Data Engineer I, Research Data Pipelines

University of Wisconsin–Madison; Madison (WI); Hybrid; USD 61,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

The MIDUS study at the University of Wisconsin–Madison is seeking a Data Engineer I to support data management for aging research. You will organize data pipelines, prepare datasets, and ensure quality across waves using SPSS, Python, and REDCap.

The role includes developing scalable architectures, collaborating with data scientists, and supervising student staff. Most work is onsite with potential limited remote work after the probation period.

Qualifications

• Experience with REDCap.
• One or more years’ work experience with research projects.
• Experience with data cleaning and quality assurance.
• Experience with longitudinal databases, especially survey data.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Experience with SPSS.
• Familiarity with Python and SQL.
• Good organizational skills to handle multiple priorities while remaining attentive to detail.
• Experience training and supervising undergraduate student staff.
• Ability to work well independently as well as part of a team.

Responsibilities

• Organizes both data preparation and analysis steps into reproducible pipelines that can process similar data sets automatically
• Prepares data sets for current and future analysis including cleaning/quality assurance, transformations, restructuring, and integration of multiple data sources and may use technologies that support data at scale
• Develops, constructs, tests, and maintains architectures for large-scale data management and analysis
• Implements data analysis steps in collaboration with data scientists, statisticians, and/or other researchers and may use technologies that support data at scale
• Selects appropriate technologies and optimizes pipelines for performance
• May supervise the day-to-day activities of student staff including data entry

Skills

REDCap

SPSS

Data cleaning

Longitudinal databases

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Python

SQL

REDCap

SPSS

Job description

The MIDUS study at the University of Wisconsin–Madison is seeking a Data Engineer I to support data management for aging research. You will organize data pipelines, prepare datasets, and ensure quality across waves using SPSS, Python, and REDCap.

The role includes developing scalable architectures, collaborating with data scientists, and supervising student staff. Most work is onsite with potential limited remote work after the probation period.