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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