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Clinical Data Engineer

  1. Blue Bell
JR136623
  1. ICON Strategic Solutions
  2. Clinical Data Scientist Lead, Clinical Programming
  3. Remote

About the role

EDC Engineer- Remote

ICON plc is a world-leading healthcare intelligence and clinical research organization. We’re proud to foster an inclusive environment driving innovation and excellence, and we welcome you to join us on our mission to shape the future of clinical development.

Below are the key responsibilities to prioritize for the Clinical Data Engineer role.

Summary of Responsibilities

  • Serve as a technical expert in building data pipelines for the ingestion and delivery of clinical data at the study level, supporting study start-up, conduct, and close-out activities.
  • Develop robust data pipelines for integrating heterogeneous data sources.
  • Identify, design, and implement scalable data delivery solutions, automating manual processes whenever possible.
  • Develop and implement comprehensive data integrity and quality checks throughout the data ingestion process.
  • Design and build infrastructure for optimal data extraction, transformation, and loading (ETL/ELT) using cloud platforms such as AWS and Azure.
  • Collaborate with downstream users—including statistical programmers, SDTM programmers, analytics, and clinical data programmers—to ensure deliverables meet end-user requirements.
  • Appropriately escalate issues to CDE leadership as needed.

Technical & Functional Expertise

  • Extensive experience developing ELT and ETL solutions for data warehouses and data lakes.
  • Proficient with Python, R, RShiny, SQL, and NoSQL databases.
  • Hands-on cloud experience with AWS, Azure, or GCP.
  • Familiarity with GitLab, GitHub, and Jenkins for version control and CI/CD.
  • Proven expertise in deploying data pipelines in cloud environments.
  • Skilled in setting up and managing data warehouses and data lakes (e.g., Snowflake, Amazon Redshift).
  • Efficient in designing, developing, and maintaining scalable data pipelines for large datasets.
  • Strong understanding of database concepts, with working knowledge of XML, JSON, and API integrations.

What ICON can offer you:
Our success depends on the quality of our people. That’s why we’ve made it a priority to build a diverse culture that rewards high performance and nurtures talent.

In addition to your competitive salary, ICON offers a range of additional benefits. Our benefits are designed to be competitive within each country and are focused on well-being and work life balance opportunities for you and your family.

Our benefits examples include:

  • Various annual leave entitlements
  • A range of health insurance offerings to suit you and your family’s needs.
  • Competitive retirement planning offerings to maximize savings and plan with confidence for the years ahead.
  • Global Employee Assistance Programme, LifeWorks, offering 24-hour access to a global network of over 80,000 independent specialized professionals who are there to support you and your family’s well-being.
  • Life assurance
  • Flexible country-specific optional benefits, including childcare vouchers, bike purchase schemes, discounted gym memberships, subsidized travel passes, health assessments, among others.

Visit our careers site to read more about the benefits ICON offers.

At ICON, inclusion & belonging are fundamental to our culture and values. We’re dedicated to providing an inclusive and accessible environment for all candidates. ICON is committed to providing a workplace free of discrimination and harassment. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

If, because of a medical condition or disability, you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process, or in order to perform the essential functions of a position, please let us know or submit a request here

Interested in the role, but unsure if you meet all of the requirements? We would encourage you to apply regardless – there’s every chance you’re exactly what we’re looking for here at ICON whether it is for this or other roles.

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