Software developer Jobs in Pincourt, QC

For 75 years, Charles River employees have worked together to assist in the discovery, development and safe manufacture of new drug therapies. When you join our family, you will have a significant impact on the health and well-being of people across the globe. Whether your background is in life sciences, finance, IT, sales or another area, your skills will play an important role in the work we perform. In return, we’ll help you build a career that you can feel passionate about.

Job Summary

At Charles River Laboratories, we’re transforming how we work by harnessing the power of AI, data, and digital innovation to accelerate the discovery and development of life-saving therapies. Our vision is to embed artificial intelligence and advanced analytics across every stage of our scientific and operational workflows—empowering our teams with smarter tools, seamless data, and actionable insights to deliver client-centric services and solutions that better serve our customers and, ultimately, improve patients’ lives.

As a Senior Data Engineer within our Enterprise Data and Analytics team, you’ll be at the forefront of a company-wide digital transformation. We’re looking for a forward-thinking engineer who brings deep technical expertise and a passion for building scalable, AI-ready data platforms. In this role, you’ll architect and implement modern data solutions that power intelligent applications, streamline operations, and deliver measurable business value. You’ll work closely with cross-functional teams to design robust pipelines, integrate diverse data sources, and enable advanced analytics and generative AI capabilities. This is a unique opportunity to shape the future of data engineering at Charles River and help unlock the full potential of data to drive innovation in the life sciences.

In this role, primary responsibilities include :

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable data pipelines and ETL processes using Azure Data Factory, Azure Data Bricks, and other Azure services;
• Implement and optimize data storage solutions using Azure Data Lake, Azure SQL Database, and Delta Lake to support analytics and reporting needs;
• Collaborate with data scientists, analysts, and business stakeholders to understand data requirements and deliver high-quality, reliable datasets;
• Ensure data security, compliance, and governance by applying best practices, role-based access control (RBAC), and encryption;
• Monitor and troubleshoot data workflows, ensuring performance, reliability, and cost-efficiency across Azure cloud environments;
• Automate data integration and transformation tasks using Azure Functions, Logic Apps, and scripting languages like Python;
• Mentor junior engineers and foster a collaborative team environment.

Key Elements

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Why Charles River ?

If you are interested in contributing to the well-being of our communities, not only across the country but around the world, please join us.  This is Your Moment.

About Safety Assessment

Charles River is committed to helping our partners expedite their preclinical drug development with exceptional safety assessment services, state-of-the-art facilities and expert regulatory guidance. From individual specialty toxicology and IND enabling studies to tailored packages and total laboratory support, our deeply experienced team can design and execute programs that anticipate challenges and avoid roadblocks for a smooth, efficient journey to market. Each year approximately 300 investigational new drug (IND) programs are conducted in our Safety Assessment facilities.

About Charles River

Charles River is an early-stage contract research organization (CRO). We have built upon our foundation of laboratory animal medicine and science to develop a diverse portfolio of discovery and safety assessment services, both Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) and non-GLP, to support clients from target identification through preclinical development. Charles River also provides a suite of products and services to support our clients’ clinical laboratory testing needs and manufacturing activities. Utilizing this broad portfolio of products and services enables our clients to create a more flexible drug development model, which reduces their costs, enhances their productivity and effectiveness to increase speed to market.

With over 20,000 employees within 110 facilities in over 20 countries around the globe, we are strategically positioned to coordinate worldwide resources and apply multidisciplinary perspectives in resolving our client’s unique challenges. Our client base includes global pharmaceutical companies, biotechnology companies, government agencies and hospitals and academic institutions around the world.

At Charles River, we are passionate about our role in improving the quality of people’s lives. Our mission, our excellent science and our strong sense of purpose guide us in all that we do, and we approach each day with the knowledge that our work helps to improve the health and well-being of many across the globe. We have proudly worked on 80% of the drugs approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the past five years.

We’re committed to providing benefits that elevate your quality of life. Based on your position these may include : bonus / incentives based on performance, 401K, paid time off, stock purchase program, Health and wellness coverage, employee and family wellbeing support programs, and work life balance flexibility.