Tendo · 3 months ago
Principal Data Engineer
San Francisco, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$157K/yr - $213K/yr
7+ years expTendo is a fast-growing, mission-driven company building a culture that enables teams and individuals to thrive. As a Principal Data Engineer, you will contribute to Tendo’s strategic data engineering solutions by ingesting, transforming, and warehousing healthcare-related data while collaborating with Data Scientists and Product Managers to support advanced analytics and AI/ML model development.
Health CareSoftware
Responsibilities
Collaborate with Data Scientists and Business Intelligence Analysts to ensure efficient and effective data processing and analysis
Optimize data infrastructure and processes to ensure optimal performance and scalability
Develop and maintain data documentation and data lineage
Stay current with emerging technologies and industry trends related to data engineering
Qualification
Required
7+ years of experience in data engineering
Extensive experience in the design, build, and maintenance of data ETL pipelines
Extensive knowledge of coding in Python or Scala with a focus on data processing
Experience using Apache Spark (PySpark or Scala)
Experience with AWS technology stack (S3, Glue, Athena, EMR, etc.)
Experience with data and entity relationship modeling to support data warehouses and analytics solutions
Deep understanding of relational and non-relational databases (SQL/NOSQL)
Comfortable working with unstructured and semi-structured data (Web scraping)
Experience working in a professional software environment using source control (git), an issue tracker (JIRA, Confluence, etc.), continuous integration, code reviews, and agile development process (Scrum/Lean)
Basic data privacy and security principles
Interest and/or experience in AI/ML applications, including support for model development or deployment workflows
Proactive mindset around exploring emerging technologies in AI and data science to drive innovation
Preferred
Knowledge of, or experience with, healthcare data standards such as HL7, FHIR, ICD, SNOMED, LOINC
Experience with Delta Lake and/or Databricks
Hands-on experience with machine learning workflows, including preparing data for AI model training and evaluation
Experience with machine learning workflows and data requirements for use with ML frameworks
Experience validating data quality, preferably with test automation
Experience with containerization using Docker
Benefits
Full health benefits (medical, dental, and vision)
Flexible spending and health savings accounts
Company paid life insurance
Company paid short-term and long-term disability
Company equity
Voluntary benefits
401(k)
Company paid holidays
Flexible time off
Employee wellness program (“Breathe”)
Company
Tendo
Tendo's mission is to become the trusted connection between patients, clinicians, and caregivers by creating software.
51-200 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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2025 (2)
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$207.55MKey Investors
Vistara GrowthLux CapitalGeneral Catalyst
2025-10-01Series Unknown· $20M
2023-10-23Series Unknown· $118.55M
2021-06-30Series B· $50M
Leadership Team
Jennifer Goldsmith
CEO & Co-founder
Bala Hota
Advisor
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