Zocdoc · 1 week ago
Staff Software Engineer, Data Infrastructure
New York, NY
Full-time
Hybrid
Lead/Staff
$179K/yr - $271K/yr
8+ years expZocdoc is the country’s leading digital health marketplace that helps patients easily find and book the care they need. As a Staff Software Engineer in Data Infrastructure, you will lead the design and development of software for the data platform, focusing on building APIs and services that enhance data reliability and performance on AWS.
Health CareMedicalmHealthMobile AppsScheduling
Responsibilities
Design and ship platform services for ingestion, transformation, orchestration, and metadata (e.g., service‑backed interfaces for Dagster/Airflow, lineage, quality, and data contracts)
Build execution & scheduling capabilities for Spark/SQL jobs (queuing, prioritization, retries, resource isolation on EMR/EKS/Databricks), focusing on throughput and developer experience
Implement lakehouse features (Delta/Iceberg): schema evolution, partitioning, compaction, vacuum, snapshotting, ACID guarantees, and table‑format governance
Optimize Snowflake and other warehouses: cost controls, query profiling/pruning, workload isolation, RBAC; expose safe self‑service patterns
Deliver SDKs, CLIs, and templates that standardize how teams build reliable data products; enable CI/CD for data and contract testing
Work across AWS (S3, EMR/EKS, Glue/Athena, Lambda, Kinesis/MSK) with IaC (Terraform) and strong observability (Datadog/CloudWatch)
Qualification
Required
8+ years building backend/platform software with Python/Scala/Java and strong SQL; proven track record designing distributed systems
Deep experience with Spark (Databricks or EMR/EKS) and AWS data services; solid grasp of scheduler/executor behavior and performance tradeoffs
Hands-on data warehouse optimization (Snowflake ideal; others welcome)
Experience building platform APIs/SDKs that other engineers adopt; excellent collaboration and technical leadership
Preferred
Experience at petabyte-scale data platforms, distributed big data compute, or lakehouse engines (Delta/Iceberg)
Familiarity with metadata/governance tech (Unity Catalog, Collibra, Lake Formation)
Benefits
Flexible, hybrid work environment at our convenient Soho location
Unlimited Vacation
100% paid employee health benefit options (including medical, dental, and vision)
Commuter Benefits
401(k) with employer funded match
Corporate wellness program with Wellhub
Sabbatical leave (for employees with 5+ years of service)
Competitive paid parental leave and fertility/family planning reimbursement
Cell phone reimbursement
Catered lunch everyday along with beverages and snacks
Employee Resource Groups and ZocClubs to promote shared community and belonging
Great Place to Work Certified
Company
Zocdoc
Zocdoc is a digital marketplace company that connects healthcare patients and doctors.
501-1000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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2023 (6)
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$375.94MKey Investors
Francisco PartnersFounders FundKhosla Ventures
2021-02-11Private Equity· $150M
2019-07-01Series D
2017-05-30Secondary Market
Leadership Team
Oliver Kharraz
CEO & Founder
Netta Samroengraja
Chief Financial Officer
Recent News
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