Senior Data Engineer

The role

A Senior Data Engineer will design, build, and maintain scalable data pipelines and infrastructure. You will work cross-functionally to define data governance standards and evolve the company's data architecture.

What you will do

• Design, build, and maintain scalable data pipelines and infrastructure
• Define, develop, and refine data governance, monitoring, and quality standards
• Identify and lead platform projects for better self-service and standardization
• Partner with Product and Engineering to advocate for data engineering best practices
• Work cross-functionally with Analytics, Data Science, and Infrastructure to evolve data architecture
• Own and drive technical decisions across the data platform
• Leverage AI in data engineering workflows

Required qualifications

• 6+ years of experience as a data engineer
• Track record of building scalable systems and solving complex data problems in a fast-paced tech environment
• Proficiency in Python and SQL
• Experience with tools and services that encompass a modern data platform stack, such as Snowflake, dbt, Airflow, Fivetran, and Terraform
• A forward-thinking approach to AI, with hands-on experience using it to improve workflows
• A pragmatic approach to building for both today's needs and tomorrow's scale
• A strong sense of ownership and a bias toward action
• Empathy for teammates and stakeholders and a collaborative mindset
• Passion for Headway's mission

Nice to have

• Familiarity with visualization tools like Metabase or Jupyter Notebooks

Benefits

• Medical
• dental
• vision
• HSA/FSA
• 401(k) including match for 2027!
• Carrot Fertility reimbursement
• paid parental, medical and caregiver leave

About the company

Headway is a Series D company building a new mental healthcare system to make care more accessible and affordable. They provide software for over 90,000 providers across all 50 states.