Analytics Engineer
Position: Lead Analytics Engineer / Delivery Lead
Client Location: McLean, VA
Work Location: Remote (USA)
Duration: Long Term
Rate: Quote your best
Required Qualifications:
At least 10+ years extensive experience in Analytics or Data engineering roles, with a strong record of leading delivery of analytics and data pipeline initiatives in a research or analytics-driven environment.
Should have expertise supporting Clinical Research teams and working with clinical electronic data capture (EDC) data and related medical or pharmaceutical datasets.
Demonstrated experience directly managing analytics engineers or developers, including work planning, task assignment, prioritization, mentoring, and performance feedback.
Strong ownership of project timelines, milestones, and deliverables, including effort estimation, dependency management, and accountability for on-time, high-quality delivery.
Deep hands-on experience designing, building, and maintaining ETL/ELT processes, including production support, monitoring, optimization, and issue resolution.
Strong technical expertise with SQL, Python, and modern data platforms, including hands-on delivery in environments such as Microsoft Fabric (Notebooks, Data Pipelines, Lakehouse/Warehouse) or equivalent platforms.
Ability to quickly learn new data sources, clinical workflows, and platform capabilities and apply them effectively in a fast-paced, delivery-driven environment.
Excellent communication and delivery leadership skills, with demonstrated ability to:
Translate business, research, or clinical priorities into executable delivery plans.
Communicate status, risks, and delivery impacts clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Coordinate work across engineers, analysts, and business partners to meet commitments.
Strong experience with source control and collaborative development practices, including:
Enforcing branch strategies, pull request workflows, and release standards.
Ensuring all analytics code, notebooks, and ETL/ELT logic are version-controlled.
Maintaining change traceability across environments.
Clear accountability for code quality and technical review, including:
Conducting and enforcing code reviews and technical design reviews.
Establishing and upholding coding standards, testing expectations, and documentation requirements.
Providing constructive technical feedback and mentoring to engineers.
Ability to work independently in a contractor role, balancing hands-on technical involvement with delivery leadership and accountability.
This is a remote position.
Client Location: McLean, VA
Work Location: Remote (USA)
Duration: Long Term
Rate: Quote your best
Required Qualifications:
At least 10+ years extensive experience in Analytics or Data engineering roles, with a strong record of leading delivery of analytics and data pipeline initiatives in a research or analytics-driven environment.
Should have expertise supporting Clinical Research teams and working with clinical electronic data capture (EDC) data and related medical or pharmaceutical datasets.
Demonstrated experience directly managing analytics engineers or developers, including work planning, task assignment, prioritization, mentoring, and performance feedback.
Strong ownership of project timelines, milestones, and deliverables, including effort estimation, dependency management, and accountability for on-time, high-quality delivery.
Deep hands-on experience designing, building, and maintaining ETL/ELT processes, including production support, monitoring, optimization, and issue resolution.
Strong technical expertise with SQL, Python, and modern data platforms, including hands-on delivery in environments such as Microsoft Fabric (Notebooks, Data Pipelines, Lakehouse/Warehouse) or equivalent platforms.
Ability to quickly learn new data sources, clinical workflows, and platform capabilities and apply them effectively in a fast-paced, delivery-driven environment.
Excellent communication and delivery leadership skills, with demonstrated ability to:
Translate business, research, or clinical priorities into executable delivery plans.
Communicate status, risks, and delivery impacts clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Coordinate work across engineers, analysts, and business partners to meet commitments.
Strong experience with source control and collaborative development practices, including:
Enforcing branch strategies, pull request workflows, and release standards.
Ensuring all analytics code, notebooks, and ETL/ELT logic are version-controlled.
Maintaining change traceability across environments.
Clear accountability for code quality and technical review, including:
Conducting and enforcing code reviews and technical design reviews.
Establishing and upholding coding standards, testing expectations, and documentation requirements.
Providing constructive technical feedback and mentoring to engineers.
Ability to work independently in a contractor role, balancing hands-on technical involvement with delivery leadership and accountability.
This is a remote position.