Staff Software Development Engineer · IT Design & Development

IQVIA Inc; Pennsylvania; On-site; USD 103,000 - 288,000; Full time

Job summary

IQVIA Inc is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to transform and provision large-scale patient-level healthcare data into production-ready assets powering the Scion Platform. You will design and optimize data pipelines, collaborate with data suppliers, and lead cross-functional teams in an Agile environment.

The role emphasizes cloud-based data platforms (Snowflake on Azure), Spark/Scala processing, and AI-assisted development tools to improve quality and productivity.

Qualifications

• 5–10 years of experience with large scale data integration and data movement.
• Experience leading architecture and coordination with cross-functional and offshore teams.
• Cloud-based data platforms including Snowflake on Azure; Hadoop ecosystem experience a plus.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with external data suppliers and internal stakeholders to understand data content, business rules, models, and source system characteristics.
• Design, develop, and maintain scalable data pipelines that ingest, transform, validate, and provision healthcare data from cloud sources.
• Develop automated data quality frameworks, validation procedures, and monitoring to ensure data accuracy and reliability.
• Build clean, maintainable code using best practices, and participate in CI/CD and Agile ceremonies.

Skills

Large-scale data integration

Data engineering

Scrum / Agile leadership

Cloud architecture

ETL/ELT design

Tools

Snowflake

Databricks

Redshift

Hadoop

Spark

Scala

Python

SQL

Linux

Shell scripting

Job description

# Staff Software Engineer## Position SummaryThe Staff Software Engineer will play a critical role in the onboarding, transformation, integration, and provisioning of large-scale patient-level healthcare datasets into core data assets that power the IQVIA Scion Platform.This role requires a strong combination of software engineering, data engineering, cloud technologies, and healthcare domain expertise to deliver scalable, high-quality data products that support IQVIA's commercial and analytical offerings.The ideal candidate will work closely with internal stakeholders and external data suppliers to gain a deep understanding of healthcare data assets, business requirements, and data models. Leveraging this knowledge, the candidate will design, develop, and optimize data-driven solutions that transform raw healthcare data into production-ready products that can be utilized by IQVIA clients and internal analytical teams.This position will have growth opportunity to help transform data and create applications on our next generation patient platform.## Key Responsibilities* Collaborate directly with external data suppliers and internal stakeholders to understand data content, business rules, data models, and source system characteristics.* Analyze and integrate complex healthcare datasets, including claims, pharmacy, EMR, and longitudinal patient-level data, into enterprise data assets.* Design, develop, and maintain scalable and reusable data pipelines that ingest, transform, validate, and provision healthcare data from internal and external cloud-based sources.* Develop large-scale data processing solutions utilizing Snowflake on Azure as the primary enterprise data platform, while supporting legacy Hadoop environments leveraging Apache Spark and Scala.* Design and implement robust ETL/ELT frameworks and data movement solutions capable of processing high-volume healthcare datasets efficiently and reliably.* Partner with cross-functional engineering, architecture, data management, and DevOps teams to design solutions and resolve complex data integration and pipeline challenges.* Develop automated data quality frameworks, validation procedures, trend analysis reporting, and monitoring solutions to ensure data accuracy, completeness, consistency, and reliability.* Build clean, maintainable, and reusable code using software engineering best practices, emphasizing scalability, performance, and operational supportability.* Utilize Git source control and collaborate with DevOps teams to implement CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, deployment automation, and release management processes.* Participate actively in Agile development processes, including sprint planning, daily stand-ups, backlog refinement, retrospectives, and other Scrum ceremonies.* Contribute to technical design reviews, architecture discussions, peer code reviews, and engineering best practice initiatives.* Leverage AI-assisted development tools, including Cursor and similar technologies, to improve software development productivity, code quality, quality assurance processes, and data analysis activities.## Required Experience* 5-10 years of experience with large scale data integration and data movement activities.* Experience Lead architecture and coordination with cross functional and offshore teams to lead development. The candidate be able to function as development lead in scrum and lead the team to finish sprint/PI objectives.* Cloud architecture and hands-on development: Snowflake (needed) Databricks/Redshift (a plus)* A big plus also is also Hadoop with programming experience in: Spark Scala Python SQL Linux shell scripting* Building code with AI tools, especially Cursor.* Review Performance tuning experience.* Experience working with LLM and building functionality with AI agents (Preferred).## Preferred Experience* Experience working with healthcare, pharmacy, claims, clinical trial, Electronic Medical Record (EMR), or longitudinal patient data.* Experience in healthcare analytics environments preferred.* Experience in claims processing and claims engine platforms or Real-World Data (RWD) platforms or healthcare research data platforms.* Experience with healthcare data integration and Patient-Level Data warehousing.IQVIA is a leading global provider of clinical research services, commercial insights and healthcare intelligence to the life sciences and healthcare industries. We create intelligent connections to accelerate the development and commercialization of innovative medical treatments to help improve patient outcomes and population health worldwide. Learn more at https://jobs.iqvia.comIQVIA is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other status protected by applicable law. https://jobs.iqvia.com/eoeIQVIA is committed to integrity in our hiring process and maintains a zero tolerance policy for candidate fraud. All information and credentials submitted in your application must be truthful and complete. Any false statements, misrepresentations, or material omissions during the recruitment process will result in immediate disqualification of your application, or termination of employment if discovered later, in accordance with applicable law. We appreciate your honesty and professionalism.The potential base pay range for this role, when annualized, is $103,300.00 - $287,600.00. The actual base pay offered may vary based on a number of factors including job-related qualifications such as knowledge, skills, education, and experience; location; and/or schedule (full or part-time). Dependent on the position offered, incentive plans, bonuses, and/or other forms of compensation may be offered, in addition to a range of health and welfare and/or other benefits.