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05 · Brussels · Full-time

Python Automation Developer & Analyst

APB (Algemene Pharmaceutische Bond)

Automated pharmaceutical data migration and reporting pipelines.

Focus areas

  • Data Engineering
  • DevOps

Technologies

  • Python
  • Apache Airflow
  • PySpark
  • Pandas
  • MS SQL Server
  • Qlik Sense

Overview

This record covers the Python Automation Developer & Analyst role at APB (Algemene Pharmaceutische Bond) in Brussels, running from October 2021 to July 2022. The work delivered automation for pharmaceutical data migration and reporting pipelines.

Architecture & Development

  • Designed ETL pipelines with Apache Airflow, connecting legacy XML feeds with modern JSON/CSV integrations.
  • Built distributed data processing flows with PySpark, cleansing and aggregating millions of records.
  • Used Pandas for analytics transformations and integrated data outputs into MS SQL Server.
  • Designed reporting dashboards in Qlik Sense to visualize KPIs and compliance metrics.

DevOps & Testing

  • Automated deployment of Airflow DAGs through Git-based workflows.
  • Introduced data quality validation scripts to flag anomalies before ingestion.
  • Documented data lineage and process flows for regulatory audits.

Key Contributions

  • Reduced manual migration workload by 60% through fully automated ETL pipelines.
  • Improved reliability by implementing retry and monitoring mechanisms in Airflow DAGs.