Research Data Engineer: Healthcare ETL & Epic

Laureate Institute for Brain Research; Tulsa (OK); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Laureate Institute for Brain Research seeks a Research Data Engineer to build scalable data infrastructure for neuroscience and mental health research. You will transform healthcare data into secure, analytics-ready assets and develop data pipelines using Epic Clarity, Caboodle, Cosmos, and other platforms.

You will design ETL pipelines, create research data marts, optimize SQL, and ensure data quality, security, and regulatory compliance while collaborating with investigators and data

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Health Informatics, Data Science, or related field.
• 3–4 years of healthcare data engineering, clinical informatics, or similar.
• Advanced SQL with query optimization and ETL/ELT pipeline development.
• Experience designing relational databases and research data marts.
• Experience with Epic (Clarity, Caboodle, Cosmos) or similar enterprise health data platforms.
• Knowledge of healthcare data standards (ICD-10, CPT, SNOMED CT, LOINC, RxNorm).
• Understanding of HIPAA, clinical research data governance, and privacy regulations.
• Strong analytical, communication, and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain ETL/ELT pipelines for clinical and research data.
• Build and maintain research data marts with standardized, curated datasets.
• Develop and optimize SQL queries, stored procedures, and views for performance.
• Extract and integrate data from Epic or comparable EHR platforms.
• Create analytics-ready datasets (Parquet or other formats) for analysis.
• Collaborate with investigators and data teams to translate scientific questions into data solutions.
• Implement automated data validation and quality assurance processes.
• Ensure data security, HIPAA compliance, and IRB adherence.
• Document data pipelines, models, and processes for reproducibility.

Skills

Advanced SQL

Data modeling

Analytical thinking

HIPAA knowledge

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Epic Clarity

Caboodle

Cosmos

SQL

Parquet

Delta Lake

Python

R

Git

Job description

Laureate Institute for Brain Research seeks a Research Data Engineer to build scalable data infrastructure for neuroscience and mental health research. You will transform healthcare data into secure, analytics-ready assets and develop data pipelines using Epic Clarity, Caboodle, Cosmos, and other platforms.

You will design ETL pipelines, create research data marts, optimize SQL, and ensure data quality, security, and regulatory compliance while collaborating with investigators and data