Data Engineer (f/m/x) â Clinical Data with Focus on AI and LLMs
Data Engineer (f/m/x) â Clinical Data with Focus on AI and LLMs
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Data Engineer (f/m/x) Clinical Data with Focus on AI and LLMs
TV-L: 385 h/week (100%)initially limited until May 31 2027 according to WissZeitVG Drittmittel
Your salary will be based on TV-L
TV-L: 385 h/week (100%)initially limited until May 31 2027 according to WissZeitVG Drittmittel
Your salary will be based on TV-L
Your tasks
- Collaborate with clinicians data stewards and informaticians to understand data semantics in the clinical context
- Integrate multilayered data of multiple data sources to support clinics in their digitalization
- Collaborate with our Medical Data Integration Center to design implement and maintain ETL pipelines for ingesting transforming and harmonizing clinical data from EHRs and related systems
- Research develop and validate machine learning models and LLM-based tools to enhance clinical data quality anomaly detection and automated data cleaning
- Apply biomedical metadata standards to ensure data quality interoperability and integration
- Compile validate and benchmark datasets for evaluating LLMs in key biomedical use cases such as generating patient summaries focusing on specific rare diseases
- Interoperable Reusable principles Open Science standards and robust software design methodologies
- Engage in interdisciplinary collaborations to develop innovative LLM-driven solutions for biomedical data challenges and knowledge extraction
Your profile
- Educational Background: Masters degree (or equivalent) in Biomedical Informatics Data Science Computer Science or a related field
- Technical Skills: Experience in data integration and proficiency in programming (e.g. Python) and work with NLP (Natural Language Processing)
- Research Skills: Strong analytical abilities familiarity with FAIR (Findable Accessible Interoperable Reusable) data principles and experience in interdisciplinary research
- Communication Skills: Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to present at conferences and collaborate with diverse stakeholders
- Additional: Prior experience with biomedical data or data science competitions is a plus
- Beneficial: Knowledge of German language
Our offer
- We offer an excellent technical infrastructure and clinical collaborations to work with real-world healthcare data.
- We promote your professional career development with the opportunity to take part in projects in national as well as European-wide academic research and industry consortia.
- We can support you to progress in your academic career by enrolling in PhD programs or support innovation activities such as start-ups.
- Our institute promotes diversity and offers a family-friendly and modern working environment.
- Flexible working hours and working from homeare possible.
Your future with us
We are one of the leading university hospitals in Germany and network research teaching and health care at the highest level. Thats why many things are a lot bigger for us: the spectrum of exciting development opportunities. The limitless openness with which specialists from all over the world work together here. Or our commitment as an employer to support all employees as best we can in reconciling their job with their goals and life situations.
This is the University Hospital of Cologne: Everything but ordinary.
Your future in detail
The Institute for (BI-K) incollaboration with the Medical Data Integration Center ()is seeking aData Engineer and Researcher.The successful candidate will be involved in innovative interdisciplinary research projects addressing key challenges in the biomedical field.
This role involves data curation integrationanalysis and improving data quality to support reliable biomedical research while also exploring and applying artificialintelligence (AI) and large language models (LLMs) to automate and enhance these efforts. This dual focus offers a unique opportunity to contribute to both the technical infrastructure and the intelligent systems that drive biomedical data science forward.
You will have the opportunity to work closely with outstandingexperts in medicine and computer science with medical data in a real health excellent technical and research skills you will require communication skills to participate in national and international networks such as EOSC NFDIs and present research outcomes.
You will also have an option to pursue a PhD in computer science with a specific focus on LLM and agentic AI.
The successful candidate will work together with clinics to develop and implement strategies to improve data driven decision making in their daily practice and research.
Applications from female candidates are expressly welcome and will be given priority in the event of equal suitability competence and professional performance. People with disabilities are welcome to apply and will be treated preferentially in the event of equal suitability and qualification. The position is suitable for staffing with part-time employees.Contact
Prof. Dr. Oya Beyan
Tel: 49 2
Geschftsbereich Personal
Kerpener Str. 62
50937 Kln
Application deadline: 19.10.2025
Job-ID: o2gg85tl
We look forward to receiving your application and getting to know you!Employment Type
Full-Time
