Staff Data Engineer

Los Angeles, CA - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: Yesterday

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

ABOUT ARTERA

Our Mission:Make healthcare #1 in customer service.

What We Deliver:

Our Impact:Trusted by 1000 provider organizations including specialty groups FQHCs large IDNs and federal agencies engaging 100 million patients annually.Hear from our CEO Guillaume de Zwirek about why we are standing at the edge of the biggest technological shift in healthcares history!

Our award-winning culture: Our award-winning culture: Since founding in 2015 Artera has consistently been recognized for its innovative technology business growth and named a top place to work. Examples of these accolades include: Inc. 5000 Fastest Growing Private Companies (); Deloitte Technology Fast 500 (); Built In Best Companies to Work For ( 2026). Artera has also been recognized by Forbes as one of Americas Best Startup Employers Newsweek as one of the Worlds Best Digital Health Companies and named one of the top 44 Startups to Bet your Career on in 2024 by Business Insider.

SUMMARY

We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Staff Data Engineer to join our team at Artera. This role is critical to maintaining and improving our data infrastructure ensuring that our data pipelines are robust efficient and capable of delivering high-quality data to both internal and external stakeholders. As a key player in our data team you will have the opportunity to make strategic decisions about the tools we use how we organize our data and the best methods for orchestrating and optimizing our data processes.

You will report directly to the Engineering VP running the foundations engineering team. This team 1) guides general company architecture and development patterns and 2) executes high risk projects critical to Arteras 2026 those projects will extend our 2025 work in agentic AI with a particular focus on MCP servers.

Your contributions will be essential to ensuring the uninterrupted flow of data across our platform supporting the analytics needs of our clients and internal teams. If you are passionate about data problem-solving and continuous improvement while also taking the lead on investigating and implementing solutions to enhance our data infrastructure.

RESPONSIBILITES

Continuous Enhancement: Maintain and elevate Arteras data infrastructure ensuring peak performance and dependability.

Strategic Leadership: Drive the decision-making process for the selection and implementation of data tools and technologies

Streamlining: Design and refine data pipelines to ensure smooth and efficient data flow.

Troubleshooting: Manage the daily operations of the Artera platform swiftly identifying and resolving data-related challenges.

Cross-Functional Synergy: Partner with cross-functional teams to develop new data requirements and refine existing processes.

Guidance: Provide mentorship to junior engineers supporting their growth and assisting with complex projects.

Collaborative Innovation: Contribute to ongoing platform improvements ensuring a culture of continuous innovation.

Knowledge Expansion: Stay informed on industry trends and best practices in data infrastructure and cloud technologies.

Dependability: Guarantee consistent data delivery to customers and stakeholders adhering to or surpassing service level agreements.

Oversight: Monitor and sustain the data infrastructure covering areas like recalls message delivery and reporting functions.

Proactive: improves stability and performance of architecture for team implementations.

Requirements

Bachelors Degree in STEM preferred *additional experience is also accepted in lieu of a degree
Proven experience with Kubernetes and Cloud infrastructure (AWS preferred)
Strong proficiency in Python and SQL for data processing and in orchestration tools such as Airflow and of performance optimization and cost-effectiveness in Snowflake.
Ability to work effectively in a collaborative cross-functional environment.
Strong problem-solving skills with a proactive and solution-oriented mindset.
Experience with event sourced and microservice architecture
Strong grasp of ES/Typescript.
Experienced working with asynchronous requests in large scale applications
Commitment to testing best practices

Bonus Experience

Knowledge of DBT particularly in setting up new projects.
Demonstrated ability to build and maintain complex data pipelines and data flows.
Collaboration/contributions with the open source community
Experience with: Docker Terraform AWS Python

$153000 - $195000 a year

The compensation for this role will be based on level of experience and the geographic tier in which you are located. This position also comes with equity and a variety of benefits.

Security Requirements for Engineering Roles

This engineering role contributes to a secure federally compliant platform. Candidates must be eligible for a government background check and operate within strict code management access and documentation standards. Security-conscious development and participation in compliance practices are core to the role.

OUR APPROACH TO WORK LOCATION

Artera has hybrid office locations in Santa Barbara CA and Philadelphia (Wayne) PA where team members typically come in three days a week. Specific frequency can vary depending on your teams needs manager expectations and/or role responsibilities.

In addition to our U.S. office locations we are intentionally building geographically concentrated teams in several key metropolitan areas which we call our Hiring Hubs. We are currently hiring remote candidates located within the following hiring hubs:

- Boston Metro Area MA

- Chicago Metro Area IL

- Denver Metro Area CO

- Kansas City Metro Area (KS/MO)

- Los Angeles Metro Area CA

- San Francisco / Bay Area CA

- Seattle Metro Area WA

This hub-based modelhelps us cultivate strong local connections and team cohesion even in a distributed environment.

To be eligible for employment at Artera candidates must reside in one of our hybrid office cities or one of the designated hiring hubs. Specific roles may call out location preferences when relevant.

As our hubs grow we may establish local offices to further enhance in-person connection and collaboration. While there are no current plans in place should an office open in your area we anticipate implementing a hybrid model. Any future attendance expectations would be developed thoughtfully considering factors like typical commute times and access to public transit to ensure they are fair and practical for the local team.

WORKING AT ARTERA

Company benefits- Full health benefits (medical dental and vision) flexible spending accounts company paid life insurance company paid short-term & long-term disability company equity voluntary benefits 401(k) and more!

Career development- Manager development cohorts employee development funds

Generous time off- Company holidays Winter & Summer break and flexible time off

Employee Resource Groups (ERGs)- We believe that everyone should belong at their workplace. Our ERGs are available for identifying employees or allies to join.

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY (EEO) STATEMENT

Artera is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to fair and equitable hiring practices. All hiring decisions at Artera are based on strategic business needs job requirements and individual qualifications. All candidates are considered without regard to race color religion gender sexuality national origin age disability genetics or any other protected status.

Artera is committed to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment; Artera will not tolerate discrimination or harassment of any kind.

Artera provides reasonable accommodations for applicants and employees in compliance with state and federal laws. If you need an accommodation please reach out to emailprotected.

DATA PRIVACY

Artera values your privacy. By submitting your application you consent to the processing of your personal information provided in conjunction with your application. For more information please refer to our.

SECURITY REQUIREMENTS

All employees are responsible for protecting the confidentiality integrity and availability of the organizations systems and data including safeguarding Arteras sensitive information such as Personal identifiable Information (PII) and Protected Health Information (PHI). Those with specific security or privacy responsibilities must ensure compliance with organizational policies regulatory requirements and applicable standards and frameworks by implementing safeguards monitoring for threats reporting incidents and addressing data handling risks or breaches.

We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process such as reviewing applications analyzing resumes or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed please contact us.

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ABOUT ARTERAOur Mission:Make healthcare #1 in customer service.What We Deliver:Our Impact:Trusted by 1000 provider organizations including specialty groups FQHCs large IDNs and federal agencies engaging 100 million patients annually.Hear from our CEO Guillaume de Zwirek about why we are standing a...