Data Engineer I

Compensation: $100,000 - $120,000 per year. You are eligible for a Short-Term Incentive Plan with the target at 7.5% of your annual earnings; terms and conditions apply.

Data Engineer I - Remote US

The Data Engineer I is responsible for designing, building, maintaining, and optimizing data pipelines and systems to support analytics, machine learning, reporting, and operational workflows. 

You will support the design, development, and delivery of Ambry's data infrastructure and solutions. This role will play a pivotal part in building and maintaining scalable, reliable, and efficient data pipelines, operational data stores, data warehouses, and data lakes. The Principal Data Engineer will collaborate with architects, scientists, and analysts to ensure that data is governed, accessible, secure, and aligned with business objectives.

 Essential Functions

• Data Pipeline Development: Build, automate, and optimize ETL/ELT pipelines — from raw data ingestion to structured and clean datasets
• Data Modeling: Design and implement data models for databases, data lakes, or warehouses (e.g., star/snowflake schemas, operational data stores)
• Infrastructure & Platforms: Work with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure) and tools like Redshift, BigQuery, Databricks, or Snowflake. Manage compute, storage, and networking needs related to data
• Performance Optimization: Tune SQL queries, pipeline jobs, and storage for efficiency and scalability. Improve system throughput, latency, and cost-efficiency
• Data Quality & Validation: Implement monitoring, alerting, and testing for data quality, completeness, and accuracy
• Collaboration: Work closely with data analysts, data scientists, software engineers, and product owners. Translate business requirements into technical solutions
• Documentation & Standards: Document systems, pipelines, schemas, and transformations. Adhere to coding and operational best practices
• Mentorship (light): May mentor junior data engineers (Data Engineer I) on coding standards, tool usage, and best practices
• Other duties as assigned  

Qualifications

• 1+ years of industry experience in data engineering, analytics engineering, or software engineering 
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or related field or equivalent work experience 
• Demonstrated experience delivering production-ready data pipelines and ETL/ELT workflows 
• Previous experience working with cloud data platforms and modern data stacks 
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills 
• Languages: SQL, Python, Java, Scala 
• Databases: PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, DynamoDB 
• Data Processing Frameworks: Apache Spark, Apache Beam, Apache Airflow, DBT, AWS Glue, Databricks, Snowflake, Dagster, etc. 
• Cloud Platforms: AWS (Glue, Redshift, S3), GCP (BigQuery, Dataflow), Azure (Synapse) 
• DevOps & CI/CD: Terraform, Docker, Kubernetes (sometimes), GitHub Actions 
• Monitoring Tools: DataDog, Prometheus, Grafana, custom alerting for data pipelines 
• Data Governance Basics: Understanding of security, PII/PHI data handling, access control, lineage tools like OpenLineage, Collibra, Atlan, or Collate 

Preferred

• Master’s degree 
• AWS certifications or Google Cloud Platform Certifications
• Industry experience in Life Sciences in General, bonus if in Genomics

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About Us:

Ambry Genetics Corporation is a CAP-accredited and CLIA-licensed molecular genetics laboratory based in Aliso Viejo, California. We are a genetics-based healthcare company that is dedicated to open scientific exchange so we can work together to understand and treat all human disease faster.

At Ambry, everyone is welcome. A career at Ambry Genetics is a chance to be part of a dynamic company that aims to improve health by understanding the relationships between genetics and human disease. We earned our reputation as industry leaders by responsibly introducing cutting-edge genetic testing solutions and continually sharing what we learn with the global scientific community.

At Ambry you will be learning, challenging yourself, and having fun while collaborating with teammates through the open exchange of ideas. Our outstanding benefits program includes 401k, medical, dental, vision, FSA, paid sick leave and generous paid time off (PTO) program. Ambry Genetics is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE) and we maintain a drug-free work environment.

The Company believes in second chance employment. Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction history will be considered regardless of t