Principal Developer, Oncology Data & AI Systems

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Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America, Raritan, New Jersey, United States of America, San Diego, California, United States of America, Spring House, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Titusville, New Jersey, United States of America

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Johnson and Johnson Innovative Medicine is recruiting a Principal Developer, Oncology Data & AI Systems (2 available positions) to strengthen the AI-ready data foundation that powers Oncology R&D. This role will lead efforts to modernize and standardize data capture, translate scientific and business needs into engineering requirements, and design, build, and optimize scalable data pipelines and workflows that ensure data is high-quality, well-governed, interoperable, and fit for advanced analytics and AI/ML.

This role focuses on data science initiatives across Oncology R&D— including Clinical, Pre-Clinical, RWD and ‘omics platforms by enabling trusted, reusable datasets and foundational data products that accelerate downstream insights and model development. This role will be a leading data science contributor and creative problem solver with developing AI-ready data and other routinely used data applications that improve speed, reliability and impact of data-driven decision making for Oncology R&D.

This position will be located in either Cambridge, MA;
Spring House, PA;
Titusville, NJ;
Raritan, NJ; or San Diego, CA (no remote option).

• Partner with Oncology R&D and Data Science stakeholders to identify, prioritize, and deliver high-impact data, AI/ML, and GenAI use cases that accelerate scientific discovery, study execution, and evidence generation.
• Own the end-to-end design, build, and lifecycle management of Oncology R&D data products, including requirements, architecture, ETL/ELT development, documentation, and operational support.
• Integrate and harmonize multi-modal R&D data across biomarker labs, translational platforms, clinical trials, real-world data/evidence (), genomics/other ‘omics, and pre-clinical research systems to create trusted, reusable, AI-ready datasets.
• Co-develop an AI-ready data ecosystem in collaboration with Data Product Engineers, Data Scientists, Knowledge Graph Engineers, Enterprise Architecture, and IT—enabling advanced analytics, ML, and GenAI applications.
• Translate complex scientific, clinical, and operational needs into scalable engineering solutions, ensuring alignment with Oncology R&D priorities, enterprise data standards, and interoperability…