Headway

Headway

Staff Data Infrastructure Engineer

New York, NY · Staff+

Sponsorship not specified$212k-$265kDetected 39 days ago
PythonDistributed SystemsFull-Stack DevelopmentGitSQLBigQuerySnowflakeRedshiftDatabricksAWSCloud PlatformsDockerTerraformCI/CDGitHub ActionsDatadogPlatform EngineeringMachine LearningSparkAirflowdbtData AnalysisData EngineeringAuditing

About the role

  • 1 in 4 people in the US have a treatable mental health condition, but most providers don't accept insurance, making therapy too expensive for most people.
  • We started by solving the biggest barrier to care: insurance.
  • The admin work - credentialing, claims, payment reconciliation - is a nightmare.

Responsibilities

  • Own consequential architectural decisions from whiteboard to production
  • Build in a fast-paced environment where we ship multiple times per day and measure impact quickly

Requirements

  • You thrive in ambiguity, operate with a high degree of ownership, and are as comfortable setting technical direction as you are building.
  • Experience we're seeking:
  • 10+ years as a Data Platform Engineer, Software/Infrastructure Engineer specializing in data, or Data Engineer in a high-code, high-scale environment
  • Track record of driving technical strategy and cross-functional alignment, including defining roadmaps for a data platform or infrastructure domain
  • comfort with distributed systems
  • Mentorship track record growing junior and mid-level engineers

Nice to have

  • Agentic Data Engineering (automating data infrastructure tasks, auditing permissions, optimized CI)
  • APM and observability tooling (DataDog, New Relic) and data quality/observability frameworks
  • ETL/ELT best practices at scale
  • Data security and compliance in regulated environments, especially PHI
  • Greenfield platform development in a high-growth startup
  • Docker, GitHub Actions, dbt, Spark
  • Databricks, BigQuery, or Redshift also relevant)
  • Experience leading technical initiatives end-to-end across multiple teams and codifying engineering standards

Compensation

  • Compensation and Benefits:

Benefits

  • Equity compensation
  • Medical, Dental, and Vision coverage
  • Work-from-Home Stipend
  • Therapy Reimbursement
  • 16-week parental leave for eligible employees
  • Carrot Fertility annual reimbursement and membership
  • 13 paid holidays each year as well as a Holiday Break during the week between December 25th and December 31st
  • In addition to base salary, this role may be eligible for an equity grant, depending on the position and level.
  • We are committed to offering a comprehensive and competitive total rewards package, including robust health and wellness benefits, retirement savings, and meaningful ownership opportunities through equity.
  • Set technical direction for data infrastructure at a company redefining access to mental healthcare

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