Staff Data Engineer, Data Foundations

We Breathe Life Into Data

At Komodo Health, our mission is to reduce the global burden of disease. And we believe that smarter use of data is essential to this mission. That’s why we built the Healthcare Map — the industry’s largest, most complete, precise view of the U.S. healthcare system — by combining de-identified, real-world patient data with innovative algorithms and decades of clinical experience. The Healthcare Map serves as our foundation for a powerful suite of software applications, helping us answer healthcare’s most complex questions for our partners. Across the healthcare ecosystem, we’re helping our clients unlock critical insights to track detailed patient behaviors and treatment patterns, identify gaps in care, address unmet patient needs, and reduce the global burden of disease. 

As we pursue these goals, it remains essential to us that we stay grounded in our values: be awesome, seek growth, deliver “wow,” and enjoy the ride. At Komodo, you will be joining a team of ambitious, supportive Dragons with diverse backgrounds but a shared passion to deliver on our mission to reduce the burden of disease — and enjoy the journey along the way.

The Opportunity at Komodo Health:

Komodo Health leverages the latest data engineering technology to tackle some of healthcare’s biggest challenges by transforming extraordinary amounts of data into rich and meaningful insights. As a Staff Data Engineer on the Data Foundations team, you will help drive the development of Komodo Health’s state-of-the-art data products, and un-locking the potential of our Healthcare Data Map.  Your work will be instrumental in designing and implementing algorithms, building robust data pipelines, and fostering a culture of trust, transparency, and technical expertise.

Looking back on your first 12 months at Komodo Health, you will have accomplished…

• Managed, coordinated, and delivered on key projects that advance our ability to bring new Technical and Data Services to market
• Developed a deep understanding of healthcare-specific challenges and introduced innovative algorithms and software techniques that address these
• Partnered with Data Product and Engineering teams to develop technical requirements, project roadmaps, and deliver scalable solutions
• Actively collaborated with team members to mentor and up-level

These are the essential job duties you will be responsible for …

• Partnering with Engineering team members, Product Managers, Data Scientists, and customer-facing teams to understand complex health data use cases and business logic
• Building foundational pieces of our data platform architecture, pipelines, analytics, and services underlying our platform 
• Architecting and developing reliable data pipelines that transform data at scale, orchestrated jobs via Airflow, using SQL and Python in Snowflake
• Contributing to python packages in Github and APIs, using current best practices

What you bring to Komodo Health (required):

• Deep expertise in software and data analysis, statistical modeling, hypothesis testing, and experimental design
• Extensive experience building scalable, best-in-class solutions that combine theoretical rigor with implementation efficiency
• Demonstrated record of thought leadership and solution design that spans from high-level conceptual frameworks to detailed execution plans
• Strong ability to communicate clearly and openly with both technical and non-technical teams
• Expertise in the design and architecture of ML/AI systems and workflows
• Experience working with large-scale Machine Learning platforms, designing and building algorithms
• Ability to use a variety of relational, NoSQL, Postgres, and/or MPP databases (ideally Snowflake on AWS) and leading data modeling, schema design, and data storage best practices

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Compensation at Komodo Health

The pay range for each job posting reflects a minimum and maximum range of pay that we reasonably expect to pay across all U.S. locations and may span more than one career level. We carefully consider multiple business-related factors when determining compensation, including job-related skills, work experience, geographic work location, relevant training and certifications, business needs and market demands.

The U.S. national starting annual base pay for this role is listed below. This position may be eligible for performance-based bonuses as determined in the Company’s sole discretion and in accordance with a written agreement or plan.$179,000—$277,000 USD