Clinical Data Engineer

ICON Strategic Solutions; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare research organization in the United Kingdom is seeking a Clinical Data Engineer to lead the development of data pipelines for clinical trials. The ideal candidate will have over 8 years of data engineering experience, strong knowledge of cloud platforms like AWS and Azure, and proficiency in programming with languages such as Python. This role offers a competitive salary along with various health benefits and promotes work-life balance in a diverse culture.

Benefits

Various annual leave entitlements

Health insurance offerings

Retirement planning benefits

Employee Assistance Programme

Flexible optional benefits

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in data engineering or related field.
• 5+ years in building pipelines for data integration.
• Familiarity with GitLab, GitHub, and Jenkins for version control.

Responsibilities

• Lead design and implementation of data pipelines.
• Develop robust data pipelines for data integration.
• Collaborate with users to ensure deliverables meet requirements.

Skills

Data pipeline development

Cloud experience with AWS

Proficient in Python

SQL knowledge

Data integrity and quality checks

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Advanced degree preferred

Tools

AWS

Azure

Snowflake

Job description

Clinical Data Engineer (Client dedicated)

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.

As Clinical Data Engineer, you will be joining the world’s largest & most comprehensive clinical research organisation, powered by healthcare intelligence.

In this role, you will lead the design, development, and implementation of enterprise-level data pipelines that support clinical trial data integration and analysis. This role is instrumental in ensuring the efficient ingestion, transformation, and delivery of high‑quality clinical data across multiple systems and sources to enable data‑driven insights, regulatory compliance, and business excellence.

What you will be doing:

• 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 escalated issues to CDE leadership as needed.

You are:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Statistics, Biostatistics, Mathematics, or a related field; advanced degree preferred.
• 8+ years of experience in data engineering or a related field, with at least 5 years focused on building pipelines for complex, multi‑source data integration.
• 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 focused on well‑being and work‑life balance.

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

Visit our careers website to read more about the benefits of working at ICON: https://careers.iconplc.com/benefits

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, colour, 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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