About this Principal Software Engineer- Data Platforms role at Danaher
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Are you ready to accelerate your potential and make a real difference within life sciences, diagnostics and biotechnology?
At IDBS, one of Danaher’s 15+ operating companies, our work saves lives—and we’re all united by a shared commitment to innovate for tangible impact.
You’ll thrive in a culture of belonging where you and your unique viewpoint matter. And by harnessing Danaher’s system of continuous improvement, you help turn ideas into impact – innovating at the speed of life.
At IDBS, we are at the cutting edge of providing innovative software solutions and services that empower scientists and researchers to accelerate their discoveries by helping them design, execute and orchestrate processes, manage, contextualize and structure their data and gain valuable insights throughout the drug lifecycle, from R&D through manufacturing. We work with 80% of the top 20 global BioPharma companies*. Our customers engage in groundbreaking work, from pioneering biological research to developing new therapies and medicines. Join us at IDBS to continuously grow and make a real impact, working alongside passionate colleagues who care deeply about our mission and each other.
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The Principal Data Software Engineer plays a critical role in the hands-on delivery and evolution of IDBS’s data platforms. Operating at principal level, the role focuses on building, operating, and continuously improving reliable, scalable, and compliant data capabilities that support AI, analytics, and enterprise workflows. Acting as a senior technical leader, the Principal Engineer influences data engineering decisions through deep practical expertise, balances near‑term delivery with long‑term maintainability, and ensures data platforms can sustainably support growing product, data, and regulatory demands.
In this role, you will have the opportunity to:
Lead the hands-on delivery of reliable, scalable data pipelines and datasets that power AI discoverability, analytics, reporting, and workflow automation across scientific, clinical, and enterprise data.
Build, evolve, and operate data ingestion and processing capabilities for structured, semi-structured, and unstructured data, supporting the transition from early prototypes through early adoption and general release.
Implement and maintain rich metadata and data quality practices that enable cross-record querying, traceability, and AI-ready data access across experiments, files, inventory, and workflows.
Partner closely with architects, AI engineers, workflow engineers, and domain experts to ensure data is usable, performant, and trustworthy for downstream GenAI and analytics use cases.
Act as a technical leader by setting a high bar for data engineering practices, mentoring engineers through code and delivery, and unblocking complex data challenges within the team.
The essential requirements of the job include:
Significant hands-on experience building and operating production data pipelines that support analytics, AI/ML, and enterprise application use cases.
Strong practical experience working with unstructured and structured data, including ingestion, transformation, enrichment, indexing, and lifecycle management.
Proven ability to deliver high‑quality, production-grade data systems with a focus on data quality, reliability, scalability, observability, and operational support.
Experience enabling data for downstream AI and reporting use cases, including cross-entity queries, contextual linking, and performant data access patterns.
Demonstrated principal‑level impact through technical delivery, mentorship, and collaboration across teams, rather than through line management or pure architecture ownership.
Desirable (but not essential):
Experience supporting GenAI, NLP, or AI-driven discovery and reporting use cases through well-designed data pipelines and curated datasets.
Familiarity with cloud-based data platforms and tooling, including Databricks and AWS, in production enterprise environments.
Experience working with data in regulated or quality-sensitive domains (e.g. life sciences or GxP-aligned environments), including auditability and traceability considerations.
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Join our winning team today. Together, we’ll accelerate the real-life impact of tomorrow’s science and technology. We partner with customers across the globe to help them solve their most complex challenges, architecting solutions that bring the power of science to life.
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