Senior RWD Programmer - Remote Healthcare Data Analytics

United States Digital Space LLC; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

United States Digital Space LLC is seeking a Senior RWD Programmer to support a growing HEOR & RWE analytics function. This hands-on role involves writing R and SQL against large real-world claims and EHR datasets to answer analytic and study questions, collaborating with analytics leadership to translate research questions into clean, reproducible code.

You will translate study specifications and ad-hoc analytic requests into programming plans, build and maintain reproducible code and outputs,

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in epidemiology, biostatistics, health services research, public health, or a related quantitative field; plus 5+ years of hands-on programming experience with healthcare data.
• Strong, demonstrable R and SQL skills; SAS proficiency is a plus but not required.
• Direct experience programming against administrative claims data (e.g., MarketScan, Optum, Medicare LDS SAF, Komodo) and/or EHR data.
• Working knowledge of analytic methods used in RWE (e.g., survival analysis, GLMs).
• Claude Code-assisted programming experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Write R and SQL programs to extract, clean, and analyze data from claims, EHR, and other real-world data sources
• Translate study specifications and ad-hoc analytic requests into programming plans, flagging ambiguities before they become rework
• Build and maintain reproducible, well-documented code and outputs that others on the team can pick up and understand
• Manage multiple concurrent requests and shifting priorities without dropping quality
• Communicate progress, blockers, and results clearly to non-programming stakeholders
• Can work independently and efficiently to meet aggressive timelines where needed
• Adapt to rapidly changing priorities

Education

Master’s degree in epidemiology, biostatistics, health services research, public health, or a related quantitative field

Tools

R

SQL

SAS

Claude Code-assisted programming

Job description

United States Digital Space LLC is seeking a Senior RWD Programmer to support a growing HEOR & RWE analytics function. This hands-on role involves writing R and SQL against large real-world claims and EHR datasets to answer analytic and study questions, collaborating with analytics leadership to translate research questions into clean, reproducible code.

You will translate study specifications and ad-hoc analytic requests into programming plans, build and maintain reproducible code and outputs,