
Senior Data Engineer
LifeStance Health
full-time
Posted on:
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
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Hard skills
data engineeringETLSQLPythonPostgreSQLApache Sparkdata modelingquery optimizationroot cause analysisbig data processing
Soft skills
troubleshootingcollaborationcommunicationproblem-solvinganalytical thinking