Research Python Programmer, Data Analyst

RTI International

Research Programmer/Analyst focusing on healthcare data analysis using Python, SAS, or SQL. Collaborating with project teams to derive insights from complex datasets in a fast-paced environment.

Posted 6/24/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesSeniorLead💰 $132,000 - $163,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

OraclePythonSQL

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Applying coding expertise and best practices to query, merge, and analyze complex healthcare data from large relational databases
Leveraging a variety of quantitative methods to standardize, blend, and distill data from multiple disparate sources, transforming them into analytic insights for use in client reports, journal manuscripts, abstracts, or posters for professional meetings
Iteratively developing and maintaining SAS, SQL, or Python code with an emphasis on increasing efficiency, minimizing computational errors, implementing process improvements, and other approaches that add value to business processes and analytic results
Participating in thorough code review and documentation, as well as parallel coding efforts for other programmers to maintain quality standards and ensure that code may be efficiently transferred among team members as needed
Constructing analytic datasets and databases to support deliverables for various public health and healthcare financing engagements
Collaborating with project team members to review, critically evaluate, and refine business requirements, and then translate those requirements into programming logic
Demonstrating established functional leadership skills on projects, including advising and mentoring fellow programmers, proactively resolving day-to-day issues of small to medium complexity, incorporating sound coding best practices and standards, and developing these behaviors among early-career staff
Supporting strategic initiatives within the larger programming group and health practice area such as identifying emerging technologies for potential adoption, creating efficiencies or novel coding approaches both within and across projects, mentoring staff, and collaborating with analysts and other programmers to support research objectives
Participating in industry conferences and continuing education on healthcare-related and/or technical coding topics (including learning new coding languages) as applicable to the role and evolving business needs
Routinely sharing insights gained from the above activities with fellow programmers, leaders, and other division staff through activities such as presentations at staff meetings, contributions to collective codebase utilities, and training early career staff

Requirements

What you’ll need

BS/BA or advanced degree in data science, computer science, statistics, social sciences, health policy or related field with at least 8 years of programming experience OR an equivalent combination of education and experience
Minimum of 8 years of combined experience with Python, SAS or SQL analytical coding with demonstrated expertise in the linkage of various types of data files
At least 4 years of the minimum experience must be comprised of leveraging Python and/or SQL for analytic programming purposes
Programming experience using data stored in relational databases such as Teradata, Snowflake, DB2, Oracle, and SQL Server
Healthcare industry experience, analytic experience in work with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and/or knowledge of healthcare terminology and taxonomy/classification systems (e.g., ICD-10, CPT, HCPCS)
Experience designing and implementing flexible, reusable, scalable, computationally efficient and easily maintainable programming code for use across multiple projects
Demonstrated understanding of analytic programming quality and best practices, including experience with QA/QC procedures (e.g., peer review of code, parallel programming) and the ability to teach these skills to others
Demonstrated experience with all phases of the Analytic Development Life Cycle
Organizational and planning skills that enable independent work while contributing to a team effort
Analytic thinker with exceptional attention to quality and detail
Good interpersonal skills, including written and oral English-language skills, the ability to effectively manage competing deadlines, and the ability to work independently on a day-to-day basis while regularly collaborating with project teams
Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States, have lived in the United States for at least 3 of the last 5 years, and should not require now, or in the future, sponsorship for employment visa status

Benefits

Comp & perks

Competitive base salary
Generous paid time off policy
Merit-based annual increases
Bonus opportunities
Robust recognition program
Health, dental, life insurance
Short-term and long-term disability coverage
Retirement savings program such as a 401(k) plan
Paid parental leave for all parents
Financial assistance with adoption expenses or infertility treatments
Financial reimbursement for education and developmental opportunities
Employee assistance program
Numerous other offerings to support a healthy work-life balance

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Hard Skills & Tools

PythonSASSQLdata analysisrelational databasesdata mergingdata standardizationanalytic programmingQA/QC proceduresAnalytic Development Life Cycle

Soft Skills

functional leadershipmentoringorganizational skillsplanning skillsinterpersonal skillsattention to detailindependent workcollaborationproblem-solvingcommunication skills