Senior Data Engineer - Hybrid

We're working with a fast-growing technology company in the AI and healthcare space that's looking to add a Senior Data Engineer to its growing engineering team. This is a hands-on role focused on building and scaling production data infrastructure that supports high-volume applications, analytics, and machine learning systems.

About the role

You'll own critical pipelines from ingestion through transformation and storage while working closely with backend and ML engineers.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain scalable, high-throughput data pipelines
• Build integrations with external systems using APIs, webhooks, and change data capture (CDC)
• Transform, validate, and normalize complex datasets for production and analytical use
• Design and optimize schemas across Snowflake and MySQL
• Build data infrastructure supporting real-time applications and downstream ML workloads
• Deploy and operate production data pipelines and services in AWS
• Implement monitoring, logging, alerting, and data-quality checks
• Improve pipeline reliability, scalability, and performance
• Build internal tooling around data ingestion, validation, and monitoring
• Partner closely with backend and ML engineers
• Ensure appropriate security and compliance practices for sensitive data

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in Data Engineering or Backend Engineering
• Strong Python and SQL
• Hands-on experience with Snowflake and MySQL
• Experience designing and building production data pipelines
• Production experience with AWS
• Experience with APIs, webhooks, and event-driven architectures
• Experience with CDC or high-volume database ingestion
• Strong understanding of schema design and database performance optimization
• Experience working with sensitive or regulated data
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related technical field
• Ability to work onsite in Jersey City, NJ at least 3 days per week

Nice to Have

• Experience building data infrastructure for machine learning or AI systems
• Experience in healthcare or another highly regulated industry
• Experience working in a startup or high-growth engineering environment

Pay

$180,000-$240,000 base salary + equity

Benefits

• 100% company-paid medical, dental, and vision coverage
• 401(k) with company match
• Generous PTO
• Commuter stipend

Schedule

Full-Time, Hybrid (onsite in Jersey City, NJ at least 3 days per week)

For this position, you must be currently authorized to work in the United States without the need for sponsorship for a non-immigrant visa.