Senior Data Standards Engineer – Evinova
Job Summary
About the role:
Evinovais a health tech company purpose-built to transform how clinical trials are designed executed and understood. Our platform powers data analytics and trial oversight across entire sponsor portfoliosatglobal scale.
Weoperateat the intersection of life sciences and technology. We move fast take smart risks and build things that genuinely matter.
As aSenior Data Standards EngineeratEvinovayoullarchitect andoperatethe automated pipelines that keep our Data Platform current with evolving clinical dictionaries and reference datasets from CDISC controlled terminology releases to FHIR value sets and ICH M11 updates. Your work will be the backbone of how clinical study protocols(CSPs)are interpreted designed and monitored acrossEvinovasexpandingcustomerportfolio.
This is a senior engineering role with genuine scope:youllset technical direction drive automation-first thinking and mentor a high-calibreteam all in a fast-moving health tech environment where your decisions directly influence how medicines reach patients.
What if every time a clinical data standard was updated your platform simply knew and adapted automatically with no human intervention Thatsthe challengeyoullown.
Youlljoin ahigh-performing globally distributed Data Platform team. We work in agile/scrum cycles deploy on AWS and hold ourselves to engineering standards that support both regulated (GxP) and innovation-track workstreams.
Accountabilities/Duties:
Automated Standards Ingestion Zero Human Intervention
Your primary mission iseliminatingmanual effort from thestandardslifecycle. You will:
Design and ownfully automated ELT/ETL pipelinesthat detect ingestvalidate and publish new releases of clinical dictionaries (e.g. MedDRA WHO Drug SNOMED CT CDISC CT NCI Thesaurus) without human intervention
Buildevent-driven and scheduled pipeline architectureson AWS (Lambda Step Functions Glue S3EventBridge) that react to upstream standard releases and propagate changes downstream automatically
Implementautomated versioning and change detectionso downstream consumers always know what changedwhatsnew andwhatsbeen deprecated and can act on it programmatically
Clinical Standards Architecture
Apply deepexpertiseinUSDM ICH M11 FHIR and CDISC (SDTM/ADaM/CDASH)to definecanonicalschemas mapping strategies and versioning models for clinical dictionaries and controlled vocabularies
Designoptimizeddata stores(relational columnar graph asappropriate)for serving clinical reference data at query speed including schema design indexing partitioning and performance tuning
Model how terminology code lists and controlled vocabularies relate across standards and internal systems enabling consistent coding and reporting across all clinical workflows
AI & Machine Learning Integration
ImplementAI-assisted mappingbetween dictionaries and source systems surfacing high-confidence automated mappings and flagging exceptions for review
DeployML-based anomaly detectiontoidentifyinconsistencies unexpected changes or quality issues across ingested standards data
Explore and productionizeLLM-assisted toolsfor standards interpretation change summarization and intelligent workflow automation
Technical Leadership & Stakeholder Influence
Setengineering best practicesfor the data standards domain pipeline design patterns testing strategies infrastructure-as-code observability and documentation standards
Serve as thetechnical authorityon clinical data standards for the Data Platform team providing guidance to clinical operations data management biostatistics safety and regulatory functions
Communicate complex standards and data engineering concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences from engineers to clinical leads to senior leadership
Mentor and upskill team members fostering a culture of automation-first engineering and continuous improvement
Essential Skills & Experience:
Data Engineering & Automation
8 years in data engineering or software engineering with a strongtrack recordof delivering production-grade ELT/ETL pipelines for complex regulated data domains
Demonstratedexpertisebuildingfully automated event-driven pipelinesthatoperatewithout human intervention in steady state
ProficiencyinPython(primary) and/orTypescriptor Java; advanced SQL; infrastructure-as-code (Terraform AWS CDK or equivalent)
Deep hands-on AWS experience: S3 Glue Lambda Step FunctionsEventBridge RDS and the architectural judgment to choose the right service for the job
Strong database design skills across relational and columnar stores schema design query optimization partitioning indexing
Clinical Data Standards
Thorough hands-on knowledge ofCDISC (SDTM ADaM CDASH)FHIRUSDM andICH M11 and how controlled terminologies are implemented in practice across clinical trial workflows
Proven fluency interminology mapping semantic alignment code-list mapping managing evolving and inconsistent terminologies across standards and source systems
Practical understanding of how clinical dictionaries (MedDRA WHO Drug SNOMED NCI Thesaurus CDISC CT) are structured versioned and applied across the study lifecycle
AI/ML Application
Experience applyingAI or ML techniquesto data engineering challenges automated mappings anomaly detection intelligent quality checks or NLP-based standards analysis
Ability to evaluate and integrateLLM-based toolsinto engineering workflows where they add genuine measurable value
Leadership & Communication
Demonstrated ability to set technical direction and mentor engineers in a senior/lead capacity
Exceptional communicator able to influence cross-functional stakeholders and translate between engineering and clinical/regulatory domains
Comfortoperatingin agile/scrum teams; fluent with Jira Confluence and related tooling
Experience working in or alongsideGxP-regulated environments with understanding of validation audit trail and documentation requirements
Preferred Qualifications:
Advanced degree (Mastersor PhD) in Computer Science Bioinformatics Data Engineering Life Sciences or related field
Direct pharma/biotech CRO or clinical technology experience particularly in data standards or data engineering functions
Familiarity withmetadata repositoriesand standards governance processes (e.g. CDISC Library API NCI EVS)
Experience withadditionalstandards:CDASH SEND HL7 v2/v3 OMOP CDM
Background in platform or product engineering thinking beyond pipelines to reusable services and APIs that teams consume
WhyEvinova
Evinovasits at a rare intersection: the scientific credibility and scale of AstraZeneca with the engineering culture and pace of a health tech company. Youwontbemaintaininglegacy systems youllbe building the infrastructure that defines how clinical data standards are consumed across an entire enterprise with AI accelerating everything.
Real impact:Your pipelines will directly influence how clinical trial data is coded analyzed andsubmittedto regulators globally
Engineering-first culture:Automation clean architecture and technical craft are valued not just delivery velocity
Global scale startup pace:Work with a distributed high-calibreteam across multiple continents with the resources of atop-5global pharma behind you
Growth:Evinovais still building. The decisions you make now will shape the platform for years
When we put unexpected teams in the same room we unleash bold thinking with the power to inspire life-changing -person working gives us the platform we need to connect work at pace and challenge perceptions. Thats why we work on average a minimum of three days per week from the office. But that doesnt mean were not flexible. We balance the expectation of being in the office while respecting individual flexibility. Join us in our unique and ambitious world.
Are you alreadyimagining yourselfjoining our team Good because wecantwait to hear from you.
Date Posted
01-abr-2026Closing Date
15-abr-2026AstraZeneca embraces diversity and equality of opportunity. We are committed to building an inclusive and diverse team representing all backgrounds with as wide a range of perspectives as possible and harnessing industry-leading skills. We believe that the more inclusive we are the better our work will be. We welcome and consider applications to join our team from all qualified candidates regardless of their characteristics. We comply with all applicable laws and regulations on non-discrimination in employment (and recruitment) as well as work authorization and employment eligibility verification requirements.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
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