Senior Research Engineer
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TITLE: SeniorResearch Engineer
STATUS: Temporary FullTime (1.00 FTE)
START DATE: June 1 2025
ENDDATE: March 31 2026
SUPERVISOR: Azadeh Kushki
PROGRAM: Bloorview Research Institute
Join us in building a world of possibility for children with neurodevelopmental differences and disabilities!
Reporting to the Associate Chief of Data Science the Senior Engineer will work in a multidisciplinary team to build an enterprisewide integrated informatics platform that will enable the seamless secure and compliant exchange of hospital and research data. This work will maximize the efficient flow and exchange of clinical and research data within our organization to ensure our ability to deliver on strategic commitments including becoming a learning health system and advancing precision health.
We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Research Engineer to support the design development and maintenance of a research data infrastructure platformin collaboration with diverse teams across the hospital including research strategy and information management. This role is pivotal in building a centralized metadata repository for research studies and developing scalable pipelines for data linkage and deidentification. The Senior Research Engineer will work collaboratively with various teams across the hospital including researchers clinicians strategy and information management. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in database architecture data governance privacypreserving technologies and legal and ethical research frameworks.
Key Responsibilities
- Design and implement a comprehensive metadata repository to catalog research studies datasets and associated documentation
- Build pipelines for data linkage and deidentification to support multistudy and multiinstitutional research
- Collaborate with multiple teams across the hospitalincluding research strategy and information management and technology to ensure compliance with privacy security and ethical standards
- Develop database systemsensuring optimized performance accessibility and ease of use
- Establish and maintain audit trails access controls and data usage monitoring in compliance with institutional policies and relevant regulations
- Document technical solutions and standard operating procedures
- Provide mentorship to research staff
Qualifications
- Bachelors or masters degree in computer science computer engineering information systems or a related field
- 5 years of experience in software engineering or data infrastructure roles preferably in academic healthcare or research settings
- Strong expertise in database design and implementation including SQL
- Demonstrated experience with data deidentification techniques (e.g. suppression pseudonymization) and data linkage methodologies
- Knowledge of relevant privacy and ethics frameworks including TriCouncil Policy Statement: Ethical Conduct for Research Involving Humans (TCPS2) Good Clinical Practice (GCP) and Personal Health Information Protection Act (PHIPA) or equivalent regulations
- Familiarity with data governance and security practices (e.g. encryption rolebased access data lifecycle management)
- Experience working with health data is an asset
- Experience with cloud environments is an asset (e.g. GCP)
- Excellent communication skills and the ability to work crossfunctionally with researchers and knowledge users
Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital creates a world of possibility by supporting children and youth with disabilities medical complexity illness and injury. All of our work is guided by our strategic plan Transformative Care Inclusive World: Holland Bloorview 2030.
Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital is Canadas largest pediatric rehabilitation hospital and is fully affiliated with the University of Toronto. It has ranked amongst Canadas top 40 research hospitals for more than a decade. Holland Bloorview has won numerous awards including Greater Torontos Top Employers Canadas Top Employers for Young People and Canadas Most Admired Corporate Cultures. We offer an inspiring inclusive innovative and collaborative work environment with competitive compensation and benefit packages and programs that support ongoing learning and professional growth.
The Bloorview Research Institute (BRI) embedded within the hospital is the only universityaffiliated research institute in Canada dedicated to pediatric disability and one of very few around the world. BRIs vision is to be a global leader in transformative equitydriven research dedicated to enabling personalized versions of a good life across the lifespan for all individuals with childhood onset disabilities acquired injuries and developmental differences their families and communities.
Holland Bloorview is committed to fostering a climate of equity diversity inclusion accessibility and anti racism. This commitment is central to and mutually supportive of our research excellence mandate. We welcome and respect the diversity of all members of our community and we support an inclusive culture for our clients families research scientists staff participants trainees volunteers trustees and partners. We welcome applications from Black individuals and other racialized persons Indigenous Peoples women persons with disabilities LGBTQ2SA persons and others who may contribute to further diversification of ideas within our community. Holland Bloorview is committed to fair assessment of a candidates abilities and consideration for diversity of thought method and experience including nontraditional career paths.
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Required Experience:
Senior IC
Employment Type
Full Time
