Alphatec Spine
Research Data Engineer
Carlsbad, California, USA · Mid · Internship
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About the role
- This role emphasizes batch data processing, data quality, data transformation and processing and enabling efficient, compliant access to research data.
- Troubleshoot and resolve issues in data pipelines and scheduled jobs.
- Identify and resolve data inconsistencies, anomalies, and gaps.
Responsibilities
- Ingest, process, and manage clinical and research datasets from internal and external sources.
- Design data models and datasets optimized for researcher and analyst use.
- Maintain datasets used in research studies, ensuring consistency, traceability, and documentation.
- Design, build, and maintain batch data pipelines for scheduled ingestion, transformation, and delivery.
- Optimize and monitor batch workflows to ensure performance, reliability, and scalability.
- Implement data validation, quality checks, and monitoring processes.
- Partner with researchers and analysts to deliver clean, well-structured datasets.
- Develop SQL queries and data transformations to support reporting and analysis.
- Document data pipelines, schemas, and workflows to ensure transparency and reproducibility.
Requirements
- 2-4 years of experience in data engineering or a related role.
Nice to have
- Familiarity with Databricks, Spark, or workflow orchestration tools.
- At this time, ATEC Spine does not sponsor employment be authorized to work in the United States without the need for current or future employer sponsorship.
Skills
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Bioinformatics, or related STEM fields.
- Strong proficiency in Python or similar language for data processing.
- Solid SQL skills for querying, transformation, and optimization.
- Experience building and maintaining batch ETL/ELT pipelines.
- Experience with cloud platforms (Azure preferred).
- Strong attention to detail and commitment to data quality.
- Effective communication with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Ability to work independently and manage multiple priorities.
Compensation
- Alphatec Spine, Inc. complies with state and federal wage and hour laws and compensation depends upon candidate's qualifications, education, skill set, years of experience, and internal equity. $110,000 to $130,000 Full-Time Annual Salary
Benefits
- Bachelor's degree from four-year College or university in Computer Science, Machine learning, physics, mathematics or equivalent STEM experience.
- Further, ATEC will make reasonable accommodations that are necessary to comply with disability discrimination laws.
- Ensure compliance with healthcare data regulations (e.g., HIPAA, GDPR).
Company info
- We are a US-based company focused on advancing clinical research and medical technologies.
Visa & Work Authorization
- At this time, ATEC Spine does not sponsor employment be authorized to work in the United States without the need for current or future employer sponsorship
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