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# Data Engineer

- **Company:** Joyful Health, Inc.
- **Location:** New York, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $150,000.0 - $275,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Big Data, Databases, Continuous Integration, Information Engineering, Distributed Systems, Github, Python (Programming Language), Machine Learning Operations, Data Pipelines
- **Published:** September 4, 2026
- **Apply:** https://startup.jobs/data-engineer-joyful-health-8146840

## About the Role

* You're excited to shape the future of our engineering team and are excited to lead by example - as an early team member, you'll have the chance to influence everything from our technical roadmap to our company culture. You have a radical sense of ownership with the ability and desire to own technical roadmaps and refine ambiguous problems. You also have a low ego, growth mindset, and desire to see the product and team scale with your impact.
 * You have a love for your craft and strong technical execution - you view coding as a craft, not just a task, and you're excited about using technology to create meaningful impact. Your technical skills go beyond coding-you care about building a product that works at scale, with the user at the forefront. We care more about your drive, hustle, and passion than a college degree from a shiny institution or experience at name-brand companies.
 * You have 5+ years of experience in data engineering, with a focus on building data pipelines and integrations.
 + Experience working with healthcare data or solving interoperability challenges is a plus.
 + Proficiency in:
o Python and database systems, with familiarity in performance and optimization for scale
o Experience in distributed systems coordination and AI pipelines
o Familiarity with big data technologies and comfortable working with massive datasets
o CI/CD workflows such as Github actions

Working at Joyful

## Description

* You're passionate about Joyful Health's mission - you want to solve real, pressing problems for providers and put them in control of their businesses. You naturally empathize with users and enjoy designing solutions with their needs in mind.


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