Director, Open-Source Applications (Remote)

Everest Clinical Research; United States; Hybrid; USD 170,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

Dental coverage

Vision coverage

Life Insurance

AD&D Insurance

Disability insurance

Tuition reimbursement

Gym reimbursement

Employee assistance program

Pension plan

Paid time off

Sick leave

Performance bonus

Job summary

Everest Clinical Research, a global CRO, is seeking an Associate Director for Open-Source Application Development. The role combines hands-on coding with leadership to advance data standards, analytics, and automation using SAS, R, and Python.

You will design and maintain production-quality code, build CI/CD pipelines, and mentor teams while aligning with regulatory data standards, cloud deployments, and modern open-source workflows.

Qualifications

• M.Sc., M.A. or higher in Statistics, Computer Science, or a relevant field with at least 10 years of clinical research experience.
• Demonstrated experience implementing CDISC standards for regulatory submissions.
• Strong hands-on experience with R, Python, SAS programming and software design for data and statistical use cases.
• Experience applying AI and LLM tools for coding development, including integration into applications/tools.
• Experience with GitHub or similar version control and workflows (GitLab, Bitbucket).
• Experience deploying applications in AWS/Azure/GCP, Docker, Kubernetes; hosting platforms like Posit Connect/Shiny is preferred.
• Travel up to 10% may be required.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership and expertise in open-source application development strategy for clinical data standards and analytics.
• Design, write, test, and maintain production-quality SAS, R and Python code as a hands-on contributor and lead developer.
• Ensure alignment with CDISC regulatory expectations and evolving data standards guidance.
• Oversee design, development, and maintenance of SAS/R/Python applications and libraries.
• Architect core modules and reusable functions with clean, modular, well-documented code.
• Conduct code reviews and mentor developers on software engineering best practices.
• Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions) for automated testing and deployment.
• Identify opportunities to streamline workflows with automated solutions across SAS and open-source tools.
• Prototype proof-of-concept tools and AI-assisted approaches before broader adoption.
• Debug and optimize performance; manage dependencies and environments.

Skills

R

Python

SAS programming

AI-assisted coding

Code reviews

CI/CD

GitHub workflows

Cloud & containers

Education

M.Sc. in Statistics or CS

Tools

GitHub

GitLab

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS/Azure/GCP

Posit Connect / Shiny

Job description

Everest Clinical Research, a global CRO, is seeking an Associate Director for Open-Source Application Development. The role combines hands-on coding with leadership to advance data standards, analytics, and automation using SAS, R, and Python.

You will design and maintain production-quality code, build CI/CD pipelines, and mentor teams while aligning with regulatory data standards, cloud deployments, and modern open-source workflows.