in over 54 countries. Eurofins companies offer a portfolio of over 200,000 analytical methods to evaluate the safety, identity, composition, authenticity, origin, traceability and purity of biological substances and products.

In 2021, Eurofins generated total revenues of EUR 6.72 billion, and has been among the best performing stocks in Europe over the past 20 years.