Principal Data Engineer

eClinical Solutions helps life sciences organizations around the world accelerate clinical development initiatives with expert data services and the elluminate Clinical Data Cloud – the foundation of digital trials. Together, the elluminate platform and digital data services give clients self-service access to all their data from one centralized location plus advanced analytics that help them make smarter, faster business decisions. 

You will make an impact: 

The Principal Data Engineer will work closely with clients and provide high level technical consulting services, configuration of the elluminate platform, development and oversight for specific projects that include trial configuration, quality control, project management, assessing new technologies, process improvements, system validation, SOP development, custom analytics development, clinical software implementations and integrations. platform configuration, ETL and custom analytics development. 

The Principal Data Engineer will be a technical escalation point for the team, design solutions and provide oversight and direction on technical development and implementation aspects to the team of existing data engineers on various software service delivery related activities. 

Accelerate your skills and career within a fast-growing company while impacting the future of healthcare.  

Your day to day: 

• Function as a technical lead to lead consulting efforts related to clinical systems software and design and develop any reporting programs as needed  

• Provide programming support and quality control for system configuration, Data Extracts, Custom Reports and Visualizations  

• Manage/Mentor technical resources to deliver client services  

• Provide training services as needed to internal and external users working with training staff  

• Ensure compliance with eClinical and industry quality standards, guidelines, and procedures  

• Work closely with Sales Teams on staffing and project delivery services  

• Define new/enhanced processes to support new and existing modules in elluminate  

• Other duties as assigned

Take the first step towards your dream career. Here is what we are looking for in this role.  

Qualifications: 

• 10+ years of professional experience, preferably in Services or senior consulting role preferred  

• Basic Science/Bachelor of Science or Master of Science degree in Computer Science and/or equivalent work experience preferred  

• 8+ years in database design and development experience  

• Prior experience of leading technical teams is a plus  

• Thorough experience in data warehouse architecture, design, and development  

• Knowledge of clinical trial data is a plus - CDISC ODM, SDTM, or ADAM standards 

• Provide technical leadership and guidance to the team and users  

• Ability to steward a solution to its objective resolving challenges, conflicts and priorities  

• Have critical observation and communication skills to Identify any gaps in processes or product  

• Ability to work with various technical and non-technical teams both internal to eCS and clients  

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with ability to interact with users and clients providing solutions  

• Experience in the Life Sciences industry, CRO / Clinical Trial regulated environment preferred 

• Experience in regulatory computer systems validation a strong plus 

• Proficient in SQL, T-SQL, PL/SQL programming  

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Applications, specifically MS Project and MS Excel   

• Experience with multiple Database Platforms: Oracle, SQL Server, Teradata, DB2 Oracle  

• Experience with Data Reporting Tools: QlikSense, QlikView, Spotfire, Tableau, JReview, Business Objects, Cognos, MicroStrategy, IBM DataStage, Informatica, Spark or related  

• Experience with other languages and concepts: .NET, C#, Python, R, Java, HTML, SSRS, AWS, Azure, Spark, REST APIs, Big Data, ETL, Data Pipelines, Data Modelling, Data Analytics, BI, Data Warehouse, Data Lake or related  

• Strong familiarity with EDC Systems: Rave, Trial Master, InForm, or Oracle Clinical preferred  

Accelerate your skills and career within a fast-growing company while impacting the future of healthcare. We have shared our story, now we look forward to learning yours!

eClinical is a winner of the 2025 Top Workplaces USA Award for Remote Work! We have also received numerous Top Workplaces Culture Excellence Awards celebrating our exceptional company vision, values, and work-life balance. See all the details here: https://topworkplaces.com/company/eclinical-solutions/

eClinical Solutions is a people first organization. Our inclusive culture values the contribution that diversity brings to our business. We celebrate individual experiences that connect us and that inspire innovation in our community. Our team seeks out opportunities to learn, grow and continuously improve. Bring your authentic self, you are welcome here!

We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer that values diversity. Our management team is committed to the principle that employment decisions are based on qualifications, merit, culture fit and business need.