Associate Director, Data Engineering
MCG Health1 month ago
Base Salary
$19k - $269k/yr
Responsibilities
- Partner with Product Managers and customers to define requirements and design end-to-end data and insights solutions for AI features.
- Grow and maintain the data platform, including data ingestion, transformation, governance, and delivery workflows.
- Develop and maintain governed, high-quality datasets for AI product development, evaluation, and improvement.
- Analyze organizational data to identify patterns, opportunities, and customer-relevant insights for product and AI roadmap decisions.
- Create and maintain dynamic dashboards that communicate performance and support data-informed decisions.
- Apply data operations and software engineering practices to improve pipeline and platform quality, reliability, repeatability, and usability.
- Collaborate across Product, Engineering, and Data Science to manage tradeoffs, identify data risks, and deliver practical solutions.
Requirements
- At least 10+ years of experience in data engineering, data science, or a related field.
- Experience building, maintaining, or growing data platforms that support AI or machine learning products.
- Strong data operations and software engineering skills, including reliable data workflows and production-ready pipelines.
- Understanding of the machine learning lifecycle and the role of dependable data in model development and product improvement.
- Experience with governed data lakes, data quality, data organization, and access practices.
- Ability to translate product, customer, and scientific needs into practical technical data solutions.
- Strong written communication and collaboration skills for explaining data concepts to varied audiences.
- Preferred: experience with deep learning, natural language processing, or other applied AI methods.
- Preferred: experience with healthcare or clinical data.
Benefits
- Remote or hybrid work options.
- Occasional travel, expected approximately 1–3 times per year for company-sponsored events.
- Medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance.
- 401(k) retirement plan, flexible spending account, and health savings account.
- 15 days of paid time off plus additional front-loaded personal days.
- 14 company-recognized holidays and paid volunteer days.
- Up to 8 weeks of paid parental leave plus 10 weeks of paid bonding leave.
- LGBTQ+ health services and pet insurance.
About MCG Health
MCG Health, a Hearst Health company based in Seattle, provides evidence-based clinical guidelines, AI-enabled decision support, and care management software for hospitals, health plans, and government agencies. Its products are licensed by payers and providers to support medical-necessity determinations, care pathways, and utilization management. Founded in 1988, the company distributes its content and tools on a subscription basis across the U.S. healthcare market.