Remote Senior Data Engineer

Description:

• Thalamus is the market leader in graduate medical education recruitment technology, serving over 8,000 residency and fellowship programs at 800+ health systems across the US.
• The company is expanding into broader physician recruitment, utilizing a unique dataset to revolutionize hiring in healthcare through AI/ML and data-driven insights.
• The Senior Data Engineer role involves expanding and modernizing the data architecture, shaping new data storage, pipelining, and analytics solutions.
• The position requires collaboration across engineering, product, design, and customer experience teams to enhance data accessibility and impact.
• Candidates should have high attention to detail, excellent communication skills, and the ability to work independently under time constraints.
• Responsibilities include building robust data pipelines, designing data lakes and warehouses, maintaining APIs, collaborating with various teams, enforcing data quality standards, optimizing data infrastructure, and documenting best practices.

Requirements:

• Candidates must have 7-10+ years of experience in data engineering or a closely related role.
• Strong proficiency in Python, particularly for data engineering applications, is required.
• Deep experience with relational and distributed databases, along with strong SQL skills for data modeling, transformation, and analysis, is necessary.
• Hands-on experience in building and managing data pipelines for both batch and streaming workloads is essential.
• Familiarity with diverse data formats and ingestion methods, including JSON, XML, YAML, log files, and APIs, is required.
• Experience in developing data services and APIs using Python web frameworks such as Flask, Django, or FastAPI is needed.
• Proven ability to design and deploy data infrastructure on cloud platforms like Azure or AWS is essential.

Benefits:

• The salary range for this position is $180,000 - $230,000, with final compensation based on experience, skills, and geographic location.
• The position includes a grant of stock options as part of the total compensation package.
• Thalamus is committed to diversity and equal opportunity, encouraging applicants from various backgrounds and experiences.
• The company provides reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities throughout the job application process and employment.