Data Engineer - VC Backed Healthcare Firm - NYC or San Francisco

Overview

Data Engineer II at a VC-backed healthcare technology firm, with work locations in NYC or San Francisco. The role focuses on building and maintaining the data platform to support AI-powered automation, intelligent workflows, and high-scale data operations that improve hospital and provider outcomes.

• Design, develop, and maintain software applications that process large volumes of data daily.
• Collaborate with engineering, analytics, and product teams to understand data requirements and build/optimize data models.
• Extract, transform, and load data from various sources into modern data warehouses and data lakes.
• Implement data quality and governance practices to ensure data accuracy, reliability, and performance.
• Work hands-on with big data technologies such as Hadoop, Spark, and Kafka.
• Troubleshoot, performance-tune, and ensure the scalability of complex data applications.

• Strong problem-solving abilities, analytical thinking, and excellent communication skills.
• Experience with big data technologies (Hadoop, Spark, Kafka).
• Ability to design data models and data pipelines that support automation and AI initiatives.

This is an opportunity to join an expanding innovation group within a leading healthcare platform investing in data, AI, and intelligent revenue operations. If you want to build systems that make a real difference and work with teams focused on improving patient experiences and provider performance, this is a meaningful engineering role at scale.