Remote Research Data Engineer & Statistical Programmer

Colorado State University; Oregon; Hybrid; USD 45,000 - 50,000; Part time

Job summary

Colorado State University’s Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere (CIRA) seeks a part-time Research Data Engineer/Statistical Programmer for remote work. You will build and maintain scalable data-management for public perception surveys on hazardous weather, using Stata, Python, and related tools.

You will harmonize legacy data, develop crosswalks, and create automated quality checks while ensuring reproducible workflows and auditable decisions.

Qualifications

• Degree in data science, computer science, statistics, information science, social science, or related field.
• Experience with reproducible data-processing workflows and data management.
• Experience programming data in Stata and Python, with documented workflows.
• Experience using version-control tools like Git or GitHub.

Responsibilities

• Review and harmonize historical survey data into standardized databases.
• Develop a master variable crosswalk and standardized names/labels across waves.
• Design a reproducible pipeline to import, clean, and harmonize data from Qualtrics.
• Scale processing for 15–20 waves and up to ~600 waves annually.

Skills

Stata programming

Python

Reproducible workflows

Version control (Git/GitHub)

Data management

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s in data science / computer science / statistics / information science

Tools

Stata

Git/GitHub

Qualtrics

R

Python

Job description

Colorado State University’s Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere (CIRA) seeks a part-time Research Data Engineer/Statistical Programmer for remote work. You will build and maintain scalable data-management for public perception surveys on hazardous weather, using Stata, Python, and related tools.

You will harmonize legacy data, develop crosswalks, and create automated quality checks while ensuring reproducible workflows and auditable decisions.