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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Data Engineers and Data Infrastructure Engineers - **Company:** Headway, LLC - **Location:** New York, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $212,000.0 - $265,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Airflow, Amazon Web Services, BigQuery, Cloud Computing, Databases, Continuous Integration, Information Engineering, Data Infrastructure, Extract Transform Load (ETL), Data Security, Data Warehousing, Programming Tools, Distributed Systems, Github, Python (Programming Language), Machine Learning, Performance Tuning, SQL Databases, Datadog, AWS Cdk, Pulumi, Data Ingestion, Snowflake, Apache Spark, Data Analytics, Integration Frameworks, Data Management, Terraform, New Relic (SaaS), Docker, Databricks - **Published:** June 24, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.dice.com/job-detail/e4affa48-2adf-4964-94cb-f510a64caa22 ## About the Role * 10+ years as a Data Platform Engineer, Software/Infrastructure Engineer specializing in data, or Data Engineer in a high-code, high-scale environment * Track record of driving technical strategy and cross-functional alignment, including defining roadmaps for a data platform or infrastructure domain * Deep expertise building full-stack data platforms: data warehousing, ingestion pipelines, orchestration, monitoring and alerting, CI/CD, developer tooling, cloud infrastructure, and third-party integrations * Architectural fluency in warehouse design patterns, performance tuning, cost management, and permissions strategies on MPP analytics databases (Snowflake strongly preferred; Databricks, BigQuery, or Redshift also relevant) * Experience leading technical initiatives end-to-end across multiple teams and codifying engineering standards * Proficiency designing and operating cloud infrastructure at scale (AWS preferred) using infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, Pulumi, AWS CDK) * Strong Python engineering skills; solid SQL foundations; comfort with distributed systems * Experience maintaining and scaling pipeline orchestration infrastructure (Airflow/Astronomer preferred) * Mentorship track record growing junior and mid-level engineers ## Description Building a new mental healthcare system at Headway is only possible because of the scale and leverage that software and data can provide. The Data Platform team is a group of Data Engineers and Data Infrastructure Engineers who build and own our Snowflake data warehouse, data ingestion tooling, AWS infrastructure, CI/CD, and data developer experience. As we scale, we're looking for a Staff Data Infrastructure Engineer to architect, lead, and evolve the foundational systems that power our entire data organization, including new AI-driven workflows being adopted by non-technical staff. You'll serve as a technical anchor across our Data Analytics & Engineering, Product Engineering, and Machine Learning teams. This is not an analytics role. Who you are A technical leader who combines deep infrastructure expertise with the organizational instincts to drive alignment across teams. You thrive in ambiguity, operate with a high degree of ownership, and are as comfortable setting technical direction as you are building. You make other engineers better through code, architecture review, documentation, and mentorship., * Agentic Data Engineering (automating data infrastructure tasks, auditing permissions, optimized CI) * APM and observability tooling (DataDog, New Relic) and data quality/observability frameworks * ETL/ELT best practices at scale * Data security and compliance in regulated environments, especially PHI * Greenfield platform development in a high-growth startup * Docker, GitHub Actions, dbt, Spark * Build vs. buy decision-making and vendor evaluation You'll love this role if you want to: * Set technical direction for data infrastructure at a company redefining access to mental healthcare * Serve as a force multiplier, making data engineers, analysts, and ML practitioners more effective through the systems and standards you put in place * Own consequential architectural decisions from whiteboard to production * Build in a fast-paced environment where we ship multiple times per day and measure impact quickly * Help shape Headway's engineering culture, processes, and documentation with the same rigor we bring to our products ## Related Videos - [From Messy Queries to Scalable Systems - How Data Engineering actually works](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100203-from-messy-queries-to-scalable-systems-how-data-engineering-actually-works) - [Innovating Developer Tools with AI: Insights from GitHub Next](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1268-innovating-developer-tools-with-ai-insights-from-github-next) - [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) - [Docker Compose: Rediscovered](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1978-docker-compose-rediscovered) - [Bringing AI Model Testing and Prompt Management to Your Codebase with GitHub Models](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1536-bringing-ai-model-testing-and-prompt-management-to-your-codebase-with-github-models) - [Unleashing Potential Across Teams: The Power of Infrastructure as Code](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/930-unleashing-potential-across-teams-the-power-of-infrastructure-as-code) ## Related Articles - [Making Data Warehouses Fast: A Developer’s Story](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/107-making-data-warehouses-fast-a-developer-s-story) - [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) - [How to Become an AI Engineer](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/331-how-to-become-an-ai-engineer) - [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) - [Top Big Data Technologies That You Need to Know](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/108-top-big-data-technologies-that-you-need-to-know)