Part-Time Clinical Data Pipeline Engineer

The Chronicle Of Higher Education, Inc.; United (PA); On-site; USD 10,000 - 48,000; Part time

Job summary

The University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia is seeking a Temp: Clinical Research Database Developer A to support automated data pipelines that integrate radiation oncology data into the CBTN research infrastructure. This role serves as the primary technical resource for extracting, transforming, validating, and securely transferring data between Penn Radiation Oncology and CHOP.

Grant funding governs this 20-hour-per-week position.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, data science, informatics or a comparable program preferred.
• 2-3 years of experience in data engineering, data management, or related field required.
• Position is contingent upon grant funding.

Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, and optimize automated radiation oncology data extraction and integration pipelines from Penn clinical systems.
• Validate extracted radiation therapy datasets, perform quality assurance, investigate discrepancies, and document corrective actions.
• Design, implement, and maintain structured data mappings between Penn clinical systems, REDCap, O3 data model, and CBTN databases. Data engineering: Standardize radiotherapy data element extraction in O3 ontology format for AI/ML ready datasets.
• Support secure automated data transfer and interoperability between Penn, CHOP, and research infrastructure.
• Collaborate with investigators, clinical faculty, research coordinators, data scientists, and institutional IT to support research initiatives and technical implementation.
• Develop and maintain technical documentation, metadata standards, workflow documentation, and validation procedures.
• Participate in pilot testing, workflow validation, and deployment of production ready data automation processes.
• Support approved research projects by preparing datasets, assisting investigators, and participating in multidisciplinary planning meetings.
• Monitor production systems, troubleshoot technical issues, and recommend workflow improvements to ensure reliable data acquisition and regulatory compliance.

Skills

Data extraction

Data validation

Data pipelines

Documentation

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field

Tools

REDCap

O3 data model

CBTN databases

Job description

The University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia is seeking a Temp: Clinical Research Database Developer A to support automated data pipelines that integrate radiation oncology data into the CBTN research infrastructure. This role serves as the primary technical resource for extracting, transforming, validating, and securely transferring data between Penn Radiation Oncology and CHOP.

Grant funding governs this 20-hour-per-week position.