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DevOps Engineering

Ghent, Belgium
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Bring your curiosity to a team where deep immunoscience meets cutting-edge innovation. Across oncology, rare diseases, neurology, and vaccines, you’ll work at the intersection of lab science and AI-powered discovery — all while collaborating across boundaries to turn breakthrough ideas into real-world impact. Whether you want to deepen your scientific expertise or grow as a leader, you’ll find the opportunity here.

  • Location:BE / Gent

  • Work Arrangements:Hybrid mode (3 days Office presence –2 dayhome office)

About Sanofi:

Sanofi Ghent leads the development of NANOBODY® molecules — proprietary therapeutic proteins based on single-domain antibody fragments that can be engineered into multi-valent and multi-specific formats. These innovative molecules hold significant potential in treating serious and life-threatening diseases. Our portfolio spans major therapeutic areas including inflammation,hematology, immuno-oncology, and oncology.

About the Role:

We are strengthening our scientific computing team and looking for an experienced, creative Cloud Engineer, Data Scientist, or Bioinformatician eager to thrive in a fast-paced, patient-committed environment. The ideal candidate bringsexpertisespanning back-end and front-end technologies, playing a key role in developing, streamlining, and automating workflows, managing integration pipelines, and connecting systems seamlessly. Based in Sanofi Ghent, you will collaborate closely with teams in the UK and France, contributing to our global Large Molecule Research (LMR) platform and building strong partnerships across the digital organization.

Main responsibilities:

  • Integrate NANOBODY® data pipelines into the company's central data systems

  • Design, adapt, and/or co-develop digital applications to automate scientific data processing, enabling data-driven decision-making in drug discovery

  • Maintain and evolve in-house code repositories with proper documentation using company-approved project management tools

  • Support the development and maintenance of a cloud-based platform — including databases and bioinformatics applications — for NANOBODY® molecule analysis and design, with a view to expanding to broader antibody-based modalities

  • Implement and manage computational infrastructure and data management policies to support AI/ML workflows andoptimaldata storage

  • Ensure adherence to Sanofi governance, security, compliance, and data privacy requirements —establishingnew processes where needed

About you:

Experience:

  • Proficient in Linux with strong scripting skills in Python, Java, Unix Shell, and SQL; knowledge of Go and/or Rust is a plus

  • Hands-onexpertisewith Docker/Podmanand OpenShift/Kubernetes for containerized deployments and OCI-compliant image management (ECR,JFrogArtifactory)

  • Experience deploying andmaintainingdiverse databases (SQL, NoSQL, columnar, array), data Lakehouse platforms, and federated query engines (e.g.Trino,PuppyGraph)

  • Practical cloud experience with AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud; DevOps/GitOpsproficiencywithIaCtools (GitHub, Terraform, Helm,ArgoCD)

  • Solid understanding of API management (REST,GraphQL), authentication/authorization protocols, and IAM tools

  • Knowledge of data integration concepts (ETL, ELT, data federation, wrangling) and data warehousing principles

  • Full Stack web development experience is highly desirable

  • Experience in agile teams with code-review practices (pull requests); life sciences/pharma industry background is a plus

Soft skills:

  • Innovative mindset with the ability to drive transformation across a global organization

  • Strong communicator — able to bridge technical and non-technical audiences (biologists, engineers, business stakeholders)

  • Collaborative team player with proven experience in cross-functional, international environments

  • Adaptable and effective in a matrixed, multicultural organization

Languages:

• Excellent English communication skills, both verbal and written, Dutch language would be nice to have 

Why choose us?

  • Be part of a companythat'stransforming healthcare through innovation and science

  • Work in an agile, collaborative environment where your ideas matter

  • Access career development opportunities and continuous learning

  • Join a diverse, inclusive team that values your unique perspective

  • Make a real impact on patients living with cardiovascular and metabolic conditions

  • Enjoy the autonomy to shape your territory and build meaningful customer relationships

Pursue Progress. Discover Extraordinary.

Better is out there. Better medications, better outcomes, better science. But progressdoesn'thappen without people – people fromdifferent backgrounds, indifferent locations, doingdifferent roles, all united by one thing: a desire to make miracles happen. So,let'sbe those people.

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Pursue Progress. Discover Extraordinary.

Join Sanofi and step into a new era of science - where your growth can be just as transformative as the work we do. We invest in you to reach further, think faster, and do what’s never-been-done-before. You’ll help push boundaries, challenge convention, and build smarter solutions that reach the communities we serve. Ready to chase the miracles of science and improve people’s lives? Let’s Pursue Progress and Discover Extraordinary – together.

At Sanofi, we provide equal opportunities to all regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.

Watch 'One day at Sanofi' and check out our Diversity Equity and Inclusion initiatives at sanofi.com

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  • Expand your horizons. Grow through curiosity, with support to move, learn, and lead in a culture that champions mentorship, mobility, and bold development.

  • Accelerate results with technology. Harness the power of AI and automation to push scientific boundaries and reimagine what's possible in drug discovery.

  • Impact through inclusive innovation. Help deliver better science and fairer outcomes by driving inclusive research that reaches more people, in more meaningful ways.

  • Turn patient needs into breakthrough science. Drive scientific breakthroughs that start with patient needs – and end in treatments that change lives.

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