Solace Health

Solace Health

Data Engineer

United States

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 201 days ago
PythonCode ReviewSQLPostgreSQLSnowflakeAWSGCPCloud PlatformsDockerKubernetesTerraformAirflowdbtData EngineeringComplianceValuationHIPAAHealth LiteracyCommunication

About the role

  • We are a small but growing team where everyone wears many hats and moves fast.
  • We are looking for a Data Engineer who loves solving hard problems with clean, maintainable code and thrives in this high-growth startup environment.
  • In this role, you will architect the infrastructure that allows us to scale.

Responsibilities

  • Architect Robust Pipelines: Design, build, and optimize scalable data pipelines using Airflow, Python, dbt, and Snowflake. You will replace brittle manual processes with resilient, automated workflows.
  • Build Infrastructure as Code: Manage and evolve our cloud infrastructure (AWS/GCP) using Terraform, ensuring our platform is reproducible, secure, and scalable.
  • Partner Cross-Functionally: Work closely with Data Analysts and Product Managers to understand their data needs and deliver high-quality data products that empower decision-making.
  • Architect Robust Pipelines: Design, build, and optimize scalable data pipelines using Airflow, Python, dbt, and Snowflake.
  • Design, build, and optimize scalable data pipelines using Airflow, Python, dbt, and Snowflake.
  • Implement observability and monitoring to catch issues before they impact stakeholders.
  • Experience using dbt to manage transformations and implement testing/documentation standards.

Requirements

  • Strong Python Proficiency: You are comfortable writing modular, testable, and efficient Python code for data processing and automation.
  • You are experienced in properly handling PHI and PII, implementing secure access controls (RBAC), and adhering to strict governance standards.
  • Startup DNA: You are a self-starter who is comfortable with ambiguity.
  • Communication Skills: You can translate complex technical challenges into clear options for non-technical stakeholders.
  • Advanced SQL & Snowflake: You have deep expertise in SQL and cloud data warehousing (Snowflake preferred), understanding how to optimize queries for performance and cost.
  • Orchestration Mastery: Proven experience building and maintaining complex workflows using Airflow (or similar tools).
  • Infrastructure Mindset: Familiarity with Terraform and cloud services (AWS or GCP). You understand how to provision and manage the resources your pipelines run on.
  • Security & Stewardship: You understand the gravity of handling sensitive medical data. You are experienced in properly handling PHI and PII, implementing secure access controls (RBAC), and adhering to strict governance standards.
  • Startup DNA: You are a self-starter who is comfortable with ambiguity. You take ownership of problems and are willing to wear many hats to get the job done.
  • dbt Expertise: Experience using dbt to manage transformations and implement testing/documentation standards.

Nice to have

  • Collaborate with analysts to design performant SQL transformations and data models in Snowflake (experience with dbt is a huge plus).
  • Optimize Data Models: Collaborate with analysts to design performant SQL transformations and data models in Snowflake (experience with dbt is a huge plus).

Skills

  • Healthcare Background: Experience working with healthcare data standards or strictly regulated environments (HIPAA) a plus.
  • Containerization: Experience with Docker and Kubernetes for deploying data applications.
  • Compute & Storage: Snowflake, Postgres
  • Orchestration: Airflow
  • Infrastructure: Terraform, AWS/GCP
  • Transformation: dbt, SQL, Python
  • Applicants must be based in the United States.
  • Up for the Challenge?
  • Fraudulent Recruitment Advisory: Solace Health will NEVER request bank details or offer employment without an interview.
  • All legitimate communications come from official solace.health emails only or ashbyhq.com http://ashbyhq.com.
  • Report suspicious activity to recruiting@solace.health or advocate@solace.health.

Benefits

  • Healthcare in the U.S. is fundamentally broken.
  • The system is so complex that 88% of U.S. adults do not have the health literacy necessary to navigate it without help.
  • Solace cuts through the red tape of healthcare by pairing patients with expert advocates and giving them the tools to make better decisions-and get better outcomes.
  • We're here to redefine healthcare-and that demands urgency, precision, and heart.
  • Solace Health will NEVER request bank details or offer employment without an interview.

Company info

  • At Solace, we are building the data foundation that will power patient outcomes.
  • We're a Series C startup, founded in 2022 and backed by Inspired Capital, Craft Ventures, Torch Capital, Menlo Ventures, Signalfire, and IVP.

This listing is sourced directly from Solace Health's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.