Data Scientist - Application Developer - Remote

At Cytel, we work hard to create successful careers with significant professional growth for our employees, as a result of which they work hard to make Cytel successful. Cytel is a place where talent, experience and integrity come together to advance the state of clinical development.

Lead one or more statistical programming study teams or application development projects. Responsible for project level programming or app development activities.

Major Responsibilities

• Provide leadership, guidance, and hands-on support to d evelop data analysis solution for complex business problems in collaboration with biostatisticians and Statistical programmers e.g., R Shiny / Python web application
• Ensure technical validity, compliance to standards and SOPs, regulatory requirements
• Test, debug and optimize applications to ensure they work as expected, using both manual and automated testing techniques and provide documentation as perComputer System Assurance guidance
• Develop and maintain deployment and configuration instructions and ensure performance, security, and scalability of deployed applications
• Provide technical support to junior level programmers on day-to-day assigned activities

Required Education/Experience

• Bachelor or Master of Science degree or equivalent in Statistics, Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering, Life Science, or related field.
• at least 6 years of programming experience 3+ for R, R Shiny for preferably in processing clinical trial data in the pharmaceutical industry
• Advanced statistical computing software skills
• Demonstrated programming experience and proficiency with R, R Shiny, tidyverse packages and R Markdown in building advanced R packages and modular Shiny apps (or other development stack)
• Excellent knowledge of Good Programming Practices
• Ability to perform, coordinate and oversee the preparation, execution, reporting and documentation of all programming deliverables of a project, with minimal supervision.
• Strong project management skills

Cytel Inc. is an Equal Employment / Affirmative Action Employer. Applicants are considered for all positions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristics protected by law.

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