Senior Data Engineer

At Johnson & Johnson, we believe health is everything. Our strength in healthcare innovation empowers us to build a world where complex diseases are prevented, treated, and cured, where treatments are smarter and less invasive, and solutions are personal. Through our expertise in Innovative Medicine and MedTech, we are uniquely positioned to innovate across the full spectrum of healthcare solutions today to deliver the breakthroughs of tomorrow, and profoundly impact health for humanity. Learn more at https://www.jnj.com

Job Function:

Data Analytics & Computational Sciences

Job Sub Function:

Biostatistics

Job Category:

Scientific/Technology

All Job Posting Locations:

Allschwil, Basel-Country, Switzerland, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom, Raritan, New Jersey, United States of America

Job Description:

About Innovative Medicine

Our expertise in Innovative Medicine (J&J IM) is informed and inspired by patients, whose insights fuel our science-based advancements. Visionaries like you work on teams that save lives by developing the medicines of tomorrow.

Join us in developing treatments, finding cures, and pioneering the path from lab to life while championing patients every step of the way.

Learn more at https://www.jnj.com/innovative-medicine

Please note that this role is available across multiple countries and may be posted under different requisition numbers to comply with local requirements. While you are welcome to apply to any or all of the postings, we recommend focusing on the specific country(s) that align with your preferred location(s):

Raritan, NJ - Requisition Number: R-052886

Switzerland - Requisition Number: R-056147

United Kingdom - Requisition Number: R-056168

Remember, whether you apply to one or all of these requisition numbers, your applications will be considered as a single submission.

We are searching for the best talent for a Senior Data Engineer.

Position Summary:

The Sr. Data Engineer/Technical Analyst is an experienced individual with advanced knowledge of statistical programming methods, languages and data structures in leading technical, analytical and data wrangling activities within the Statistical and Clinical Programming functional area in compliance with departmental processes and procedures.

This position is accountable for the planning, oversight and delivery of data engineering/statistical programming activities supporting one or more analytical and data wrangling projects generally of low-medium complexity/criticality. In collaboration with departmental and cross functional leadership/key stakeholders, this position also contributes to process optimization and innovation, while ensuring appropriate cross functional alignment and engagement, when necessary.

As a Sr. Data Engineer/Technical Analyst this position applies advanced technical and problem-solving skills to complete analytical and data wrangling activities of high complexity that may benefit multiple project teams.

In addition, the Sr. Data Engineer/Technical Analyst may contribute advanced knowledge and technical skills to teams or departmental innovation and process improvement projects.

Principal Responsibilities:

• Designs and develops programs in support of clinical research analysis, technical and data wrangling activities.

• Performs appropriate quality control and verification in support of assigned clinical research analysis, technical and data transfer and wrangling activities.

• Maintains analytical, technical programming documentation as appropriate.

• Completes programming tasks of medium to high complexity with high quality and timeliness of deliverables.

• Performs activities in compliance with departmental processes and procedures

• May contribute to departmental innovation and process improvement projects

Data Engineering Specific

• Collaborates effectively with statistical/clinical programming, J&J IM partner functions (Data Sciences, Biomarker, RWE, etc.) and counterparts to achieve project goals to deliver on data sciences projects/requests through curation, engineering, profiling, exploration and analysis of clinical study data from diverse sources.

• Work closely with Data Transparency group to ensure that all aspects of Data and Patients Privacy are being considered before providing data to requesters

Principal Relationships:

• Reports into people manager position within the function.

• Functional contacts within Integrated Data Analytics & Reporting (IDAR) include but are not limited to, Departmental Leadership, Clinical and Statistical Programmers, peer groups within department, Regulatory Medical Writing, Data Management, Risk Management Central Monitoring and Clinical Data Standards.

• Functional contacts within J&J (as collaborator or peer) include but are not limited to Quantitative Sciences, Biostatisticians and IT.

Education and Experience Requirements:

• A minimum of a bachelor’s degree is required or sufficient industry experience

• 4+ years’ experience in a related field required

• Experience with mathematics & statistical programming skills is required. In-depth knowledge of relevant programming languages (e.g., R, Python, SAS) is required

• Experience working in a team environment with demonstrated written and verbal communication skills is required

• Preferred: Knowledge of a specific therapeutic- and/ disease-area topics like, biomarkers and PD end points

Data Engineering Specific

• In depth understanding of Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing, Time Series of Forecasting, Logistic Regression, Data Mining is required

• In-depth knowledge of therapeutic/disease area concepts (e.g., biomarkers, genomics, PD end-points) is required.

