Headway

Healthcare

StaffDataInfrastructureEngineer

$212–265k New York, New York, United States FULL TIME Remote Friendly
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

Neural analysis suggests this role is
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The Brief

“Staff Data Infrastructure Engineer at Headway. Skills: Data Infrastructure, Data Platform, Cloud Infrastructure, System Architecture. Architect foundational systems. Lead foundational systems”

Industry & Context.

Healthcare
Problems you'll solve

Root cause analysis

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

10+ years experience, Track record driving technical strategy, Deep expertise building full-stack data platforms, Architectural fluency in warehouse design, Experience leading technical initiatives, Proficiency designing cloud infrastructure, Python engineering, Solid SQL comfort, Experience maintaining pipeline orchestration

Nice to Have

Agentic Data Engineering, APM and observability tooling, Data quality/observability frameworks, ETL/ELT best practices at scale, Data security and compliance, Greenfield platform development, Docker, GitHub Actions, Dbt, Spark, Build vs. buy decision-making, Vendor evaluation

What You'll Do.

Architect foundational systems

Lead foundational systems

Evolve foundational systems

Serve as technical anchor

Drive technical strategy

Align cross-functional teams

Own data ingestion tooling

Own AWS infrastructure

Own data developer experience

Design cloud infrastructure

Operate cloud infrastructure

Maintain pipeline orchestration

Scale pipeline orchestration

Automate data infrastructure tasks

Make other engineers better

Set technical direction

Ship multiple times daily

Measure impact quickly

Shape engineering culture

Shape engineering processes

Shape engineering documentation

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Data Analytics & Engineering; Product Engineering; Machine Learning teams; Cross-functional teams

Process & Methodology

Roadmap definition

Full Job Description

1 in 4 people in the US have a treatable mental health condition, but most providers don't accept insurance, making therapy too expensive for most people. Headway’s mission is to fix this by building a new mental healthcare system everyone can access. We started by solving the biggest barrier to care: insurance. The admin work - credentialing, claims, payment reconciliation - is a nightmare. We've automated that. But we're going further. Over 75,000 providers across all 50 states run their practice on our software, serving over 1 million patients. We are building the best tools for therapists to run their entire practice, reimagining the experience of finding a therapist, and investing in the platform foundations to enable this at scale. We aren't just a billing layer; we are becoming the platform where care actually happens. We're a Series D company with $325M+ in funding (a16z, Accel, Spark Capital, etc.), looking for exceptional people to help us achieve this mission. We want your time here to be the most meaningful experience of your career. Join us, and help change mental healthcare for the better. About Data Platform at Headway 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 ins

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