Data Compliance Engineer (Technical Compliance Controls)
Remote working in Ireland – full time.
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We are seeking a hands‑on technical Data Compliance Engineer to implement technical compliance controls for clinical and research data protection. You will build automated compliance frameworks and policy enforcement systems, working closely with the Data Protection Officer (DPO) to ensure regulatory requirements across our research, clinical trials, and laboratory operations.
Key Responsibilities
* Design and implement automated compliance frameworks and controls for healthcare data across offices, labs, and employee devices.
* Build technical solutions for audit trails, data discovery, and automated compliance monitoring across cloud and on‑premises systems.
* Implement 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.
* Enable secure data flows for research teams, clinical trials, and clinical standards 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.
* Develop scripts, tools, and applications for compliance automation, policy enforcement, and regulatory reporting.
* Build APIs and integrations for compliance tools with existing healthcare systems.
* Create monitoring dashboards for compliance KPIs across research and clinical environments.
* Collaborate with the DPO on technical GDPR and HIPAA implementation across UK, Europe, and North America.
* 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.
Required Qualifications
* 3–5+ years hands‑on technical compliance experience in healthcare, pharmaceutical, or clinical research environments.
* Strong programming skills – Python, SQL, automation scripting, database management.
* Expertise in healthcare data protection, PHI handling, compliance automation, and technical policy implementation.
* Knowledge of GDPR, HIPAA technical implementation, and data protection automation.
* Experience with cloud compliance controls and automated policy enforcement.
* Applicants must have both strong compliance knowledge and technical skills – this is not a pure development role.
Preferred Qualifications
* 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.
Benefits
* 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.
* Supportive, multicultural, and collaborative team.
About Us
Through the work that we do, the team at Deciphex helps pharma accelerate the essential drug development process and helps cancer patients receive timely and accurate diagnoses. Founded in Dublin in 2017, Deciphex has scaled rapidly to a team of over 100 people, providing software solutions to address the pathology gap in research, pathology, and clinical areas. Offices are in Dublin, Exeter and Chicago, and we are expanding worldwide.
We are software developers, clinical specialists, AI engineers, operations professionals, and more, all working as one team to support our customers and patients.
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, sexual orientation, national origin, family or marital status, disability, membership of the travelling community or any other classification protected by applicable law.
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