Sr. Data Engineer - GenAI Apps at Qventus | Y Combinator (2024)

Qventus

We automate operations for hospitals and health systems

About Us:

At Qventus, we’re transforming healthcare with real-time decision-making platforms that allow hospitals to focus on what matters most: patient care. Backed by leading venture capital, our innovative solutions harness the power of Machine Learning and Generative AI to empower nurses, doctors, and staff to anticipate and resolve issues before they arise. Join us in making healthcare smarter and more efficient for everyone.

About the Role:

As a Senior Data Engineer at Qventus, you will play a pivotal role in developing and driving new data solutions. You will design, develop, and manage data pipelines that ensure the scalability, reliability, and efficiency of our data platform. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to unlock new features and drive innovation. Your work will improve patient and doctor experiences by integrating complex data sources and creating robust data transformations.

As a Data Engineer, you will:

• Lead the design, development, and management across investments to platform, model infrastructure, and data pipelines in support of data intensive AI solutions.

• Work closely with a close knit team of solution experts & innovators to design, iterate, and develop key pipelines to unlock new solution functionality, analytical insights, and machine learning features.

• Identify, monitor, and lead initiatives to ensure our data platform remains scalable, reliable, and efficient in light of evolving data requirements of our products and services - particularly in the rapidly changing Gen AI / LLM ecosystem

• Partner with cross-functional stakeholders & peers to translate data needs into technical solutions with rigorous technical scope to enable more junior engineers

Key Responsibilities:

• Spearhead the discovery, evaluation, and integration of new datasets, collaborating (incl. pipeline development and data modeling/documentation), working closely with key data stakeholders to understand their impact and relevance to our core products and the healthcare domain.

• Translate product / analytical vision into highly functional data pipelines supporting high quality & highly trusted data products (incl. designing data structures, building and scheduling data transformation pipelines, improving transparency etc.).

• Engage in the rapid new AI product development from concept to deployment, ensuring robust platform supporting easy iteration and monitoring.

• Set the standard for data engineering practices within the company, guiding the architectural approaches, data pipeline designs, and the integration of cutting-edge technologies to foster a culture of innovation and continuous improvement.

What We’re Looking For:

• Proven experience as a Data Engineer; Excellence in quality data pipeline design, development, and optimization to create reliable, modular, secure data foundations for the organization's data delivery system from applications to analytics & ML

• Expertise in Python, SQL, and familiarity with AWS tools, Databricks, and DBT.

• Strong understanding of database structure systems and data mining.

• Innate aptitude for interpreting complex datasets with demonstrated ability to discern underlying patterns, identify anomalies, and extract meaningful insights, demonstrating advanced data intuition and analytical skills. (Healthcare experience preferred)

• Proven ability to independently handle ambiguous project requirements and lead data initiatives from start to finish, while collaborating extensively with cross-functional, non-technical teams to inform and shape product development.

It’s a Plus if You Have…

• Experience with Data Science and machine learning techniques, particularly operationalizing models in production environments and working with novel techniques (LLM, Gen AI)

• Experience navigating high compliance (HIPAA) data ecosystems

• Experience with data visualization tools and analytics technologies (Looker, Tableau, etc.)

• Prior exposure to Agile development environments..

Qventus is on a mission to take modern technologies and principles that have been proven in other industries — artificial intelligence, machine learning, behavioral science, and data science — and apply them to simplify healthcare operations. At Qventus, you will have the opportunity to work with an exceptional, mission-driven team, and the ability to directly impact the lives of patients. We’re inspired to work with healthcare leaders on our founding vision and unlock world-class medicine through world-class operations.

The salary range for this role is $140,000 to $190,000. This salary represents market data's middle to the high end across different geographies. We consider several factors when determining compensation, including location, experience, and the role’s responsibilities. Salary/OTE is just one component of Qventus’ total rewards package. Our benefits and perks currently include, but are not limited to:

• Competitive medical, dental, and vision coverage with a 90% employer-paid premiums for employees option

• Generous HSA contribution, when elected and participating in an eligible plan, up to $1,500 annual company contribution

• Employer-provided (100% paid) Short Term and Long Term Disability insurance and Basic Life and AD&D insurance

• 100% paid Parental and Pregnancy Leave

• Monthly Wellness and Technology stipend up to $50 per month

• Ability to participate in the 401(k) plan

• Generous Stock Option awards

We believe that diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging are fundamental to improving healthcare and society, and that’s why we’re building a company that leads the way. We hold ourselves accountable to using fair hiring processes that mitigate the negative impacts of unconscious bias. We also work to ensure that people from underrepresented groups play meaningful roles on both sides of the interview table. We are an equal opportunity employer and give all qualified applicants consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances.

Candidate information will be treated in accordance with our candidate privacy notice which can be found here: <u>https://qventus.com/ccpa-privacy-notice/</u>

Employment is contingent upon the satisfactory completion of our pre-employment background investigation and drug test.

Founded:2012

Team Size:163

Location:San Francisco