Lead Data Engineer

Opportunity Overview:

We are seeking a Lead Data Engineer to drive the design and delivery of our cloud-native healthcare data platform. You will lead the implementation of scalable data solutions built on AWS Apache Iceberg Lake Formation Glue Catalog Athena dbt and modern orchestration frameworks. This role combines deep hands-on engineering with technical leadership and collaboration across platform analytics and business teams.

What youll do:

• Lead Data Engineering Initiatives
• Lead delivery of complex data engineering projects across multiple teams
• Drive technical execution from design through production deployment
• Establish scalable implementation patterns Build and Optimize Data Platforms
• Design and implement batch and near-real-time pipelines
• Build reusable ingestion transformation validation and publishing frameworks
• Support modernization of legacy workloads Lakehouse Engineering
• Lead Apache Iceberg implementation and optimization
• Define standards for schema evolution partitioning compaction and metadata management
• Ensure efficient storage and query performance Data Quality and Reliability
• Implement data quality frameworks
• Drive observability and monitoring practices
• Improve operational excellence and reliability Technical Leadership
• Review architecture and design proposals
• Conduct code reviews and engineering reviews
• Mentor engineers and establish best practices

Required Qualifications:

• 812 years of Data Engineering experience.
• Experience leading enterprise-scale data initiatives Cloud Technologies
• AWS S3 Glue Athena Lake Formation
• IAM and security controls Modern Data Stack
• Apache Iceberg (preferred)
• Delta Lake / Hudi dbt Airflow or Step FunctionsProgramming
• Python
• SQL
• PySpark / Spark

Interview Process*:

1. Connect with Talent Acquisition
2. Meet with the Hiring Manager
3. Behavioral Interview(s)
4. Case Study
5. Interview with Senior Leadership

*Subject to change

About Cohere Health:

Cohere Healths clinical intelligence platform delivers AI-powered solutions that streamline access to quality care by improving payer-provider collaboration cost containment and healthcare economics. Cohere Health works with over 660000 providers and handles over 12 million prior authorization requests annually. Its responsible AI auto-approves up to 90% of requests for millions of health plan members.

With the acquisition of ZignaAI weve further enhanced our platform by launching our Payment Integrity Suite anchored by Cohere Validate an AI-driven clinical and coding validation solution that operates in near real-time. By unifying pre-service authorization data with post-service claims validation were creating a transparent healthcare ecosystem that reduces waste improves payer-provider collaboration and patient outcomes and ensures providers are paid promptly and accurately.

Cohere Healths innovations continue to receive industry wide recognition. Weve been named to the 2025 Inc. 5000 list and in the Gartner Hype Cycle for U.S. Healthcare Payers (2022-2025) and ranked as a Top 5 LinkedIn Startup for 2023 & 2024. Backed by leading investors such as Deerfield Management Define Ventures Flare Capital Partners Longitude Capital and Polaris Partners Cohere Health drives more transparent streamlined healthcare processes helping patients receive faster more appropriate care and higher-quality outcomes.

The Coherenauts as we call ourselves who succeed here are empathetic teammates who are candid kind caring and embody our core values and principles. We believe that diverse inclusive teams make the most impactful work. Cohere is deeply invested in ensuring that we have a supportive growth-oriented environment that works for everyone.

We cant wait to learn more about you and meet you at Cohere Health!

Equal Opportunity Statement:

Cohere Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to fostering an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all. To us its personal.

ISMS roles and responsibilities

• Good knowledge of Information security
• Oversee specific business processes within the ISMS.
• Responsible to manage the ISMS documentation conduct risk assessments and implement risk treatment plans.
• Risk Owners are responsible for identifying assessing and managing risks within their areas of responsibility.
• They are also responsible for implementing risk treatment plans.
• Conduct the BCP and other test related to information security continuity along with CISO
• Responsible for monitoring and reporting on the performance of the ISMS.
• Responsible for implementation of security policies and procedures and report any issues to the CISO.