McKesson is looking to solve the problem of making quality care more accessible and affordable by developing technologies used by oncology providers to deliver evidence-based, personalized care and generating insights for biopharma companies to accelerate drug development and support the entire treatment journey. The Senior Oncology Biomarker Data Engineer will be critical in designing and maintaining scalable data platforms that support oncology research, clinical workflows, and real-world evidence generation.
Requirements
- 7+ years of experience in data engineering, data management, or bioinformatics, with a minimum of 2-3 years of pipeline development for genomics/biomarker data
- 5+ years of experience with Azure cloud platform.
- Experience working with large-scale healthcare or life sciences data platforms.
- Proficiency in SQL, Python, PySpark, or Scala for data transformation and automation.
- Familiarity with healthcare data standards (e.g., HL7, FHIR, OMOP, CDISC).
- Knowledge of how to handle and process genomic data sets.
- Expertise in modern cloud-native database solutions.
Responsibilities
- Lead strategic initiatives focused on biomarker and genomics data integration and analytics.
- Design and maintain scalable data platforms that support oncology research, clinical workflows, and real-world evidence generation.
- Collaborate with data scientists, clinical experts, and software engineers to build robust data pipelines that ingest, transform, and harmonize biomarker, genomic, and clinical data from diverse sources.
- Build and optimize data pipelines in platforms like Azure Databricks.
- Process genomics data, including Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS) data pipelines and integration of multi-omics datasets (e.g., proteomics, transcriptomics).
- Support machine learning workflows, including feature engineering and model deployment.
- Design scalable architectures for distributed systems and microservices.
Other
- Degree or equivalent and typically requires 7+ years of relevant experience.
- Master’s or Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Bioinformatics, Genomics, Data Science, or a related field—or equivalent experience.
- 5+ years in technical leadership roles managing cross-functional teams.
- Candidates must be authorized to work in USA. Sponsorship is not available for this role.
- McKesson is an Equal Opportunity Employer
