Senior Data Engineer - Clinical Data Harness & Synthetic Data(Only w2)

Position: Senior Data Engineer – Clinical Data Harness & Synthetic Data(Only w2)

Location : Edina, MN or Chicago, IL (Hybrid)

Minimum 12+ Years of Experience required.

Job Summary

Seeking a hands-on Senior Data Engineer with strong Databricks experience and specialized expertise in clinical data de-identification and synthetic data generation. The candidate will develop automated, scalable workflows to protect sensitive clinical data and generate realistic synthetic datasets for analytics, AI/ML development, testing, and research.

Required Skills:

• Direct experience building or working with clinical data harnesses and automated clinical data de-identification.
• Strong hands-on experience with Databricks, Apache Spark, PySpark, Python, and SQL.
• Knowledge of HIPAA Safe Harbor (18 identifiers), Expert Determination, and applicable GDPR requirements.
• Experience with de-identification techniques such as suppression, generalization, consistent date shifting, pseudonymization, tokenization, and cryptographic hashing.
• Experience generating synthetic tabular or clinical data using techniques such as Bayesian networks, copulas, GANs/CTGAN, VAEs, or transformer/LLM-based models.
• Familiarity with synthetic data tools such as SDV (Synthetic Data Vault), Gretel, or comparable frameworks.
• Understanding of privacy and re-identification risk, data quality, statistical fidelity, and synthetic data utility.

Preferred Skills:

• Healthcare data experience involving EHR, claims, laboratory data, clinical notes, HL7, or FHIR.
• Experience scaling de-identification and synthetic data generation workflows on Spark/Databricks.
• Experience with Unity Catalog, data governance, access controls, lineage, and auditability.

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Thank you,

Harish Jannela

Talent Acquisition

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