LifeStance Health · 5 hours ago
Senior Data Engineer
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level
$110K/yr - $135K/yr
5+ years expLifeStance Health is a leading mental health practice group dedicated to helping individuals and communities with their mental health needs. The Senior Data Engineer will be responsible for building, maintaining, and optimizing cloud-based data solutions to support data-driven decision-making, collaborating closely with data analysts and software engineers.
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Responsibilities
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
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
Qualification
Required
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
Preferred
Master's degree in Computer Science, Data Engineering, or a related field preferred but not required
Experience with streaming data frameworks (Kafka, Kinesis, Spark Streaming)
Familiarity with advanced analytics frameworks and ML pipelines (MLflow, SageMaker, Feature Stores)
Certifications: AWS Certified Data Analytics, Google Cloud Professional Data Engineer, or Databricks Certified Data Engineer Associate
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
Company
LifeStance Health
LifeStance is a national provider of behavioral healthcare services with operations across the country.
5001-10000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$125MKey Investors
Silversmith Capital Partners
2024-05-21Post Ipo Secondary· $125M
2021-06-09IPO
2017-01-01Private Equity
Leadership Team
Chuck Solomon
Director of Employer Branding & Recruitment Marketing
Warren Gouk
Chief Administrative Officer (CAO)
Recent News
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