Data Engineer, Radiology

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The Department of Radiology Research is looking for a Data Engineer to join their Research team.

• Harmonize contributed cancer imaging datasets (radiology, digital pathology, annotations, AI analysis results) into standard DICOM representation and prepare them for ingestion into IDC.
• Develop and maintain open source Python and C++ tools for accessing IDC data and converting between DICOM and research formats (idc-index, highdicom, dcmqi, wsidicomizer and related packages).
• Build and run cloud-based analysis workflows (Google Cloud, Terra, JetStream2) that apply open source AI analysis tools to large imaging cohorts and encode results as DICOM.
• Develop and maintain agentic interfaces to IDC, apply agentic approaches to support the project and its users.
• Contribute to the modernization of the 3D Slicer architecture: implement modules against the revised core libraries, reimplement existing capabilities as reusable packages, and develop tests.
• Test and integrate components developed by collaborating institutions (DICOM validator, annotation infrastructure, DICOM standard tooling) and report defects upstream.
• Prepare documentation, tutorials, example notebooks and webinar materials; support users on the IDC forum.
• Participate in team meetings; track work in Git Hub.

The Data Engineer will be responsible for developing advanced diagnostic image reconstruction software, more specifically, advanced software for Magnetic Resonance image generation and motion compensation. Such developments include guiding hardware selection/purchase, setting up said computer equipment with the needed libraries and software environments, developing new software tailored to the needs of specific projects, documenting the methods and procedures used as part of these developments, correcting and validating the software being developed, and creating quality-assurance tests that evaluate the performance and accuracy of the new software.

Although not directly related to programming skills, some degree of past experience in the medical field, especially as it relates to patient care, would be considered important, to help ensure the creation of software that remains well-grounded in practical needs and directly relevant to clinical objectives.

• To understand the projects’ needs, and to design, develop and then validate new software to meet these needs.
• To analyze and help fill computer hardware requirements associated with the needed software developments.
• To optimize software performance to achieve levels compatible with clinical objectives.
• To write diagnostic software to help test and ensure the performance and accuracy of all software solutions developed here.
• To contribute detailed analyses and diagrams as needed for manuscript preparation and grant submissions.
• To perform all duties related to onboarding and to maintaining workplace compliance/employability.

Education Bachelors required. Computer Science highly preferred. A Master’s degree in a field related to science and engineering also highly preferred. Experience in advanced MR image reconstruction software developments is considered essential. Experience in…