Senior Database Developer

Posted Yesterday
3 Locations
In-Office or Remote
Senior level
Software • Analytics • Biotech
The Role
Lead EDC database design and builds in Medidata Rave, translating protocol requirements into CRFs, edit checks, derivations, code lists, integrations, and governance. Serve as Medidata SME, maintain core configuration standards, liaise with data management and statistical teams, and provide guidance on platform updates and integrated workflows to support compliant clinical trials.
Summary Generated by Built In

As a Senior EDC Developer you bring deep expertise in designing, developing, and maintaining clinical databases using Medidata Rave. This role focuses on translating clinical protocol requirements into efficient, high-quality EDC solutions, including CRF design, edit checks, derivations, and integrations, while ensuring compliance with regulatory standards and industry best practices. With strong collaboration across data management, biostatistics, and clinical teams, the Senior EDC Developer plays a critical role in delivering accurate, reliable, and scalable database builds that support successful clinical trial execution.

Responsibilities

Key Responsibilities:

  • Serve as Subject Matter Expert (SME) for Medidata Rave and related Medidata applications (Core Configuration, eLearning Assignment, Reporter Assignment, Local Lab, Safety Gateway, TSDV, Batch Uploader, Imaging), advising and mentoring cross-functional teams across Data Management, Statistical Programming, Clinical Operations, and external partners.

  • Lead and oversee EDC database builds in Medidata Rave, including CRF design, edit checks, derivations, code lists, user roles, and integrations, ensuring alignment with protocol requirements and industry best practices.

  • Maintain and govern core EDC configuration standards, reusable libraries, and study design conventions to ensure consistency, quality, and efficiency across all studies.
  • Maintain and manage Cloud Admin EDC roles, ensuring appropriate access control, compliance, and standardized role usage across studies.
  • Proactively communicate updates, changes, and potential impacts related to core configuration and Cloud Admin roles to internal teams and stakeholders.
  • Review, assess, and interpret Medidata release notes, platform updates, revised eLearnings, and Rave reports; evaluate impact on ongoing and upcoming studies.
  • Translate Medidata system updates and enhancements into clear, actionable guidance and training for study teams.
  • Act as a primary liaison between key stakeholders, ensuring alignment on EDC design, build standards, timelines, and issue resolution.
  • Act as a liaison between Data Management and Statistical Programming to ensure data collection strategies support downstream analysis, reporting, and regulatory submission requirements.
  • Collaborate with business owners of other Medidata applications (e.g., Coder, Safety Gateway, CTMS,, eCOA, Imaging) to support integrated data workflows and a cohesive clinical data ecosystem.
  • Experience with integrating non Medidata systems such as RBQM, CTMS, IRT, and data cleaning tools with Medidata. 
  • Provide ongoing consultation on EDC best practices, system capabilities, and process improvements to support high-quality, compliant clinical trial execution.
Qualifications
  • At least 8 years progressive Clinical Research Experience

  • Medidata Rave Certified Study Builder

  • 6 years’ experience as a database programmer

  • Bachelor’s degree Required

Skills Required

  • At least 8 years progressive Clinical Research Experience
  • Medidata Rave Certified Study Builder
  • 6 years' experience as a database programmer
  • Bachelor's degree

Cytel Compensation & Benefits Highlights

The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Cytel and has not been reviewed or approved by Cytel.

  • Healthcare Strength Health coverage is described as comprehensive, spanning medical, dental, vision, life and disability, with FSAs/HSAs also available. Plan quality is often characterized as good to excellent, which lifts the perceived value of the overall package.
  • Retirement Support A 401(k) with employer match is consistently part of the benefits package. The plan is also characterized as well managed, contributing to a sense of baseline retirement support.
  • Fair & Transparent Compensation Overall pay is characterized as decent-to-good and broadly competitive in parts of the business, with stronger alignment noted in senior technical tracks like biostatistics and programming. The total package is often framed as respectable rather than premium.

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The Company
HQ: Waltham, MA
1,395 Employees
Year Founded: 1987

What We Do

Cytel enables decision-makers in the life sciences to unlock the full potential of their products. From navigating uncertainty to proving value, Cytel’s 30 years of global expertise in consulting, data-driven analytics, and industry-leading software helps biotech and pharmaceutical companies transform intelligence into confident decisions. We have an uncompromising commitment to scientific rigor and high standards of operational excellence, which are channeled through our locations in North America, Europe, the United Kingdom, and Asia. Together, we enable our clients to deliver the therapies that propel humanity forward. Cytel employs a range of data science tools from biostatistics to machine learning to help executives in the life-sciences to make confident decisions powered by data. We are probably best known for being leaders in the field of adaptive clinical trial design, a subset of trial design that uses interim looks to enhance the patient safety and commercial value of pharmaceutical products. We also have specialists in Bayesian statistics, real world evidence, artificial intelligence, health economics, and a number of other research fields to ensure that academic and scientific findings can have impact on industry quickly and seamlessly. www.cytel.com

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