Exact Sciences · 3 days ago
Staff Data Engineer - Science
Madison, WI
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$154K/yr - $232K/yr
12+ years expExact Sciences is dedicated to changing how the world prevents, detects, and guides treatment for cancer. The Staff Data Engineer will lead the design, development, and testing of complex software applications, ensuring high quality and accountability while collaborating with team members and stakeholders to enhance data analytics capabilities.
BiotechnologyHealth DiagnosticsManufacturingMedical
Responsibilities
Has in-depth understanding and works on a wide range of issues while applying advanced knowledge, skills, and practices to diverse programs and initiatives demonstrating creativity and mastery of specialized techniques, processes, procedures. Exercise independent judgment in methods, techniques, and evaluation criteria for obtaining results
Troubleshoot issues and problems of high complexity for major software applications; break down complex tasks, alternatives, problems, and solutions with an eye on limiting the need for later problem solving; utilize mastery of tools needed to debug and diagnose issues in any type of environment
Act as a Technical Lead for your team due to their trust in your technical expertise and coaching – lead without authority, show initiative and support all levels when needed without being asked; deliver feedback in a constructive manner; provide guidance to entry-level engineers; collaborate often with other technical leads, incorporating feedback as needed; focus team discussion on important aspects
Design lasting applications while working with product teams. This may include organizing people and resources toward the effective and efficient purpose of pre-determined objectives serving large business or technology project(s)
Take full ownership of quality and difficult designs that impact and influence the department’s delivery and approach
Understand the scope and relationships of large features and productions for your domain
Contribute, interpret, and communicate enterprise, technical, project, and operational strategies, taking into account company dynamics
Build successful internal partnerships with peers, SMEs, stakeholders, and decision-makers. Manage vendor and external partnerships
Consistently influence and make significant decisions across multiple projects. Guide discussions on critical areas of impact
Ability to work nights and/or weekends, as needed
Uphold company mission and values through accountability, innovation, integrity, quality, and teamwork
Support and comply with the company’s Quality Management System policies and procedures
Maintain regular and reliable attendance
Ability to act with an inclusion mindset and model these behaviors for the organization
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's Degree in Data Science, Computer Science, Information Systems, Mathematics, or Engineering; or High School Diploma/General Education Degree and 12 years of relevant experience as outlined in the essential duties in lieu of Bachelor's Degree
Spark on Snowflake or Databricks
Python, Scala, SQL development
ETL data pipelines
Designing and implementing data modeling solutions using relational, dimensional, and/or NoSQL databases
Database architecture testing methodology, including execution of test plans, debugging, and testing scripts and tools
Multiple Big Data file formats (Parquet, Avro, Delta Lake)
Cloud Infrastructure services (i.e., AWS, SQS, S3, and GitLab)
Agile development tools; including, but not limited to, JIRA, Confluence repository
RestAPI development
Tableau, ideally including performance optimization
Demonstrated ability to perform the essential duties of the position with or without accommodation
Preferred
Experience partnering with scientific research teams, such as biomarker discovery, computational biology, or clinical affairs
Expertise in CI/CD best practices for data pipelines, including git-based workflows (Github/Gitlab), automated testing, and deployment strategies
Advocate of test-driven development
Experience integrating and processing real-world data (RWD), including electronic health records (EHR) and claims data, to support longitudinal patient analysis and clinical evidence generation
Experience with data governance, security, and compliance best practices (RBAC, GDPR, HIPAA)
Benefits
Paid time off (including days for vacation, holidays, volunteering, and personal time)
Paid leave for parents and caregivers
A retirement savings plan
Wellness support
Health benefits including medical, prescription drug, dental, and vision coverage
Company
Exact Sciences
Exact Sciences offers a portfolio of cancer screening and diagnostic tests that span from early detection to treatment monitoring.
5001-10000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
Exact Sciences has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not
guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your
reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
Distribution of Different Job Fields Receiving Sponsorship
Represents job field similar to this job
Trends of Total Sponsorships
2025 (33)
2024 (10)
2023 (19)
2022 (33)
2021 (3)
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$2.75B2025-06-20Acquired
2024-04-11Post Ipo Debt· $620.7M
2023-02-23Post Ipo Debt· $500M
Leadership Team
Kevin Conroy
Chairman & CEO
Aaron Bloomer
Executive Vice President, CFO
Recent News
Business Insider
2026-02-08
2026-02-03
Company data provided by crunchbase