The expected pay range for this position is $109,000 to $174,800.

The Company maintains highly competitive, performance-based compensation programs. Under current guidelines, this position is eligible for an annual performance bonus in accordance with the terms of the applicable plan. The annual performance bonus is a cash bonus intended to provide an incentive to achieve annual targeted results by rewarding for individual and the corporation’s performance over a calendar/ performance year. Bonuses are awarded at the Company’s discretion on an individual basis.

• Subject to the terms of their respective plans, employees and/or eligible dependents are eligible to participate in the following Company sponsored employee benefit programs: medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short and long-term disability, business accident insurance, and group legal insurance.
• Subject to the terms of their respective plans, employees are eligible to participate in the Company’s consolidated retirement plan (pension) and savings plan (401(k)).
• This position is eligible to participate in the Company’s long-term incentive program. Subject to the terms of their respective policies and date of hire, employees are eligible for the following time off benefits:
  • Vacation –120 hours per calendar year
  • Sick time - 40 hours per calendar year; for employees who reside in the State of Colorado –48 hours per calendar year; for employees who reside in the State of Washington –56 hours per calendar year
  • Holiday pay, including Floating Holidays –13 days per calendar year
  • Work, Personal and Family Time - up to 40 hours per calendar year
  • Parental Leave – 480 hours within one year of the birth/adoption/foster care of a child
  • Bereavement Leave – 240 hours for an immediate family member: 40 hours for an extended family member per calendar year
  • Caregiver Leave – 80 hours in a 52-week rolling period10 days
  • Volunteer Leave – 32 hours per calendar year
  • Military Spouse Time-Off – 80 hours per calendar year

For additional general information on company benefits, please go to: https://www.careers.jnj.com/employee-benefits

This job posting is anticipated to close on February 9, 2026. The Company may however extend this time-period, in which case the posting will remain available on https://www.careers.jnj.com to accept additional applications.

Johnson & Johnson is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by federal, state or local law. We actively seek qualified candidates who are protected veterans and individuals with disabilities as defined under VEVRAA and Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act. 

Johnson & Johnson is committed to providing an interview process that is inclusive of our applicants’ needs. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request an accommodation, please contact us via https://www.jnj.com/contact-us/careers or contact AskGS to be directed to your accommodation resource.

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Required Skills:

Preferred Skills:

Advanced Analytics, Biostatistics, Clinical Trials, Collaborating, Consulting, Critical Thinking, Data Privacy Standards, Data Quality, Data Savvy, Digital Fluency, Good Clinical Practice (GCP), Quality Assurance (QA), Report Writing, Standard Operating Procedure (SOP), Statistical Analysis Systems (SAS) Programming, Statistics, Systems Development, Technologically Savvy

The anticipated base pay range for this position is :

$109,000.00 - $174,800.00

Additional Description for Pay Transparency:

Subject to the terms of their respective plans, employees are eligible to participate in the Company’s consolidated retirement plan (pension) and savings plan (401(k)).
This position is eligible to participate in the Company’s long-term incentive program.
Subject to the terms of their respective policies and date of hire, employees are eligible for the following time off benefits:
Vacation –120 hours per calendar year
Sick time - 40 hours per calendar year; for employees who reside in the State of Colorado –48 hours per calendar year; for employees who reside in the State of Washington –56 hours per calendar year
Holiday pay, including Floating Holidays –13 days per calendar year
Work, Personal and Family Time - up to 40 hours per calendar year
Parental Leave – 480 hours within one year of the birth/adoption/foster care of a child
Bereavement Leave – 240 hours for an immediate family member: 40 hours for an extended family member per calendar year
Caregiver Leave – 80 hours in a 52-week rolling period10 days
Volunteer Leave – 32 hours per calendar year
Military Spouse Time-Off – 80 hours per calendar year
For additional general information on Company benefits, please go to: - https://www.careers.jnj.com/employee-benefits