PIM Engineer

Company Description

For over 20 years, Abcam has been providing tools the scientific community needs to enable faster breakthroughs in critical areas like cancer, neurological disorders, infectious diseases, and metabolic disorders.

We believe that to continue making progress, we need to work together in new ways. We need your own unique perspective as well as this of our people to make an always greater impact on the world. This community needs people like you: dedicated, agile and above all audacious so we can truly bring progress forward.

Job Description

We have an exciting opportunity for a PIM Engineer to join our team, the role will involve the below responsibilities and challenges:

To lead and deliver technical and coding changes to the PIM application prioritised in the backlog 

To deliver solution design options and recommendations with changes to the data model and the PIM application where necessary 

To drive continuous improvement and seek out efficiencies and functional enhancements, delivering proofs of concept where necessary to validate 

To understand the impact of functional changes in PIM (functional and data) on related product platforms and integrations, i.e. to have the end-to-end view of the product data lifecycle 

Data expertise of the scientific data attributes and their behaviour within the PIM data model and across the wider product data ecosystem 

To work in collaboration with the offshore support team and product data architect to influence design and architectural improvements 

To work in collaboration with the Digital architecture and technology teams to understand and influence PIM’s role across the wider solution architecture and product data related applications 

Supports delivery of business rule changes 

Supports the triage and implementation of fixes for incident management 

Supports the offshore team to maintain and improve stability and technical reliability of PIM 

Understands the underlying data model and schema design and influences and delivers change to schemas 

Qualifications

The ideal candidate may have much of this experience; 

Knowledge of integration technologies such as MuleSoft and Kafka 

Knowledge of PHP and Symfony 5.0 applications 

Knowledge of scientific item data 

Relevant experience working in a scientific data management capacity (preferably e-commerce environment) or life science experience in general 

Experience of working alongside data architects, data engineers, data modelers, data quality analysts and data governance teams, and end users of the data 

Understanding of agile methodologies and practical experience of delivering products using agile approaches. Able to help team select appropriate practices. 

Understanding of the product lifecycle and capable of defining and adapting the team to deliver at each stage 

Good attention to detail and an ability to analyse and use data in decision making 

Strong organisational and multi-tasking skills with ability to balance competing priorities 

Experience in identifying, diagnosing and resolving issues independently; will take initiative even under unfamiliar or ambiguous circumstances 

Ability to convey ideas and recommendations in a clear, compelling and succinct way in written and verbal communications 

Fluent written and spoken English 

Qualifications:

Bachelor’s or First degree in Sciences, Business, Computing or Humanities – with a strong preference for a Science based qualification 

Additional Information

We know that when it comes to benefits, no one size fits all. Flexibility and choice matter which is why, in addition to market competitive salaries, we offer you a flexible benefits package which is tailored to your unique needs and support your financial, physical and emotional wellbeing. This includes 18 weeks fully paid maternity leave, 6 weeks fully paid paternity leave as well as highly flexible working and much more. Besides, your development will be integral to your experience here. You will grow alongside other talented minds, in ways you may often find unexpected.

When people come together, incredible things happen. Here you’ll work in a safe environment where you can be who you truly are. We’ll champion and celebrate your uniqueness throughout your journey with us. This is how we excel at partnering with the scientific community no matter the challenge, ultimately helping solve the world’s most critical diseases. Find out more about Diversity & Inclusion at Abcam.

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