LifeStance Health

Senior Data Engineer

LifeStance Health

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: United States

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Salary

💰 $110,000 - $135,000 per year

Job Level

About the role

  • Provide primary data engineer for real-time production support, ensuring minimal downtime of mission-critical data pipelines.
  • Rotate the role and on call requirements.
  • Monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize data pipeline failures, query performance bottlenecks, and data discrepancies using AWS CloudWatch, Redshift, and PostgreSQL.
  • Automate Root Cause Analysis (RCA) reporting, reducing resolution time by 30%+ through proactive alerting and system monitoring.
  • Implement best practices in IAM roles, encryption, and regulatory compliance (HIPAA, GDPR) to ensure data security and governance.
  • Design, develop, and maintain scalable ETL pipelines using AWS Glue, Lambda, Redshift, S3, and PostgreSQL.
  • Optimize query performance through partitioning, indexing, query tuning, and materialized views, achieving significant performance improvements.
  • Implement CI/CD pipelines for automated deployments using AWS CodePipeline, Terraform, and CloudFormation to improve system stability and deployment efficiency.
  • Support streaming data pipelines using Kafka, Kinesis, or Spark Streaming for real-time data ingestion and processing.
  • Assist in scaling, performance tuning, and automation to optimize data platform efficiency.
  • Collaborate with business intelligence teams and analysts to develop high-quality data models that support analytics and decision-making.
  • Build interactive dashboards and reports using Power BI, Tableau, or Looker to enable real-time insights for stakeholders.
  • Automate data validation, cleansing, and quality checks, ensuring 99.9%+ data accuracy across critical business functions.

Requirements

  • 5+ years of experience in data engineering, cloud-based data platforms, and big data processing.
  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Data Engineering, or a related field.
  • Expertise in AWS services, including Glue, Lambda, Redshift, S3, CloudFormation, IAM, and CloudWatch.
  • Strong SQL & Python experience for data transformations, query optimization, and automation.
  • Deep knowledge of PostgreSQL, including performance tuning, indexing, query optimization, and schema design.
  • Experience with Apache Spark for big data processing and real-time analytics.
  • Expertise in ETL frameworks and data modeling (Star Schema, Snowflake Schema, OLAP/OLTP optimization).
  • Hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools like Terraform, CloudFormation.
  • CI/CD expertise with AWS CodePipeline, Jenkins, or GitHub Actions for data pipeline deployments.
  • Data security & governance expertise including IAM roles, encryption, and HIPAA/GDPR compliance.
  • Proven track record in troubleshooting production issues, conducting root cause analysis (RCA), and improving system performance.
  • Experience working in cross-functional teams with business analysts, data scientists, and DevOps engineers.
Benefits
  • medical
  • dental
  • vision
  • AD&D
  • short and long-term disability
  • life insurance
  • 401k retirement savings with employer match
  • paid parental leave
  • paid time off
  • holiday pay
  • Employee Assistance Program

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard skills
data engineeringETLSQLPythonPostgreSQLApache Sparkdata modelingquery optimizationroot cause analysisbig data processing
Soft skills
troubleshootingcollaborationcommunicationproblem-solvinganalytical thinking