# Principal Data Engineer – Python Backend

Career Category Strategy and InnovationJob Description Role Summary We’re hiring a Data Engineer with Python backend development experience to build scalable data pipelines and services. The role combines data engineering with backend API development, including integrating data platforms with applications and AI agents. The ideal candidate has hands-on experience with Python, SQL, Databricks, and Apache Spark. They should also understand REST APIs, relational and NoSQL databases, and how to improve Spark workloads for performance and scale. Key Responsibilities Design, build, and maintain data ingestion and ETL/ELT pipelines using Python, SQL, Databricks, and Spark/PySpark. Integrate data from APIs, databases, files, and third-party systems. Develop and maintain backend services and REST APIs using Python frameworks such as FastAPI, Flask, or Django. Build API integrations that allow applications and AI agents to access approved data and services. Design and work with relational and NoSQL databases, including schemas, data models, and queries. Optimize Spark jobs and Databricks workloads for performance, scalability, and cost. Apply distributed computing principles to process large

- **Id**: 4077664
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/amgen-principal-data-engineer-python-backend>
- **Role**: Backend
- **Role family**: Backend
- **Seniority**: lead
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Hyderabad, India
- **Countries**: IN
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 12
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-11T15:59:42Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-11
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-11T15:59:42Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 0
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 3598
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Prescription Drugs, Biologics & Biosimilars, Immunology & Inflammation Therapeutics, Cardiometabolic Therapeutics

## Company

- **Id**: 4775
- **Name**: Amgen
- **Domain**: amgen.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/amgen>
- **Size band**: 5000+
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Workday

### Truth index

- **Grade**: B
- **Score**: 83
- **Open postings**: 337
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.68
- **Repost share**: 0.018
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 42
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-11T05:49:22Z

## Technologies

- **AI Agents** — Optional: no
- **CI/CD** — Optional: no
- **Databricks** — Optional: no
- **Django** — Optional: no
- **ETL/ELT** — Optional: no
- **FastAPI** — Optional: no
- **Flask** — Optional: no
- **Git** — Optional: no
- **pySpark** — Optional: no
- **Python** — Optional: no
- **Rest API** — Optional: no
- **Spark** — Optional: no
- **SQL** — Optional: no
- **Airflow** — Optional: yes
- **Apache Kafka** — Optional: yes
- **Azure** — Optional: yes
- **Azure Data Factory** — Optional: yes
- **Delta Lake** — Optional: yes
- **Docker** — Optional: yes
- **Kubernetes** — Optional: yes
- **Machine Learning** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 0

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 12
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-11T15:59:42Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 86
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.86
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 0
- **Expected fill days**: 42
- **Reasons**: conf:0, win:early, comp:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-11T16:39:57Z

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