Software engineer Jobs in Hudson, 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 Principal 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.

Primary responsibilities

Dans ce poste, les principales responsabilités incluront :

• Diriger des initiatives pour moderniser les systèmes de données hérités, en introduisant des architectures natives dans le cloud, en temps réel et basées sur les événements.
• Collaborer avec les équipes IA / ML pour concevoir des pipelines de données optimisés pour l'entraînement des modèles, l'inférence et l'apprentissage continu.
• Développer et appliquer des normes de codage, des directives de modélisation des données et des modèles de conception de pipelines au sein des équipes d'ingénierie.
• Concevoir, développer et maintenir des pipelines de données évolutifs et des processus ETL en utilisant Azure Data Factory, Azure Databricks et d'autres services Azure.
• Mettre en œuvre et optimiser des solutions de stockage de données en utilisant Azure Data Lake, Azure SQL Database et Delta Lake pour soutenir les besoins en analyses et en rapports.
• Collaborer avec les scientifiques des données, les analystes et les parties prenantes de l'entreprise pour comprendre les besoins en données et fournir des ensembles de données fiables et de haute qualité.
• Assurer la sécurité, la conformité et la gouvernance des données en appliquant les meilleures pratiques, le contrôle d'accès basé sur les rôles (RBAC) et le chiffrement.
• Surveiller et dépanner les flux de données, en assurant la performance, la fiabilité et l'efficacité des coûts dans les environnements cloud Azure.
• Automatiser les tâches d'intégration et de transformation de données en utilisant les Fonctions d’Azure, Logic Apps et des langages de script comme Python.
• Fournir un leadership technique et un mentorat aux ingénieurs seniors et juniors, en favorisant une culture d'excellence et d'innovation.

Key Elements

We are looking for the following minimum qualifications for this role :

Preferred Skills

Role Specific Information

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.