Sr. Software Engineer, Data Platform
Cohere Health8 days ago
Base Salary
$135k - $160k/yr
Responsibilities
- Lead the design and implementation of complex data pipelines and infrastructure across multiple domains.
- Mentor junior engineers and raise team-wide engineering standards through code reviews, documentation, and knowledge sharing.
- Implement data quality, schema validation, observability, governance, and compliance practices.
- Contribute to architecture discussions and evaluate tools to improve platform scalability.
- Write clean, maintainable, and testable Python and SQL code using version control, CI/CD, and documentation best practices.
- Optimize and monitor production workflows using Airflow, dbt, Athena, EMR, Kafka, and Iceberg/Parquet.
- Collaborate with analytics, product, compliance, and other stakeholders to deliver trustworthy technical solutions.
- Participate in on-call rotations supporting critical platform jobs and reducing operational disruptions.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Data Engineering, or a related field is required.
- At least 5 years of experience in data engineering or software development focused on data infrastructure.
- Demonstrated success designing and delivering large-scale, reliable, and governed data infrastructure projects.
- Experience building and maintaining production-grade systems using APIs.
- Strong proficiency in Python and SQL, with software engineering rigor applied to data workflows.
- Hands-on experience with Airflow, dbt, AWS including EMR, Athena, and S3, Iceberg, Parquet, and Kafka.
- Experience mentoring engineers and improving engineering standards through reviews, documentation, and knowledge sharing.
- Ability to collaborate effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders in a fast-paced environment.
- Healthcare data experience involving claims, eligibility, clinical, or EHR data is strongly preferred.
- Understanding of data security, privacy, and compliance practices such as HIPAA is required.
- Experience with Snowflake or Databricks is a plus.
Benefits
- Fully remote opportunity with about 5% travel; onboarding and occasional meetings or events may require travel to Boston, Massachusetts.
- Medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance plus an Employee Assistance Program.
- 401(k) retirement plan with company match, flexible spending account, and health savings account.
- Flexible time off and company holidays.
- Up to 14 weeks of paid parental leave.
- Pet insurance.
Tech Stack
Categories
Data Engineering
About Cohere Health
Cohere Health builds a clinical intelligence and operations platform used by U.S. health plans and provider organizations to streamline prior authorization and align care with evidence-based policies. Its SaaS products connect payers and providers across utilization management, policy management, and payment accuracy workflows, reducing administrative burden and speeding decisions. Founded in 2019, the privately held company is headquartered remotely and sells enterprise contracts to national and regional health plans.