Lead Scientific Data Engineer

Location: Remote
Compensation: Salary
Reviewed: Mon, May 18, 2026
This job expires in: 29 days

Job Summary

Providing senior technical leadership for core scientific data systems, the full-time Lead Scientific Data Engineer will develop implementation roadmaps and architectures while managing production automated systems and workflows to support genomic data movement and AI capabilities in a hybrid work environment.

Key responsibilities
  • Develop technical implementation roadmaps and long-term strategies for scientific data and compute platforms
  • Design and implement automated systems, APIs, and workflows for genomic data management and large-scale scientific computing
  • Enhance the reliability and scalability of shared production data systems while ensuring sustainable operations
Required qualifications
  • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field and a minimum of 12 years of relevant experience
  • Experience in designing, developing, and operating production software and data systems for metadata management and workflow orchestration
  • Advanced knowledge of data and software engineering fundamentals for data-intensive distributed systems
  • Broad experience with databases and data storage technologies, including relational databases and object storage
  • Proficiency in Python and experience with additional programming languages

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