Sr. Clinical Data Engineer - Onsite San Diego HQ

Neurocrine Biosciences • San Diego, CA

22h • Onsite

About The Position

Leads the design and delivery of scalable, production-grade data and analytics systems. Owns complex initiatives across the data lifecycle and ensures solutions are architected with strong engineering discipline, automation, and long-term maintainability.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering or related technical field and 4+ experience with system/data integration, development or implementation of enterprise and/or cloud software OR Master's degree and 2+ years of similar experience noted above
• Operates with full accountability for system performance, reliability, and business impact.
• Drives clarity in ambiguous situations by defining scope, risks, and measurable outcomes.
• Balances speed of delivery with long-term scalability and maintainability.
• Influences cross-functional stakeholders through data-driven reasoning.
• Upholds and reinforces engineering and governance standards across the team.
• Deep expertise in data modeling and scalable architecture patterns.
• Strong experience delivering production-grade data products and reporting solutions.
• Strong understanding of performance optimization across storage, transformation, and visualization layers.
• Experience implementing data quality, lineage, and observability frameworks.
• Proficiency with Git workflows, branching strategies, and code quality enforcement.
• Experience designing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines for data platforms.
• Working knowledge of infrastructure-as-code automation and governance.

Responsibilities

• Architect scalable data pipelines, semantic models, and integrated reporting frameworks.
• Design analytics solutions that connect storage, transformation, and visualization layers.
• Lead adoption of Git-based workflows, code review standards, and branching strategies.
• Implement and improve CI/CD pipelines for automated testing and deployment of data assets.
• Leverage infrastructure-as-code practices to manage environments consistently.
• Establish best practices for performance optimization, governance, and monitoring.
• Partner with business leaders to define standardized KPIs and metrics.
• Mentor engineers in engineering rigor, deployment discipline, and solution design.

Benefits

• retirement savings plan (with company match)
• paid vacation, holiday and personal days
• paid caregiver/parental and medical leave
• health benefits to include medical, prescription drug, dental and vision coverage in accordance with the terms and conditions of the applicable plans

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 501-1,000 employees