SmithRx - Staff Data Engineer

• Architecture & Ecosystem Design • Build Resilient Systems: Design flexible, difficult-to-misuse software components and data pipelines. Reduce complex designs into simple foundational components to proactively avoid scaling issues and lower maintenance costs. • Build Resilient Systems: • Manage Cross-Boundary Integrations: Create coherent ecosystem designs across multiple pipelines and API boundaries. Ensure reliable feature rollouts with appropriate monitoring, paging, and well-characterized failure domains. • Manage Cross-Boundary Integrations: • Improve Developer Efficiency: Continuously look for ways to simplify code and infrastructure. Implement solutions that measurably improve developer efficiency. • Improve Developer Efficiency: • Execution & Problem Solving • Drive Large-Scale Projects: Autonomously define and deliver technical roadmaps for larger projects with cross-team dependencies. Execute against tight deadlines while preemptively identifying and resolving technical risks. • Drive Large-Scale Projects: • Unblock the Team: Assess and eliminate the root causes of technical and process barriers. Own your decisions and mistakes, taking action to prevent them in the future and sharing learnings widely. • Unblock the Team: • Align Technical Output with Business Value: Partner with your manager to define team priorities based on SmithRx’s business strategy. Design clear success metrics for systems and achieve them consistently post-launch. • Align Technical Output with Business Value: • Leadership & Collaboration • Cross-Functional Collaboration: Break down silos within and across functions. Write crisp narratives to create understanding, get buy-in, and enable effective decision-making among stakeholders. • Cross-Functional Collaboration: • Navigate Ambiguity: Act thoughtfully in critical situations. Balance conflicting perspectives, encourage productive debate, and commit to moving key company priorities forward even when making unpopular decisions. • Navigate Ambiguity: • Mentor & Develop Talent: Serve as a role model and technical guide for less-experienced team members , tailoring your coaching and feedback to their specific skills and working styles. • Mentor & Develop Talent: • Champion Culture & Hiring: Actively participate in the hiring process for senior candidates and managers (interviews, debriefs, 1:1 sell chats). Foster psychological safety, encourage a growth mindset, and consistently personify SmithRx’s core values. • Champion Culture & Hiring: • 6+ years of industrial experience in software or data engineering. (Start-up and healthcare experience is highly desirable). • Strong skills in PySpark, SQL, and Python are required. Experience in modern object-oriented or compiled languages such as C#/C++, Go, Java, or Scala is a plus. • Hands-on experience with leading ETL tools and frameworks (e.g., Apache Spark, Apache Airflow, dbt, Looker, Superset). • Demonstrated expertise in data warehouse technologies (e.g., Snowflake) and mastery of data modeling concepts through production-grade implementations. • A proven track record of successfully executing complex projects with cross-team dependencies from design to post-launch monitoring. • The ability to tailor technical messaging to various audiences, explaining how business priorities inform engineering choices. • What SmithRx Offers You: • Highly competitive wellness benefits including Medical, Pharmacy, Dental, Vision, and Life Insurance and AD&D Insurance • Flexible Spending Benefits • 401(k) Retirement Savings Program • Short-term and long-term disability • Discretionary Paid Time Off • 12 Paid Company Holidays • Wellness Benefits • Commuter Benefits • Paid Parental Leave benefits • Employee Assistance Program (EAP) • Well-stocked kitchen in office locations • Professional development and training opportunities