Senior Data Engineer - Healthcare Data Solutions

About the Role

We are hiring a Senior Data Engineer to join our innovative team at Clearsense. This is a fantastic opportunity for a Senior Data Engineer remote position, where you will play a pivotal role in shaping how healthcare data moves through our platform at scale. You will work in a collaborative and fast-paced environment, focusing on designing, implementing, and evolving the processes, frameworks, and tools that power our healthcare data acquisition, curation, and delivery workflows.

What You'll Do

• Architect and maintain standardized ingestion, transformation, and validation workflows applicable across multiple projects.
• Select, configure, and optimize tools for data acquisition, cleansing, transformation, and delivery (e.g., Airflow, Apache Nifi, Spark, Python frameworks, ElasticSearch, AI).
• Design and maintain monitoring, alerting, and performance tracking systems for operational processes.
• Create clear documentation, training modules, and internal certification paths for Operations Engineering teams.
• Serve as a subject matter expert to troubleshoot complex data engineering challenges alongside Operations Engineering.
• Partner with Product Management to align tool and process roadmaps with company goals.
• Collaborate with Security, Compliance, and Infrastructure teams to ensure designed processes meet performance, cost, and regulatory requirements.
• Drive adoption of significant new capabilities or frameworks across multiple operational teams.

Requirements

• 5+ years in data engineering or a related technical field, with significant experience in data process and tooling design.
• Expert level SQL skills and strong knowledge of database platforms (Postgres, MySQL, MS SQL Server, etc.).
• Proficiency in at least one modern programming language used for data engineering (Python, Scala, Java). Python preferred.
• AWS expertise (Glue, S3, Lambda, RDS, etc.).
• Experience designing workflows for large-scale, complex data sets — ideally in healthcare data environments.
• Strong background in automation, pipeline orchestration, and CI/CD practices.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to train, mentor, and influence technical teams.

Nice to Have

• Experience with Apache Nifi, Spark, Kafka, or similar distributed data technologies.
• Exposure to infrastructure as code (Terraform) and DevOps workflows.
• Background in designing systems that meet HITRUST or HIPAA compliance standards.
• Familiarity with HL7, CCD, or FHIR data standards.

What We Offer

• Competitive salary range of $120,000 - $150,000 per year.
• Flexible remote work arrangements.
• Opportunity to shape healthcare data processes at scale.
• Collaborative work environment with a focus on innovation.
• Professional development opportunities and training.
• Impact role with the freedom to innovate and experiment.