Junior Data Engineer

About the company 🏙 

Simple Pharma Group is an investment group dedicated to allowing stranded innovation to exist and thrive within the life sciences industry. The group’s purpose is to improve patient access to medicines globally by providing the best home for proven pharma products. The group is formed of two sister companies with distinct strategies: Androlabs and Simple Pharma.  

Androlabs is a group portfolio company that aims to build a globally significant pharmaceutical company solely dedicated to men’s health. Established in February 2021 with the acquisition of Testavan® and Vitaros®, Androlabs has developed a deep expertise in men’s health. It markets and promotes the two products across 20 countries and has two development products scheduled to launch in 2024 and 2026. 

With Simple Pharma, we are building the first end-to-end operations partner to pharma companies who wish to focus on their core business. Given the highly regulated environment in which pharma companies operate, operations are specialised and complex, meaning that product owners often default to risk-averse, manual ways of working. By channelling our core purpose into these activities, we relieve pharma companies of these obligations and deliver a better service than they could manage for themselves. 

We have grown our team to around 30 people across 5 countries. We are EBITDA profitable, growing, and are participating in a market that is ripe for new thinking. Our diverse team has a range of top academic and professional experience from institutions such as Oxford, INSEAD, Imperial, UCL, McKinsey, Latham & Watkins, PwC, EY, Johnson & Johnson, Accenture, Entrepreneur First, and others. 

The role 👩👨 

We are looking for a Junior Data Engineer to join our tech team. The successful candidate will be responsible for designing, building, and maintaining our data infrastructure, as well as developing and implementing data integration and ETL processes. While prior experience in data engineering is advantageous, our primary requirement is proficiency in data analysis, as we offer dedicated training one day a week to hone your skills. 

Our tech stack primarily revolves around PostgreSQL, Deno, TypeScript, Python, and NextJS, complemented by various third-party tools including Supabase. We strongly encourage proactive engagement and ownership of projects, where you’ll have the opportunity to apply first principles thinking to drive innovation. 

This is a highly entrepreneurial role in an exciting, early-stage business where you will be encouraged to contribute ideas and help shape the company’s trajectory. 

What you will be doing ⚙️ 

• Design and enhance data models 

• Ensure data quality 
• Develop integration processes 
• Build and maintain scalable data infrastructure 
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality data solutions. 

Requirements

Who you are 📜 

Requirements 

• Strong experience in data analysis, data science or other data processing fields 
• Proficiency in SQL and experience with relational databases, including PostgreSQL 
• Strong programming skills in Python. 
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills 
• Strong communication and collaboration skills 
• Problem-solver with high attention to detail 
• A can-do, no excuses attitude 
• Someone who can take ownership of tasks and drive them to completion 
• A love of lean, well-oiled processes and operational efficiency  
• Motivation to join an early stage, high-growth business 

Nice to haves 

• Strong experience in data engineering and ETL development 
• Experience with using APIs such as REST or GraphQL 
• Knowledge of Javascript/Typescript 
• Experience with Azure Cloud Services 
• Strong skills in Excel/Power BI 

Benefits

• Competitive salary (£42-50k) (based on experience, please note that your salary may vary if you are not based in the UK) 
• Employee stock option award on joining 
• Private health and dental insurance (UK benefit only) 
• Work from anywhere for the month of August 
• Use 7 get 3 free holiday days in August 
• 2pm Friday finishes in July & August 
• Regular team events 
• A high performance, ambitious roster of colleagues 
• Ample training and investment in the team 
• The chance for rapid professional and personal development, and a springboard into several career paths 

The Simple Pharma Group is a meritocracy – we hire based on people’s skills, experiences, and potential to contribute to our success.