Function Health

Function Health

Staff Software Engineer, Backend

Austin, USA · Staff+

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 54 days ago
PythonSQLDatabricksGCPTerraformMachine LearningSparkAirflowdbtData EngineeringA/B TestingCybersecurityComplianceHIPAALeadershipCommunicationProblem SolvingMentoring

About the role

  • Function has been recognized as one of Fast Company's Most Innovative Companies of 2024, and is venture-backed by Redpoint and other leading venture firms.
  • Over half a million members have joined Function to take control of their health.
  • Through comprehensive lab testing, MRI and CT imaging, longitudinal data, and guidance from AI and clinical teams, Function gives members a complete and continuous view of their health - and the clarity to act on it.

Responsibilities

  • Contribute to the design, development, and scaling of core data infrastructure using GCP, Spark, Databricks, and Fivetran.
  • Develop robust and maintainable ETL/ELT workflows that support diverse structured and unstructured data needs across the organization.
  • Implement and manage Change Data Capture (CDC) pipelines to enable near real-time data replication and synchronization.
  • Build and manage streaming and batch data pipelines to serve high-impact use cases across analytics, product, compliance, and experimentation.
  • Act as a strategic partner to cross-functional teams (product, analytics, engineering, clinical) to ensure data is accessible, trustworthy, and impactful.
  • Demonstrated success in collaborating across functions to deliver data solutions for analytics, experimentation, or compliance.
  • Experience building scalable solutions in a 0-1 environment.
  • We move quickly to drive value, not perfection.
  • We prioritize what drives impact.
  • Member-First, Always: We design and deliver like we're caring for someone we love.

Requirements

  • /Skills 8+ years of experience in software engineering, with a focus on scalable data architectures.
  • Strong expertise in GCP (IAM, GCS, Pub/Sub, etc.) and hands-on experience with Spark and Databricks.
  • Hands-on experience with CDC technologies like Fivetran, or equivalent.
  • Proficiency in ETL/ELT tools and frameworks (dbt, Apache Airflow, Dataform, etc.).
  • Excellent communication and technical storytelling skills - you can align technical work with business value.

Benefits

  • Company Overview Function Health is the AI operating system for health, designed to empower people to live 100 healthy years.
  • We are redefining how individuals understand, measure, and improve their health by moving beyond the limitations of traditional care and enabling comprehensive, continuous insight into human biology.
  • We are growing our team and seeking out world-class talent that deeply believes in our mission to positively impact global health, has a relentless bias toward action, and a growth mindset.
  • Drive the long-term architectural vision of our data platform to support current and future business and product needs.
  • Familiarity with machine learning data pipelines.

Company info

  • We are aligned in purpose, prioritization, and speed.
  • We gather diverse perspectives to make informed decisions.
  • We clear paths for each other and move fast together.
  • We communicate clearly and respectfully, rallying around shared goals.
  • We are ruthlessly aligned to our mission - and leave ego at the door.
  • We disagree and commit.
  • We don't tolerate politics or withholding information.
  • We operate with honesty, transparency, and respect.

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