Data Engineer, Healthcare

Cascala Health is dedicated to revolutionizing care transitions by bridging communication gaps between hospital discharge and post-acute care. Our comprehensive platform facilitates meaningful engagement across care teams, activating personalized interventions to prevent hospital readmissions and promote long-term health for patients in risk-based care models.

About the Role: 

We’re seeking a detail-oriented Data Engineer to build robust, efficient data pipelines and infrastructure for our healthcare technology platform. You’ll be integral in ensuring reliable data flows between our applications and healthcare systems, enabling aanalytics and AI-driven decision-making

Key Responsibilities: 

• Pipeline Development: Design, build, and maintain scalable ETL pipelines for healthcare data integration from diverse EMR/EHR sources. 
• Data Governance: Ensure data quality, accuracy, and compliance with healthcare standards (HL7,FHIR) and regulatory requirements (HIPAA). 
• Collaboration: Partner with AI engineers, software developers, and clinical teams to ensure data readiness and accessibility for analytics. 
• Infrastructure Optimization: Optimize database systems and data storage solutions for performance, reliability, and scalability. 
• Monitoring & Maintenance: Implement monitoring systems to ensure data integrity and proactively resolve pipeline issues.

 Experience:

• 4+ years in data engineering, with at least 2 years specifically in healthcare technology. 
• Technical Expertise: Deep proficiency in ETL tools, big data frameworks (Spark, Hadoop), SQL/NoSQL databases, and cloud services (AWS preferred). 
• Healthcare Standards: Familiarity with healthcare data formats (HL7, FHIR) and integration techniques. 
• Compliance: Solid understanding of data security, privacy, and healthcare-specific regulations(HIPAA, HITRUST). 
• Analytical Mindset: Strong analytical skills and ability to resolve complex data engineering challenges efficiently. 
• Education: Bachelor’s degree (B.A. or B.S.) in Computer Science, Data Science, Biomedical Informatics, or a related technical field required; Master’s or Ph.D. preferred — or equivalent experience.

Nice to Have:

• Experience supporting AI and machine learning data workflows. 
• AWS Data Engineering certification.

Why you'll want to work here:

• At Cascala Health, we believe the handoff is the heartbeat of healthcare. Our AI-powered platform ensures care teams have the right knowledge at the right time—guiding every transition with clarity, confidence, and compassion. As part of our mission-driven team, you’ll help reimagine how care is delivered, joining a culture rooted in clinical excellence, purpose-driven innovation, and real human impact. We offer competitive pay, comprehensive health benefits—including access to One Medical, Teledoc, Kindbody, Talkspace, and more—plus unlimited PTO, 11 company holidays, and equity opportunities for select roles. Join us and make every care transition count.

The base salary range for this role is: $140,000-160,000

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