Remote Research Data Engineer & Statistical Programmer

Colorado State University; Fort Collins (CO); Remote; USD 45,000 - 50,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully remote

Job summary

Colorado State University seeks a part-time Research Data Engineer/Statistical Programmer for the QRS project. This remote role focuses on building a scalable data-management system for public perception surveys related to hazard and flood risk communication.

You will harmonize legacy data, create robust crosswalks, and develop pipelines using Stata and Python. The position requires experience with Stata, Python, and version control, plus a commitment to documentation and reproducibility in a

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field with 3+ years of professional experience or Master’s degree in related field.
• Experience managing and programming data in Stata with reproducible do-files and data-validation procedures.
• Experience writing data-processing or scientific software in Python.
• Experience developing reproducible and documented data-processing workflows.
• Experience using version-control tools such as Git or GitHub.

Responsibilities

• Review and harmonize historical responses into structured databases.
• Develop a master variable crosswalk and standardize names, labels, and codes.
• Design and implement reproducible pipelines to import, clean, and harmonize survey data.
• Scale processing to hundreds of waves per year with audit-ready outputs.
• Maintain codebooks, data dictionaries, and SOPs in version control.

Skills

Data analysis

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Master’s degree

Tools

Stata

Python

Git

Job description

Colorado State University seeks a part-time Research Data Engineer/Statistical Programmer for the QRS project. This remote role focuses on building a scalable data-management system for public perception surveys related to hazard and flood risk communication.

You will harmonize legacy data, create robust crosswalks, and develop pipelines using Stata and Python. The position requires experience with Stata, Python, and version control, plus a commitment to documentation and reproducibility in a