Syneos Health
Syneos Health® is a leading fully integrated biopharmaceutical solutions organization built to accelerate customer success. We translate unique clinical, medical affairs, and commercial insights into outcomes to address modern market realities. Over the past 5 years, we have worked with 94% of all Novel FDA Approved Drugs, 95% of EMA Authorized Products, and over 200 Studies across 73,000 Sites and 675,000+ Trial patients. We are committed to our Total Self culture – where you can authentically be yourself. Our Total Self culture is what unites us globally, and we are dedicated to taking care of our people.
Senior Biometrics Data Engineer
Location
Arizona + 3 moreAll locations: Arizona, Maine, Ohio, Rhode Island
Posted
25 days ago
Salary
Not specified
Bachelor Degree8 yrs expEnglishAirflowAzureCloudDockerETLKubernetesPandasPy SparkPythonSQL
Job Description
• Act as a hands-on technical lead who not only defines the architecture but also codes, deploys, and maintains scalable ETL pipelines and data structures
• Spearhead the technical implementation of the Translational Data Lake data ingestion, managing the ingestion of complex datasets (genomics, proteomics, imaging, lab data, etc.) into modern cloud architectures
• Lead data engineering projects beyond the Data Lake, designing bespoke integration solutions for diverse scientific data sources across the Research organization
• Design and script automated procedures to normalize unformatted data from external vendors (CROs) into a structured Common Data Model (CDM)
• Partner with various functions in Research and IT to align infrastructure with scientific needs, ensuring solutions are robust, FAIR-compliant, and scalable
• Develop and communicate the technical vision for biomarker data integration and reuse
• Architect and implement scalable ETL procedures, APIs and front-end tools for data access and visualization
• Engage stakeholders to gather requirements and incorporate feedback into design
• Lead user acceptance testing (UAT) and ensure high-quality deliverables
• Collaborate with IT and Translational leads to align infrastructure and governance processes
• Champion FAIR principles and interoperability across translational and clinical programs
Job Requirements
- Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science, Data Engineering, Bioinformatics, or related field
- 8+ years of professional experience in data engineering or software architecture, with a focus on building production-grade data pipelines
- Expert-level coding proficiency in Python with specific mastery of modern data engineering libraries (Pandas, PySpark, Dask, SQLAlchemy)
- Advanced proficiency with SQL, workflow orchestration tools (Airflow, Dagster, or Prefect), and containerization (Docker/Kubernetes)
- Deep experience with modern Data Lake and Lakehouse architectures (e.g., Azure Fabric, Databricks, Snowflake)
- Solid understanding of data modeling, ETL processes, and schema design for complex datasets
- Experience designing and deploying APIs for data access
- Excellent communication skills to bridge the gap between IT infrastructure and scientific stakeholders.
Benefits
- Health benefits to include Medical, Dental and Vision
- Company match 401k
- Eligibility to participate in Employee Stock Purchase Plan
- Eligibility to earn commissions/bonus based on company and individual performance
- Flexible paid time off (PTO) and sick time
