Lead Data Engineer
We are seeking a full-time Lead Data Engineer who is capable of building foundational infrastructure for a fast-growing business. Necessary skills for this role are expertise with the AWS ecosystem, proficiency writing production-ready Python code, and exposure to medical data.
AT RIGHTWAY YOU WILL:
- Write production-level Python, PySpark, and SQL code
- Use AWS services such as Lambda, Glue, and Fargate
- Use Apache Airflow to build batch data pipelines
- Use infrastructure-as-code services such as Terraform or Cloudformation
- Design database schemas in PostgreSQL to optimize data integrity and performance
- Develop and maintain Restful and grpc APIs that expose data to our product and engineering teams
WHO YOU ARE:
- 5+ years of industry experience
- Have written Python code in a production environment
- Experience packaging and deploying applications using containers, Kubernetes, or other serverless architectures
- Has experienced rapidly scaling infrastructure to handle a high volume of data
- Bonus:
- Recently managed AWS services such as Lambda, Glue, and Fargate
- Experience with medical and pharmacy claims data
- Experience with healthcare vocabularies and ontologies
- Experience managing Software Engineers or Data Engineers
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
ABOUT RIGHTWAY
Rightway is on a mission to harmonize healthcare for everyone, everywhere. Our products guide patients to the best care and medications by inserting clinicians and pharmacists into a patient’s care journey through a modern, mobile app. Rightway is a front door to healthcare, giving patients the tools they need along with on-demand access to Rightway health guides, human experts that answer their questions and manage the frustrating parts of healthcare for them.
Since its founding in 2017, Rightway has raised over $130mm from investors including Khosla Ventures, Thrive Capital, and Tiger Global at a valuation of $1 billion. We’re headquartered in New York City, with satellite offices in Miami and Denver. Our clients rely on us to transform the healthcare experience, improve outcomes for their teams, and decrease their healthcare costs.
HOW WE LIVE OUR VALUES TO OUR TEAMMATES:
We’re seeking those with passion for healthcare and relentless devotion to our goal. We need team members who will:
- Paint the back of the fence
We look for people that take pride in producing excellent work – whether or not it’s seen. We empower each employee to operate with an “ownership” mentality and trust that they will produce exceptional results.
- Execute with empathy
We practice compassionate empathy in every interaction. Our team is focused on humanizing the healthcare experience and treats our workplace no differently.
- Struggle once to solve twice
We value ingenuity. We encourage our team to think about scalable solutions that will allow Rightway to execute well today and even better tomorrow.
- Compound your pennies
We recognize that small decisions can drive outsized returns. We love when our team makes impactful, incremental advances, especially if they believe it will drive a million-dollar return.
- It’s a great day for a great day
We remind ourselves each and every day that we’re fortunate to be changing the healthcare system for the better. We view it as a duty to perform our roles with unbounded optimism and best-in-class execution, given how lucky we are.
Rightway is a healthcare company looking to improve healthcare outcomes for everyone, everywhere. With that in mind, we have to consider what is good for the health of our team, the company, and the communities we operate in. As such, Rightway has determined a mandatory COVID-19 vaccination policy for all employees, in combination with other safety precautions, is the best way forward.
Rightway is PROUDLY an Equal Opportunity Employer that believes in strength in the diversity of thought processes, beliefs, background and education and fosters an inclusive culture where differences are celebrated to drive the best business decisions possible. We do not discriminate on any basis covered by appropriate law. All employment is decided on the consideration of merit, qualifications, need and performance.