Data Engineer - AI, Agents Context - Clinical; Sr. Associate

Position: Data Engineer - AI, Agents, & Context - Clinical (Sr. Associate)
Huron helps its clients drive growth, enhance performance and sustain leadership in the markets they serve. We help healthcare organizations build innovation capabilities and accelerate key growth initiatives, enabling organizations to own the future, instead of being disrupted by it. Together, we empower clients to create sustainable growth, optimize internal processes and deliver better consumer outcomes.
Health systems, hospitals and medical clinics are under immense pressure to improve clinical outcomes and reduce the cost of providing patient care. Investing in new partnerships, clinical services and technology is not enough to create meaningful and substantive change. To succeed long-term, healthcare organizations must empower leaders, clinicians, employees, affiliates and communities to build cultures that foster innovation to achieve the best outcomes for patients.
Joining the Huron team means you’ll help our clients evolve and adapt to the rapidly changing healthcare environment and optimize existing business operations, improve clinical outcomes, create a more consumer-centric healthcare experience, and drive physician, patient and employee engagement across the enterprise.
Join our team as the expert you are now and create your future.#
** Key Responsibilities
** Apply established data contracts and context contracts for AI inputs (schemas, metadata requirements, freshness, citation expectations) Follow established guardrails for AI access to enterprise knowledge in coordination with Security/Legal/Compliance #
** Travel Expectations
*** Ability to travel as needed up to 4 times per year.#
** Required Qualifications
** 3–6 years in data engineering or data platform roles with strong hands-on delivery Experience designing and operating cloud data pipelines at scale Experience working with unstructured data processing and search/retrieval concepts #
** Preferred Qualifications
** Hands-on experience with vector search and embeddings (pgvector/Pinecone/Weaviate/Open Search/Elastic) and retrieval patterns (semantic retrieval, hybrid search, reranking)
Experience supporting LLM applications (RAG, agent tool interfaces, evaluation/observability) Familiarity with knowledge graphs/semantic modeling or metrics layers Experience in regulated environments and data governance programs
** Eager to learn the domain:
** Proactively builds familiarity with healthcare processes, terminology, and KPIs — can engage credibly with SMEs and ask the right clarifying questions
** Comfortable with ambiguity:
** Adapts quickly in evolving AI/data product environments and turns unclear goals into actionable tasks
* ** Integrity and stewardship:
** Handles sensitive data responsibly and respects established governance patterns

The estimated base salary for this job is $110,000 - $150,000 USD. The range represents a good faith estimate of the range that Huron reasonably expects to pay for this job at the time of the job posting. The actual salary paid to an individual will vary based on multiple factors, including but not limited to specific skills or certifications, years of experience, market changes, and required travel.

This job is also eligible to participate in Huron’s annual incentive compensation program, which reflects Huron’s pay for performance philosophy. Inclusive of annual incentive compensation opportunity, the total estimated compensation range for this job is $123,200 - $177,000 USD. The job is also eligible to participate in Huron’s benefit plans which include medical, dental and vision coverage and other wellness programs.

The salary range information provided is in accordance with applicable state and local laws regarding salary transparency that are currently in effect and may be implemented in the future.#LI-CL1  #LI-REMOTEAt Huron, we’re redefining what a consulting organization can be. We go beyond advice to deliver results that last. We inherit our client’s challenges as if they were our own. We help them transform for the future.

We advocate. We make a difference. And we intelligently, passionately, relentlessly do great work...together.
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