Senior Data Software Engineer

🚀 About Nava Benefits

Nava Benefits is one of the fastest growing benefits brokerages in America and the first to fuse cutting edge technology with benefits expertise to deliver an end to end benefits solution for growing businesses. Through better renewal strategy, benefits back-office support, and a modern member experience, employers turn to Nava to lower costs, delight employees, and augment HR teams. Nava is driven by the mission to fix healthcare in America, starting with the 160M Americans who get their healthcare through employers. Backed by leading investors and founded by seasoned entrepreneurs, we're an ambitious group of people transforming the $50B / year benefits brokerage industry, and making a positive impact on the lives of Americans across the country.

Role Overview: As a Senior Data Software Engineer, you will be part of the Data squad to create tech-forward, AI-driven solutions that help HR teams and their employees navigate the complex world of benefits and healthcare. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams in a dynamic environment to create robust and scalable data pipelines and interfaces to power Nava’s service offerings.

🧠 Key Responsibilities:

• Contribute to and be able to lead complex data integration and automation projects with designs and are scalable and robust with a focus on simplicity and efficiency.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Product and Business Operations, weighing trade-offs between near and long term solutions.
• Support engineering through leadership, mentorship and leading by example – setting high standards for personal and team’s code quality, test coverage and performance.
• Drive innovation through seeking out opportunities through technology to improve efficiency throughout the company.

🖊️ Preferred Experience:

• 7+ years of software engineering experience.
• Experience working in a fast-paced, early-stage startup environment.
• Proficiency in delivering end-to-end functionality with data-driven feedback loops.
• Highly proficient with designing and implementing data processing systems, databases and data pipelines with cloud infrastructure and cloud platforms.
• Strong background experience with data integration via SFTP, EDI, and datafiles exchanges (e.g. CSV, XLS).
• Expertise in ETL/ELT, data mapping, data table modeling and database performance & scaling.
• Proficiency in data automation and orchestration of data pipelines.
• Highly proficient with data manipulation language, e.g., SQL and RDBMS (Postgres).
• Proficiency in scripting for automating tasks and manipulating text.
• Working experience with modern web applications development and REST API.
• Strong communication skills with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• A strong plus: experience using AI tools and techniques in data engineering

☄️ Our Tech Stack:

• Frontend: React / Vite / Next.js
• Backend: Node / Nest.js / Express.js
• API: REST / Graphql
• AI: OpenAI / different AI platforms, Langfuse
• Database: Postgres
• Data Platforms: Salesforce, Airbyte, Dagster, Parabola, DBT
• Infrastructure: AWS
• Dev AI assistants: GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Claude Code

🤝  Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion
We believe that solving America's healthcare problems requires leveraging our nation's diversity. We are committed to creating an equitable and inclusive work environment and strongly encourage applicants from all backgrounds to apply. Applicants for this engineering position must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis with no need for sponsorship now or in the future. We are seeking a Senior Software Engineer who embodies our core values: Own the Outcome, Be a Great Co-pilot, Drive Progress Through Action, and Create Super Fans.

🩺 Benefits:

• Health & Wellness: Medical insurance, including a $0 premium HDHP plan for individuals, Dental, Vision, Telehealth and Virtual Primary Care Visits, OneMedical membership, Wellhub, and a $50 monthly benefit to improve your mental or physical health.
• Financial Support: Stock options, 401(k) with a $2,000 match, FSA, HSA, and access to Origin Financial.
• Competitive Salaries: The salary range for this role is $150,000-165,000. We’re committed to finding the right person for this critical role and are open to discussion based on experience and fit.
• Work-Life: Flexible PTO, 12 weeks of paid parental leave with 2 weeks of transition time, $50 monthly connectivity reimbursement, and company-paid short-term disability, long-term disability, and life insurance, with additional voluntary benefits like supplemental life, AD&D, hospital indemnity, accident, and critical illness coverage.
• Professional Support: $1,000 home office setup stipend and access to an Employee Assistance Program (EAP).