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R&D Data Architect ( m/f/d)

Merck Group.com

Office

Mollet del Valles, Barcelona, ES, 08100

Full Time

Work Your Magic with us!  

Ready to explore, break barriers, and discover more? We know you’ve got big plans – so do we! Our colleagues across the globe love innovating with science and technology to enrich people’s lives with our solutions in Healthcare, Life Science, and Electronics. Together, we dream big and are passionate about caring for our rich mix of people, customers, patients, and planet. That's why we are always looking for curious minds that see themselves imagining the unimaginable with us.  

United As One for Patients, our purpose in Healthcare is to help create, improve and prolong lives. We develop medicines, intelligent devices and innovative technologies in therapeutic areas such as Oncology, Neurology and Fertility. Our teams work together across 6 continents with passion and relentless curiosity in order to help patients at every stage of life. Joining our Healthcare team is becoming part of a diverse, inclusive and flexible working culture, presenting great opportunities for personal development and career advancement across the globe.

Data Architect (M/F/D)

Join us to contribute to innovation through data and digital solutions. In Research and Development, the mission to bring more medicines to more patients faster is closely tied to maximizing data usage for improved decision-making through analytics and AI. As a Data Architect, you will play a pivotal role in designing, implementing, and enhancing our data architecture, flows, structures, and processing systems. Your expertise will be crucial in accelerating the delivery of high-quality data across our organization while serving as the technical lead for comprehensive data-centric solutions. You will collaborate closely with product owners and R&D stakeholders to optimize how we gather, structure, and leverage data. This role will allow you to support a wide range of reporting, analytics, decision support, and (Generative) AI solutions. You will utilize our modern Data & AI ecosystem built on Snowflake, AWS, Informatica, and Oracle technologies, becoming part of a highly skilled expert team. Your contributions will directly enable our mission to accelerate medical breakthroughs through intelligent data utilization.

Who You Are:

  • You hold a Master’s degree in computer science, mathematics, or a related field.
  • You have over 2-3 years of experience as a data warehouse expert, lead data engineer, data architect, or data product owner.
  • You possess experience in designing complex data models and data flow architectures.You have guided data engineers in implementing scalable, reliable, and efficient data flows.You are familiar with data & analytics solutions such as Snowflake, AWS (especially Glue, Lambda, DMS), Oracle, and Informatica (PowerCenter and IICS); experience with Azure Dev Ops and warehouse automation tools is a plus.
  • You have a strong knowledge of SQL, with familiarity in Python (particularly pandas and PySpark) being advantageous.
  • You possess excellent English communication skills, enabling effective interaction with R&D scientists and software engineers.
  • You thrive in virtual and agile team environments.

What we offer: We are curious minds that come from a broad range of backgrounds, perspectives, and life experiences. We believe that this variety drives excellence and innovation, strengthening our ability to lead in science and technology. We are committed to creating access and opportunities for all to develop and grow at your own pace. Join us in building a culture of inclusion and belonging that impacts millions and empowers everyone to work their magic and champion human progress!

Apply now and become a part of a team that is dedicated to Sparking Discovery and Elevating Humanity!

R&D Data Architect ( m/f/d)

Office

Mollet del Valles, Barcelona, ES, 08100

Full Time

December 12, 2025

merckgroup