Knit Health - Data Engineer II
Requirements
• We're looking for candidates with strong engineering fundamentals, experience building production data systems, and the ability to independently solve complex technical problems. • Systems thinking and problem-solving: Ability to reason from first principles, understand how complex systems work, and independently design and troubleshoot solutions without relying exclusively on off-the-shelf tools. • Systems thinking and problem-solving: • Data engineering fundamentals: Strong understanding of data modeling, ETL/ELT, orchestration, database architecture, and data quality, including the underlying principles that make data systems scalable and reliable. • Data engineering fundamentals: • Large scale data processing: Hands-on experience processing large datasets using Spark or comparable frameworks, with an understanding of distributed computing, performance, and scalability. • Large scale data processing: • Engineering experience: Approximately 4-6 years of professional data engineering experience, or equivalent hands-on experience designing, building, and maintaining production data pipelines and infrastructure. • Programming proficiency: Strong Python and SQL skills, including complex queries, data transformations, and writing clean, maintainable, well-tested code. • Programming proficiency: • Cloud infrastructure: Hands-on experience with a major cloud platform such as Azure, AWS, or GCP. • Cloud infrastructure: • We value demonstrated engineering capability over a specific educational path. A background in computer science, engineering, mathematics, physics, or a related technical discipline is valuable, but we also welcome candidates who have developed equivalent expertise through hands-on experience. • Nice-to-haves • Nice-to-haves • Experience working with healthcare data, particularly provider-side clinical and claims workflows, including submitted and adjudicated claims. • Experience with Epic, EHR systems, or healthcare interoperability standards such as FHIR and HL7. • Familiarity with healthcare privacy and compliance frameworks, including HIPAA. • Experience using AI-assisted coding tools while maintaining strong code quality and testing practices. • Experience optimizing large-scale data processing workloads for cost and performance. • Experience with Azure and Databricks. • Location • Location • San Francisco, CA preferred, with a hybrid work arrangement of two to three days per week in the office. Remote candidates may be considered based on experience and qualifications.
Responsibilities
• As a Data Engineer II at Knit Health, you'll be a foundational member of a small, high-impact team building the data infrastructure behind our clinical AI platform. You'll help develop the clinical world data model that powers our AI systems, transforming complex healthcare data into reliable inputs for model training, research, and real-world applications. • Design, build, and maintain data pipelines and infrastructure at scale, collaborating closely with our science, AI, and product teams. • Expand our data integrations to new clinical and healthcare data sources, including the processing, modeling, and quality safeguards needed for reliable downstream use. • Build and optimize large-scale, data processing systems for performance, scalability, and reliability. • Drive data and product integrations with healthcare clients deploying our AI models. • Help shape our data architecture and establish standards for data quality, testing, documentation, and observability.
Benefits
• Knit Health offers a competitive compensation package that includes base salary, equity, and opportunities for advancement. The starting salary range is approximately $150,000 to $175,000 per year. • Generous benefits for full-time employees include: medical, dental, and vision coverage with 100% of premiums paid for employees and dependents (full coverage for dental, vision, and our Gold medical plan; employees may choose to buy up to Platinum); coverage begins on the first day of employment. Additional benefits include a 401(k) plan and 24 days of PTO annually. • Final Notes • Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.
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