Staff Data Engineer - Remote

Overview

As a Staff Data Engineer at firsthand, you will play a crucial role in building data infrastructure that enables timely and personalized engagement with individuals living with serious mental illness (SMI). This position offers a unique opportunity to define the data engineering team and its architecture within a growing healthcare technology environment.

In Short

• Build and improve cloud-based data infrastructure using tools like Snowflake, Postgres, Fivetran, and Airflow.
• Provide technical leadership throughout the design and implementation process.
• Own end-to-end infrastructure releases and ensure performance at scale.
• Contribute to a culture of testing and code quality.
• Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders to translate business needs into scalable data solutions.
• Bring experience in healthcare or life sciences data infrastructure development.
• Work in a fast-paced startup environment.
• Develop intelligent operational workflows using medical and pharmacy claims data.
• Participate in maintaining healthcare security and privacy.
• Lead product development with design and development principles.

Requirements

• Minimum 3 years of experience in data engineering.
• Expert in SQL and competent in Python.
• Familiarity with production airflow environments.
• Experience with ETL/ELT tools and cloud platforms (AWS, GCP).
• Team player interested in a startup culture.
• Deep experience with healthcare data.
• Experience in building and deploying scalable data analytics applications.
• Comfortable collaborating with cross-functional teams.
• Passionate about quality product development.
• Experience with Apache Airflow and DBT.

Benefits

• Opportunity to work in a meaningful field impacting lives.
• Collaborate with motivated colleagues.
• Thrive in a culture of continuous learning and creativity.
• Flexible working environment.
• Engage in work that resonates with purpose.