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Data Integration Center Employee / Data Engineer (m/f/d)

Full time Data Engineering Business Intelligence Software Engineering Data Governance Data Warehouse

Job Description

Chemnitz Hospital is one of the largest municipal hospitals in Germany and, as a maximum care hospital, offers a broad range of diagnostic and therapeutic services. We employ approximately 7,250 people, and each year around 200 trainees and 50 medical students begin their studies in our model medical degree program, MEDiC.
Chemnitz Hospital cooperates closely with DIAKOMED – Diakonie Hospital Chemnitzer Land within a municipal hospital network. This includes close collaboration between both locations in the areas of training and comprehensive joint patient treatment.
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Data Integration Center Employee / Data Engineer (m/f/d)

Chemnitz
01.10.2026
Full-time or part-time
temporary employment

Are you passionate about data, modern IT architectures, and digitalization in healthcare? Do you want to contribute to making medical data usable for research and care, and participate in innovative medical informatics projects?
Then join our team at the Data Integration Center (DIZ). Together, we are shaping the digital future of medicine and creating the foundation for data-driven research, innovative care concepts, and networked healthcare.
Shaping the future at the University Hospital – making data usable for research and care.
Within the framework of the MiHUB and EyeMatics funding projects, we are further expanding our Data Integration Center. For this, we are looking for dedicated individuals who can contribute their experience in data integration, data engineering, medical data science, or medical informatics and who want to work with us to develop modern data platforms for research and care.

YOUR TASKS

Your area of ​​responsibility
  • Clinical data integration: Analyzing clinical source systems and developing sustainable integration solutions.
  • Architecture & ETL: Designing and developing database and data warehouse structures as well as ETL processes for the clinical data repository.
  • Interface management: Establishing and maintaining modern data interfaces according to HL7-FHIR standards and the specifications of the Medical Informatics Initiative (MII).
  • Data quality & terminologies: Ensuring high data quality through the implementation of medical terminologies such as LOINC and SNOMED CT.
  • Data Stewardship: Supporting the provision of research data and taking on tasks in data stewardship.
  • Process documentation: Continuous documentation of processes and active participation in the further development of the system landscape.
Interface work
  • Research support: Advising researchers on data requests and feasibility analyses, as well as ensuring data usage complies with data protection regulations.
  • Data analysis: Conducting data analyses using Python or R within the framework of multi-center research projects.
  • Teamwork: Close coordination and cooperation with interdisciplinary project teams, medical departments and external partners.
  • Compliance: Consistent implementation of data protection, information security and compliance requirements.

YOUR PROFILE

Ideally, you should bring the following:
  • Completed studies in computer science, medical informatics, bioinformatics, data science or a comparable field
  • Experience in the development and support of database systems, ETL processes and data integration solutions
  • Knowledge of SQL and ideally experience with data warehouse architectures, preferably SAP BW/4HANA.
  • Knowledge of medical data standards such as HL7 FHIR, LOINC or SNOMED CT is advantageous.
  • Experience in data analysis and data preparation using Python, R or similar technologies
  • Understanding data protection and information security in healthcare
  • Analytical thinking skills, initiative, and a structured and solution-oriented approach to work.
  • Enjoyment of interdisciplinary collaboration and communication with different specialist departments

WE ARE OFFERING YOU

  • a structured onboarding process
  • an interesting and varied field of work
  • an attractive salary in accordance with the in-house collective agreement KC/ver.di with an annual bonus payment
  • a wide range of in-house training and further education opportunities as well as targeted personnel development measures (including in the company's own training center)
  • an employer-funded retirement plan and options for additional private pension insurance
  • diverse offers for workplace health promotion, including medical training at the hospital with a view over the city.
  • cost-effective use of parking garage spaces for employees
  • Discounted sale of medications for personal use through the company's own pharmacy

We look forward to receiving your application by 6/30/2026, quoting reference number KC2026047 .

For technical information, please contact Dr. rer. nat. Frank Nüßler by telephone at 0371 333 50001 or by email at F.Nuessler@skc.de .

Your path to us:
Are you unsure whether your profile meets all the requirements? We're looking for people, not perfect CVs. In a personal interview, we'll work together to find out how your experience and interests align with our projects.

Klinikum Chemnitz gGmbH
About Klinikum Chemnitz gGmbH

With 1,785 beds, the Klinikum Chemnitz is one of the largest hospitals in Germany and, as a maximum care hospital, has a wide diagnostic and therapeutic spectrum. We treat around 62,000 in-patients and day-patients and around 80,000 out-patients every year. With more than 7,000 employees, the clinic and its subsidiaries are the largest employer in the region. In the MEDiC human medicine model course of the Dresden Medical Faculty of the Technical University (TU) Dresden and the Klinikum Chemnitz gGmbH, 50 medical students start their medical careers at the Chemnitz Medical Campus every year.

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