Software Engineer ll (Data Platform)

TL;DR

Software Engineer ll (Data Platform): Building scalable, reliable, governed data pipelines across ingestion, transformation, and integration with an accent on schema validation, data quality, and production monitoring. Focus on optimizing real-time and batch workflows using Python/SQL and modern data tools to ensure platform performance, reliability, and scalability.

Location: United States (remote-first; travel to Boston, MA for onboarding and occasional in-person meetings/events)

Salary: $110,000–$120,000 annually

Company

hirify.global builds a clinical intelligence platform with AI-powered solutions for payer-provider decision-making.

What you will do

• Design, build, and maintain scalable data pipelines for ingesting, transforming, and curating data from internal and external sources
• Implement schema validation, data quality checks, and job monitoring to ensure trustworthy data outputs
• Collaborate with analytics engineers, architects, and product partners to define requirements and deliver data products
• Write clean, testable Python and SQL with version control, CI/CD, and documentation best practices
• Optimize and monitor production workflows using tools such as Airflow, dbt, Athena, EMR, Kafka, and Iceberg/Parquet
• Participate in on-call rotations to support critical platform jobs and reduce operational disruptions

Requirements

• 2–3 years of experience in data engineering or software development focused on data infrastructure
• Proficiency in Python and SQL, applying software engineering principles to data workflows
• Experience building and maintaining production-grade systems using APIs
• Experience with cloud-native data tools: Airflow, dbt, and AWS services (EMR, Athena, S3), plus modern table formats (Iceberg, Parquet)
• Familiarity with streaming pipelines (e.g., Kafka) and with CI/CD, testing, and observability for data systems
• Healthcare data experience (e.g., claims, clinical, EHR)

Culture & Benefits

• Fully remote role with ~5% travel for onboarding and occasional in-person meetings/events
• Medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance plus Employee Assistance Program
• 401(k) with company match, flexible spending, and health savings account
• Flex Time Off and company holidays
• Up to 14 weeks of paid parental leave
• Pet insurance

Hiring process

• Preliminary phone screening with Talent Acquisition
• Meet the Hiring Manager, then Live Design and a Project Overview with the team
• Final cross-functional interview