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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # data engineer - **Company:** TRIAL LIBRARY, INC. - **Location:** San Francisco, CA, United States (Remote available) - **Experience:** Expert - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Query Performance, Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Web Services, Databases, Python (Programming Language), PostgreSQL, Software Architecture, Queueing Systems, SQL Databases, Data Streaming, TypeScript, Pulumi, Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources, Electronic Medical Records, Amazon Relational Database Service, Health Level Seven International, AWS Fargate, Codebase, Functional Programming, Api Design, Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS), Terraform - **Published:** September 4, 2026 - **Apply:** https://startup.jobs/staff-data-engineer-trial-library-9423878 ## About the Role We are looking for a data engineer with 8 or more years of experience, with at least a couple of years operating at staff scope or equivalent impact. Beyond tenure, what matters most is whether you have demonstrated the kind of high-impact ownership this role requires. * Strong pipeline engineering: ingestion, transformation, and orchestration of data at meaningful scale, with real attention to data quality and reliability. * Deep SQL and PostgreSQL fluency, including schema design and query performance * Solid Python and comfort working in a codebase with TypeScript. * Deep AWS experience (Lambda, Fargate, SQS, RDS, and the surrounding ecosystem) and the ability to choose the right service for the right job. * Proven track record of leveraging AI coding tools creatively and effectively to build production systems. * Demonstrated ability to take autonomous ownership, identifying and resolving systemic issues independently. * Startup experience, where you have built from scratch at an early-stage company and treated ambiguity as an opportunity rather than an obstacle. * Strong systems thinking, encompassing backend architecture, APIs, databases, and scalability under real-world constraints. * Clear communication and influence, with the ability to explain trade-offs to both engineers and non-engineers to earn trust through honesty. * Healthcare alignment with a genuine interest in improving clinical trial access and health equity; HIPAA experience a strong plus., Familiarity with IaC tooling (Terraform, Pulumi, etc), clinical or healthcare data standards (EHR/EMR, HL7/FHIR), and API design patterns are all additive. Experience in a regulated industry is a plus. ## Description We're hiring a Staff Data Engineer to own the pipelines that move patient data through our platform, from EMR systems to the workflows our teams use to identify eligible patients for clinical trials and help them enroll., You will own the ingestion and transformation pipelines that bring patient records into our platform and shape them into data our matching systems and human experts can trust. That means designing for reliability in compute-intensive, long-running workflows: the kind of problems where serial processing breaks under load, timeouts become production incidents, and the right architecture (async pipelines, message queues, container-based compute) separates a working feature from a failing one. You'll own data quality end-to-end: schema design, validation, transformation logic, and the monitoring that catches problems before a clinician does. You'll partner closely with our AI engineers on the data foundations for patient-trial matching and with our product engineers on how ingested data flows into the workflows our users depend on. You'll monitor production, triage issues quickly, and exercise pragmatic judgment by matching technology to business needs., * Meaningful impact - helping patients access clinical trials faster through better technology and workflows * High ownership environment - autonomy to build, test, and influence strategy across the business * Collaborative team culture - low ego, high trust, and close partnership across functions * Opportunity for growth - join at an early stage with meaningful exposure to company-building and decision-making Our Core Values * Ally is our favorite moniker * The broadest reach is worth the effort * Celebrate measurable improvements in access and outcomes * Fearless advocates for representation in research * Incentives matter to stakeholders choosing our products * Taking initiative is actually giving * We are accountable for the experience of patients and providers * Empathy and humility are the real dynamic duo ## Related Videos - [Why segmenting your infrastructure into tiers makes your infrastructure design better](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1960-why-segmenting-your-infrastructure-into-tiers-makes-your-infrastructure-design-better) - [Infrastructure as Code: The Developer's Secret Weapon](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1221-infrastructure-as-code-the-developer-s-secret-weapon) - [Getting to Know Your Legacy (System) with AI-Driven Software Archeology](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1437-getting-to-know-your-legacy-system-with-ai-driven-software-archeology) - [How building an industry DBMS differs from building a research one](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/768-how-building-an-industry-dbms-differs-from-building-a-research-one) - [Terraform for Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/3-terraform-for-developers) - [Implementing Feature Environments with AWS and Terraform](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/531-implementing-feature-environments-with-aws-and-terraform) ## Related Articles - [Highest Paying Tech Companies for Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/220-highest-paying-tech-companies-for-developers) - [Data Engineer Salary UK](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/253-data-engineer-salary-uk) - [Navigating the AI Shift](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/629-navigating-the-ai-shift) - [Where To Find Software Engineering Jobs](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/396-where-to-find-software-engineering-jobs) - [How We Built a Worry-Free System That Runs for 10+ Years – And What We’d Do Again](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/751-how-we-built-a-worry-free-system-that-runs-for-10-years-and-what-we-d-do-again) - [Making Data Warehouses Fast: A Developer’s Story](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/107-making-data-warehouses-fast-a-developer-s-story)