Remote - NY; Lower Manhattan, NY; Santa Monica, CA Hybrid Full-time USD 200,000 – 230,000 / year

Pivotal Health is hiring a Staff Data Engineer, Data Warehouse

Responsibilities

  • Own data pipeline development. Build and maintain reliable pipelines that ingest, transform, and deliver healthcare data across the organization.
  • Design warehouse data models. Create scalable schemas and data structures that support analytics, reporting, and evidence generation.
  • Lead data transformation strategy. Establish frameworks and standards that improve consistency, maintainability, and performance.
  • Ensure data quality and trust. Implement validation, reconciliation, monitoring, and alerting processes across critical datasets.
  • Support clinical data integration initiatives. Help incorporate new clinical data sources into the warehouse ecosystem.
  • Optimize warehouse performance. Improve query efficiency, storage utilization, and processing costs as data volumes grow.
  • Partner with stakeholders on data requirements. Translate business questions into durable data solutions and trusted datasets.
  • Improve operational excellence. Develop tooling and processes that increase reliability and reduce manual intervention.
  • Mentor data engineers and analysts. Share best practices and elevate technical standards across the data organization.

Requirements

  • 8+ years of experience building production data pipelines and warehouse solutions.
  • Deep expertise in SQL and modern data transformation frameworks and Python.
  • Experience working with large-scale analytical databases and cloud data platforms.
  • Strong understanding of data modeling, ETL/ELT design, and data lifecycle management.
  • Experience supporting business-critical reporting or analytical workloads.
  • Proven ability to improve data reliability and operational maturity.
  • Comfortable navigating ambiguity and helping define solutions where requirements are still emerging.
  • Strong ownership mindset with a focus on building durable systems rather than one-off solutions.

Nice to Have

  • Experience working with healthcare data, claims data, or clinical records.
  • Familiarity with healthcare interoperability standards such as FHIR or HL7.
  • Experience supporting machine learning or LLM-enabled data workflows.

Benefits

  • Competitive compensation, including equity
  • Full health, dental, and vision coverage
  • Retirement savings plan through 401(k)
  • Flexible time off
  • Opportunities for company-wide connection and events

Work Arrangement

Hybrid — Los Angeles, New York

Additional Information

  • Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States on a permanent basis without the need for current or future visa sponsorship.
  • Employment is contingent upon successful completion of applicable background checks, where permitted by law.
  • Employment with Pivotal Health is at-will and may be terminated by either party at any time, with or without cause or notice, in accordance with applicable law.
Required Skills
SQL
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Pivotal Health

Restoring the balance to healthcare reimbursement

Pivotal Health is the industry’s only full-service Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) technology, combining software, data, and service into one seamlessly integrated solution to help providers navigate IDR with confidence and consistency.

The platform is designed to restore fairness in healthcare reimbursement by offering a scalable and automated solution that integrates with major RCM platforms, streamlining eligibility and improving outcomes.

Pivotal Health aligns its success with clients, getting paid only after they do, ensuring a partnership model focused on results without hidden fees or lock-ins.

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Job Details
Department Engineering
Category Data & ML
Posted 2 months ago