Senior Data Engineer, Implementation Lead - Remote, United States, Canada

Datavant is a data logistics company for healthcare whose products and solutions enable organizations to move and connect data securely. We are a data logistics company for healthcare whose products and solutions enable organizations to move and connect data securely. Datavant has a network of networks consisting of thousands of organizations, more than 70,000 hospitals and clinics, 70% of the 100 largest health systems, and an ecosystem of 500+ real-world data partners.

By joining Datavant today, you’re stepping onto a highly collaborative, remote-first team that is passionate about creating transformative change in healthcare. We hire for three traits: we want people who are smart, nice, and get things done. We invest in our people and believe in hiring for high-potential and humble individuals who can rapidly grow their responsibilities as the company scales. Datavant is a distributed, remote-first team, and we empower Datavanters to shape their working environment in a way that suits their needs.

Join our Data Platforms organization in the Data Infrastructure team as a Technical Lead.  We’re a horizontal team whose mission is to use our data to drive maximum value across the business we are today and the business we’ll be in the future. You’ll operate across a diverse range of technologies in every layer of our “data stack” to make that mission a reality.

You will:

• Lead your team to deliver a world-class data platform from the ground up
• Plan and delegate complex projects with broad scope
• Mentor and grow early career developers or engineers transitioning into Data Infrastructure from other domains
• Facilitate technical discussions, guiding the team toward the most effective approaches to problem solving
• Engage with stakeholders across the business to ensure their needs are being met
• Build, upgrade, and maintain Data-related infrastructure & monitoring across multiple clouds and other systems & services
• Write performant, readable, and reusable code and Infrastructure-as-Code
• Review code for your team to ensure a high standard of technical quality across our codebases

What you will bring to the table: 

• 5+ years of experience in software development
• 2+ years of experience building and maintaining a data lake and/or data warehouse
• Leadership skills, ranging from mentoring your own team to gaining buy-in from technical stakeholders throughout Engineering
• Strong understanding of cloud architecture, with 2+ years of experience using a cloud provider
• Experience writing Infrastructure-as-Code
• Deep knowledge of operational database products
• A “get things done” attitude and a product mindset – you’re excited to identify places the team can deliver value, then take ownership of delivering
• Strong communication skills with business and technical stakeholders alike – you’re skilled at balancing partnership and focus for yourself and the team

Bonus points for:

• Experience writing IaC in Terraform and code in Python
• Strong knowledge of networking concepts in AWS and/or Azure
• Strong knowledge of AWS Database Migration Service (DMS), Apache Airflow, Data Build Tool (dbt), and/or Snowflake
• Prior experience in Healthcare or another highly regulated industry like Finance
• Background as a Database Administrator, Data Analyst, or similar role
• AWS or Azure certification(s)

We are committed to building a diverse team of Datavanters who are smart, nice, and get things done, where every Datavanter is empowered to bring their authentic self to their work. We are all responsible for stewarding a high-performance culture in which all Datavanters belong and thrive. We are proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, or other legally protected status.

Our compensation philosophy is to be externally competitive, internally fair, and not win or lose on compensation. Salary ranges for this position are developed with the support of benchmarks (competitive San Francisco rates for US-based roles) and industry best practices. 

We’re building a high-growth, high-autonomy culture. We rely less on job titles and more on cultivating an environment where anyone can contribute, the best ideas win, and personal growth is driven by expanding impact. This means we default to simple job titles (e.g., Software Engineer) rather than complex ones (e.g., Senior Software Engineer). The range posted is for a given job title, which can include multiple levels. Individual rates for the same job title may differ based on  level, responsibilities, skills, and experience for a specific job. The estimated salary range for this role is  $173,000- $215,000.

At the end of this application, you will find a set of voluntary demographic questions. If you choose to respond, your responses will be anonymous and used to help us identify areas of improvement in our recruitment process. (We can only see aggregate responses, not individual responses. In fact, we aren’t even able to see if you’ve responded or not.) Responding is your choice and it will not be used in any way in our hiring process.