Digital Biomarker Data Engineer

Digital Biomarker Data Engineer – data engineer, ALCOA, Python

Role:
For our client in the Pharma industry based in Basel we are looking for a Digital Biomarker Data Engineer.

Digital tools, such as smartphones or wearables, can now continually measure and collect
vital health information – or “Digital Biomarkers”. Digital Biomarkers are changing how future
medicines will be developed and could lead to more personalized use of new medications
that will transform the lives of patients. Advances in wearable devices, such as phones,
watches, textiles or delivery devices, which track a patient’s vital signs and monitor for
symptoms, all have the potential to vastly accelerate clinical development.

We collect large quantities of digital sensor data through our studies, and must maintain the
highest standards of data quality and integrity to enable us to deliver on our goals of deriving
reliable and useful measures of impairment. To help us fulfil our mission, we are looking for
a motivated and skilled data engineer to join our team. We welcome applicants from a
diverse range of backgrounds.

Areas of responsibility:
* Take responsibility for data integrity and data quality, from collection in clinical studies via
sensors of smartphones, wearables and other devices up to the point of analysis.
* Develop automated quality checks for detecting, diagnosing and rectifying data issues
* Contribute to the improvement and automation of the data processing and analysis pipeline
across programs.
* Collaborate with the data backend team and the data analysis team on deriving
requirements and implementing solutions for guaranteeing end-to-end data integrity
* Collaborate with other teams across the organization to develop and maintain file format
specifications documents according to current standards
* Communicate with senior stakeholders about issues of data formats, data integrity and
data quality
* Support the data science team in performing analyses, especially regarding data quality
and reproducibility.

Professional and technical requirements:
* Min. Bachelor or Masters level degree in informatics, computer science, engineering, or a
related domain.
* Min. 3+ years of experience as a data engineer working in large teams and a matrix
organization, preferred in the pharmaceutical industry
* Previous exposure to data integrity principles (e.g. ALCOA)
* Strong Python programming skills
* Excellent English speaking and writing skills
* Experience working independently within a collaborative team
* Excellent analytical and communication skills
Nice to Haves:
* Experience working with clinical trial data or medical device data
* Experience with remote patient monitoring
* Pharma experience

Reference no: 920930 AD
Role: Digital Biomarker Data Engineer
Industry: Pharmaceutical industry
Workload: 100%
Location: Basel, Switzerland
Start date: asap
Duration: 12 months contract, with possible extension

About us:
ITech Consult is a certified ISO 9001:2015 Swiss company with offices also located in Germany and
Ireland. ITech Consult is specialised in delivering IT candidates for contract work. We were founded in
1997 by IT professionals; hence we well understand what it means to be professionally supported in your
search for a new project and being employed.