Senior Data Platform Engineer
Posted on January 21, 2026 (about 3 hours ago)
Senior Data Platform Engineer
Ellipsis Health is creating cutting-edge AI/ML products that solve healthcare staffing issues and administrative burdens using conversational AI and patented voice biomarker technology. Headquartered in the San Francisco Bay Area, the company is funded by leading venture capital teams. This role is open to candidates located in the U.S.; the company is based in the San Francisco Bay Area and is open to remote candidates.
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and operate a scalable and secure data platform to support analytics, MLOps, and business intelligence.
- Collaborate closely with Data Science, Machine Learning, and DevOps teams to implement end-to-end MLOps pipelines.
- Develop and maintain ETL/data pipelines that handle structured and unstructured data across diverse sources using platforms such as Databricks, Snowflake, and Spark.
- Optimize data storage, access, and processing for cost-efficiency and performance in AWS and Google Cloud environments.
- Build and maintain dashboards and analytics solutions using tools such as Metabase, Sigma, and other BI platforms.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Computer Science or equivalent.
- 6+ years of industry experience in designing and building large-scale data platforms.
- Strong expertise in SQL, data modeling, and data warehousing (Snowflake, Databricks, Redshift, BigQuery, etc.).
- Experience in orchestration frameworks like Airflow or dbt Cloud.
- Deep experience with Apache Spark and distributed data processing frameworks.
- Proficiency in Python and shell scripting for data engineering and automation.
- Hands-on experience with modern ETL frameworks such as Airflow and dbt.
- Experience working with MLOps platforms and supporting Data Science teams.
- Knowledge of business intelligence tools such as Metabase, Sigma, Tableau, and Looker.
- Strong familiarity with cloud-based infrastructure and managed data services in AWS and Google Cloud.
- Understanding of data governance, privacy, and regulatory frameworks (HIPAA, SOC-2, HITRUST).
Nice to Have
- Experience with MLOps tools such as MLflow, Streamlit, and vector databases.
- Familiarity with healthcare data standards (FHIR, HL7 Streams).
- Experience in real-time data processing and event-driven architectures.
- Expertise in implementing data access controls and anonymization techniques.
- Experience deploying and managing Large Language Models (LLMs) in production, including model versioning, inference scaling, and fine-tuning workflows.
- Familiarity with vector databases (for example, FAISS, Weaviate, Pinecone) and retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) architectures.
Salary and Benefits
We offer competitive salary and benefits, including 401(k) matching up to a specified percentage, health, vision, and dental insurance, and flexible paid time off. Typical salary range for this role is $135,000 to $170,000 USD. The actual offer will depend on skills, qualifications, and experience relative to the role.
Background Checks
As a health technology company, Ellipsis Health reserves the right to run a background check on any applicant to which an offer is extended and to re-perform such checks during employment. The company complies with applicable "ban the box" laws and reviews candidates as a whole.
How to Apply
Please email your resume to [email protected] to apply. Include the position title "Senior Data Platform Engineer" in your email subject line.
Assistance
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