Data Engineer (San Francisco)

Oura is an award-winning and fast-growing startup that helps people track all stages of sleep and activity using the Oura Ring and connected app. By providing daily feedback and practical steps to inspire healthy lifestyles, we've helped over a million people improve their sleep, understand their bodies, and transform their health. We’re on a mission to empower every person to own their inner potential, and we’re seeking candidates who want to make an impact on our journey.

Empowering the world starts with living our values and empowering our team. As a quickly growing company focused on helping people live healthier and happier lives, we work to promote work-life balance and ensure that our team members have what they need to do their best work — both in and out of the office.

We are looking for an experienced Data Engineer to join our Research Operations team. This team leads a variety of research studies, both internal and external, to develop new features and continue to enhance the accuracy of our algorithms. Our partnerships often lead to scientific publications and provide public validation of Oura’s health sensing capabilities.

You will build tools that are the foundation for research activities at Oura. Through the work, you will develop an end-to-end understanding of data flows, including technical aspects of hardware, firmware, and software, as well as algorithm development.

The ideal candidate will be located in San Francisco, CA.

What you will do:

• Build tools to improve the operational efficiency of Oura’s human research studies, working in collaboration with senior engineers on the Research Operations team and hardware, firmware, and app teams.

• Implement automated processes to ensure the highest quality data from studies, including smooth hand-offs to our algorithm development team.
• Build data pipelines, databases, and dashboards to promote transparency and rapidly identify roadblocks with current studies.

Requirements

We would love to have you on our team if you have any of the following, but don’t worry too much if you don’t fill all the requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree in computer science, physics, math, or a related field
• Minimum 3+ years experience in data engineering in industrial or clinical settings
• Experience in deploying data pipelines to production, including large-scale cloud deployments
• Adaptability within a dynamic and collaborative environment
• Commitment to improve processes and reduce inefficiencies
• Deep curiosity to dive into the details of human research studies

We also appreciate if you have familiarity with the following:

• Python
• SQL
• Cloud platforms (e.g. AWS)
• Relational and no-SQL database systems
• Multi-modal and sensor data

Benefits

At Oura, we care about you and your well-being. Everyone at Oura gets a ring of their own, and we’re continually looking for ways to improve everyone’s health and add to our benefits!

What we offer:

• Competitive salary and equity packages
• Health, dental, vision insurance, and mental health resources
• An Oura Ring of your own + employee discounts for friends & family
• Fertility benefits through Carrot Pro
• Flexible working hours and remote working arrangements
• $500 for initial WFH setup + $300 monthly wellness stipend
• $750 Learning & Development credit
• $25 DoorDash credit every Friday for lunch
• 20 days of PTO + 13 paid holidays + 8 days of flexible wellness time off
• 5 days paid sick leave, 4 days bereavement leave, 12 weeks paid parental leave
• Amazing culture of collaborative and passionate coworkers

Oura takes a market-based approach to pay, which may vary depending on your location. US locations are categorized into tiers based on a cost of labor index for that geographic area. While most offers will be closer to the starting range, successful candidates’ pay will be determined based on job-related skills, experience, qualifications, work location, internal peer equity, and market conditions. These ranges may be modified in the future.

• Region 1 $190,000-$204,000
• Region 2 $180,500-$193,500
• Region 3 $171,000-$183,500
• Region 4 $161,500-$173,500

A recruiter can determine your region based on your US location.

Oura is proud to be an equal-opportunity workplace. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. Individuals seeking employment at Oura are considered without regard to age, ancestry, color, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical