Data Compliance Engineer (Technical Compliance Controls) Remote in Ireland

Role Type and Location

• Remote role – located
• Working & based Full time in Ireland (only) 

Eligibility to work 

• Regrettably we can’t offer Visa/work sponsorship for this Irish based role

About this Role

• We are seeking a  hands-on technical Data Compliance Engineer to implement technical compliance controls for clinical and research data protection. 
• You'll build automated compliance frameworks and policy enforcement systems, working closely with the DPO to ensure regulatory requirements across our research, clinical trials, and laboratory operations.
• THIS IS NOT A PURE DEVELOPMENT ROLE. APPLICANTS MUST HAVE BOTH STRONG DATA PRIVACY & PROTECTION KNOWLEDGE AND TECHNICAL SKILLS TO BE CONSIDERED 

Key Responsibilities

• You're someone that is willing to get the hands dirty conducting technical implementation of privacy and data protection controls.
• And you'll also have a strong focus on data governance and DP regulations
  

Technical Compliance Implementation

• Design and implement automated compliance frameworks and controls for healthcare data across office, labs, and employee devices
• Build technical solutions for audit trails, data discovery, and automated compliance monitoring across cloud and on-premises systems
• Implement hands-on PHI controls, confidential research data protection, and automated policy enforcement
• Deploy data loss prevention (DLP), encryption, access controls, and data masking solutions for healthcare data touchpoints

Healthcare Data Protection

• Enable secure data flows for research teams, clinical trials, and clinical standards compliance
• Implement technical controls for data collaboration tools (SharePoint, Google Workspace, cloud data services) ensuring healthcare compliance
• Build automated data quality monitoring and policy enforcement for research and clinical data pipelines
• Design secure data workflows for labs, research teams, and clinical trial operations

Programming & Compliance Automation

• Develop scripts, tools and applications for compliance automation, policy enforcement, and regulatory reporting
• Build APIs and integrations for compliance tools with existing healthcare systems
• Implement automated compliance monitoring, metadata management, and regulatory documentation
• Create monitoring dashboards for compliance KPIs across research and clinical environments

Regulatory & Cross-Functional Support

• Collaborate with DPO on technical GDPR, HIPAA implementation across our UK, European, and North American operations
• Support IS and IT teams with compliant deployment of business applications and infrastructure
• Work with research teams to ensure clinical trial data compliance and clinical standards adherence

Skills and Experience

Required

• 3-5+ years hands-on technical compliance experience in healthcare, pharmaceutical, or clinical research environments
• Strong programming skills: Python, SQL, automation scripting, database management
• Proven expertise: Healthcare data protection, PHI handling, compliance automation, technical policy implementation
• Healthcare compliance knowledge: GDPR, HIPAA technical implementation and data protection automation
• Experience with cloud compliance controls and automated policy enforcement
• THIS IS NOT A PURE DEVELOPMENT ROLE. APPLICANTS MUST HAVE BOTH STRONG DATA PRIVACY & PROTECTION KNOWLEDGE AND TECHNICAL SKILLS TO BE CONSIDERED 
  

Preferred

• Experience with pathology data workflows and clinical laboratory standards
• Knowledge of pharmaceutical research data requirements
• Experience with multi-jurisdictional regulatory requirements
• Platform engineering experience (APIs, integrations, monitoring systems)
• Technical certifications in data protection or healthcare compliance

What are the benefits of working with Deciphex?

✨ Meaningful work that improves patient outcomes.
🚀 Exciting and challenging projects in a hyper-growth AI enabled company.
📈 Regular feedback with strong career growth opportunities.
🏡 Flexible remote model with autonomy to balance work and life (some roles require on-site presence).
💰 Competitive salary with annual performance-based increments.
🎄 Generous leave plus paid Christmas holiday.
🌎 Supportive, multicultural, and collaborative team.

About Us

Through the work that we do, the team at Deciphex helps pharma to accelerate the process of essential drug development and helps cancer patients get a timely and accurate diagnosis. 

Founded in Dublin in 2017, Deciphex has scaled rapidly to a team of over 100 people and counting who are providing software solutions to address the pathology gap in research pathology and clinical areas. We have offices in Dublin, Exeter and Chicago and are expanding our team throughout the world.

We are software developers, clinical specialists, artificial intelligence engineers, operations professionals and so much more, all working as one team to support our customers and patients.

Read more about Deciphex here and more about our incredible team on our Careers Page here

Deciphex is an equal opportunities employer and we are committed to the principle of equality. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to age, race,  religious beliefs, political views, gender identity, affectional or sexual orientation, national origin, family or marital status (including pregnancy), disability, membership of the travelling community or any other classification protected by applicable law.

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