Senior Software Engineer, Data Engineering
Flatiron Health1 day ago
Responsibilities
- Design, build, and maintain data solutions that deliver oncology research insights and support drug discovery and R&D.
- Build, maintain, and debug ETL/ELT pipelines and their underlying orchestration systems.
- Collaborate with clinical data analysts to ensure data quality and contractual compliance.
- Translate business and research needs into scoped technical solutions while balancing customer needs, technical constraints, and timelines.
- Mentor, educate, and develop junior data engineers and contribute to engineering team leadership.
- Participate in design and code reviews and improve code and engineering processes.
- Monitor pipeline execution, investigate failures, and resolve root causes to maintain reliability.
- Use AI-assisted coding tools productively while applying judgment to maintain quality.
Requirements
- 4+ years of professional experience in data engineering, software engineering, or data-intensive applications.
- Strong proficiency in SQL and Python.
- Experience with ETL/ELT pipelines, orchestration systems, data modeling, and production datasets in Snowflake.
- Experience with cloud platforms, preferably AWS, and containerized environments using Docker.
- Experience leading data engineering teams and managing engineers.
- Expertise in data engineering practices including debugging, testing, validation, orchestration, and observability.
- Experience collaborating through Git, code review, and documentation.
- Strong communication skills with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Bachelor’s, master’s, or Ph.D. in computer science, data science, or a related field.
- Healthcare or healthcare-related data standards experience is preferred.
- Customer-facing solutions engineering or forward deployed engineering experience is preferred.
- Experience with AI-assisted tools such as Cursor or Claude Code is preferred.
Benefits
- Hybrid work arrangement with work from home and three office days set by the employee and team.
- Flexible work hours and flexible paid time off.
- 401(k) contributions and financial health resources including one-on-one financial advice.
- Mental well-being tools and services.
- Parental benefits, family-building care, and generous leave.
- Fertility, adoption, and surrogacy support programs.
- Travel support for safe healthcare services.
- Continuous learning and inclusion and belonging programs.
About Flatiron Health
Flatiron Health builds oncology-specific software and real-world evidence datasets used by cancer care providers and biopharma researchers. Its products include the OncoEMR electronic health record for community practices and curated, de-identified clinical datasets and analytics services sold via subscriptions and partnerships to support research and regulatory use. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in New York, the company operates as an independent subsidiary of Roche.