Data Engineer IV

Overview

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center is an independent, nonprofit organization providing adult cancer treatment and groundbreaking research focused on cancer and infectious diseases. Based in Seattle, Fred Hutch is the only National Cancer Institute-designated cancer center in Washington.

With a track record of global leadership in bone marrow transplantation, HIV/AIDS prevention, immunotherapy and COVID-19 vaccines, Fred Hutch has earned a reputation as one of the world’s leading cancer, infectious disease and biomedical research centers. Fred Hutch operates eight clinical care sites that provide medical oncology, infusion, radiation, proton therapy and related services, and network affiliations with hospitals in five states.

Together, our fully integrated research and clinical care teams seek to discover new cures to the world’s deadliest diseases and make life beyond cancer a reality.

At Fred Hutch we value collaboration, compassion, determination, excellence, innovation, integrity and respect. Our mission is directly tied to the humanity, dignity and inherent value of each employee, patient, community member and supporter. Our commitment to learning across our differences and similarities make us stronger. We seek employees who bring different and innovative ways of seeing the world and solving problems.

The Data Engineer IV is a senior member of the Office of the Chief Data Office (OCDO) Data Engineering team leading the development of new translational data infrastructure, integrations, and user-facing applications. This role combines deep data engineering expertise in the Databricks Lakehouse ecosystem with hands‑on experience in designing and operating cloud infrastructure‑as‑code (IaC) on AWS using Terraform
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This engineer will be responsible for ensuring data pipelines, compute infrastructure, and security architecture are aligned, reproducible, and cost‑efficient. The ideal candidate will lead by example in engineering excellence, reliability, and collaboration, helping the team scale data services for research and clinical innovation in a secure, compliant, and responsive environment.

• Lead the research, design, and development of data solutions to address analytical, research, and clinical data requirements, ensuring system scalability, security, performance and reliability.
• Design and maintain data applications such as interfaces, ingestion pipelines, data transfer mechanisms and data partition strategies using Databricks, Delta Lake, Unity Catalog, and related cloud technologies to enable efficient access of data structures.
• Develop prototypes and pilot new data engineering solutions to determine their viability for adoption and long‑term operational support.
• Lead the planning process around future growth scalability, and optimization of data solutions.
• Establish and support data standards, governance practices, lineage tracking, and data quality processes.
• Lead efforts to improve processes and meet strategic goals for data engineering, data management, infrastructure management, infrastructure automation, and platform reliability.
• Proactively identify issues, troubleshoot and tune data solutions for scientific computing.
• Work with internal stakeholders to correctly scope, define, implement, and deliver data platform solutions.
• Prepare and present technical information on data solutions to all levels of stakeholders.
• Independently organize and manage multiple complex projects, priorities, and technical initiatives simultaneously.
• Prepare and maintain written technical design specifications, flow charts and data flow diagrams as needed for new and existing applications.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• BS in Computer Science, Engineering or equivalent experience.
• Minimum of 10 years of experience with various database platforms, reporting tools, and data structures.
• Minimum of 10 years of experience with database design and ETL development.
• Minimum of 10 years of experience in technical leadership.
• Proficient in one or more scripting language.
• In‑depth knowledge and expertise of database technologies, along with solid programming, design and system analysis skills.
• Proven…