Senior Principal Developer

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United Kingdom.

📋 Description

• Create and sustain R packages that assist the clinical trial team by supporting data engineering, statistical analyses, automation, and reporting workflows.

• Design, construct, and implement Shiny applications for interactive dashboards and tools for data exploration.

• Collaborate with statistical programmers, statisticians, and clinical reporting teams to gather requirements and convert them into efficient, reproducible code and tools.

• Utilize AI in a responsible manner to enhance product design and development, emphasizing reliable, explainable, and impactful applications in development workflows and solutions.

• Lead the implementation of tools through demonstrations, pilot projects, training, and ongoing support.

• Engage with users to identify and pursue opportunities for continuous improvement and modernization of user experience.

• Exemplify best practices in data science and software development.

• Document tools and processes to facilitate modernization in an inclusive manner.

• Show a willingness to engage with open-source communities for collaboration in external environments.

⛳️ Requirements

• Master’s degree in a quantitative or computational science or a related field.

• Proven experience as an R developer.

• Extensive expertise in data manipulation (tidyverse) and data visualization (ggplot2, plotly).

• Proven capability to develop production-grade R packages, accompanied by thorough documentation and robust testing frameworks.

• Practical experience in deploying and maintaining R applications within production settings.

• Highly skilled in Shiny app development and deployment.

• Extensive knowledge of software development best practices (virtual environments, git, CI/CD, code reviews, etc.).

• Practical experience applying AI and agentic methodologies to enhance the productivity of data-driven applications.

• A solution-oriented mindset coupled with a collaborative attitude.

• Proficient in written English.

🏝️ Benefits

• Performance-based bonuses contingent on specific performance metrics.

• Comprehensive health insurance plans.

• Retirement savings plans.

• Resources for wellbeing.

• Global recognition initiatives.

• Flexible and hybrid work arrangements.

• Minimum of 14 weeks of paid parental leave.