Data Engineer – AI, Agents, Context, Clinical – Senior Associate

Huron

Data Engineer contributing to healthcare AI context platform at Huron. Implementing data products and ensuring operational excellence in a remote role.

Posted 6/7/2026full-timeRemote • Illinois • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $110,000 - $150,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

CloudJavaPythonScalaSQL

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Build and contribute to the AI context platform
Implement end-to-end pipelines: ingestion → parsing/chunking → enrichment → embeddings → vector indexing → retrieval/serving
Build and maintain patterns for incremental refresh, backfills, re-embeddings, deduplication, and lineage across unstructured sources
Contribute to retrieval quality improvements (query strategies, hybrid search, metadata filtering) in partnership with AI engineers
Deliver semantic and governed data products
Implement semantic layers (metrics/entities) that power BI and agent reasoning consistently
Ensure datasets and indexes are documented and reusable
Support reliability and performance across assigned workstreams: monitoring, alerting, runbooks, and incident response

Requirements

What you’ll need

BA or BS required, preferably in Computer Science, Engineering, or a technology-based discipline
3–6 years in data engineering or data platform roles with strong hands-on delivery
Strong SQL and Python (or Scala/Java); solid production engineering habits
Experience designing and operating cloud data pipelines at scale
Experience working with unstructured data processing and search/retrieval concepts

Benefits

Comp & perks

Medical, dental, and vision coverage
401(k) plan with generous employer match
Employee stock purchase plan
Generous Paid Time Off policy
Paid parental leave and adoption assistance
Wellness Program supporting total well-being

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Hard Skills & Tools

SQLPythonScalaJavadata engineeringdata pipelinesunstructured data processingsearch conceptsretrieval conceptsproduction engineering

Soft Skills

collaborationproblem-solvingcommunicationreliabilityperformance monitoringincident response

Certifications

BA in Computer ScienceBS in Engineering