Staff Data Platform Engineer, Health Plan Data

Helm Health

. Define and drive the target architecture for data ingestion, conformance, storage, and serving across provider network, eligibility, claims, and plan design data .

Posted 11/9/2026full-timeRemote • United StatesLead💰 $200,000 - $233,000 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in designing and building scalable data platforms and distributed systems, with a strong focus on healthcare data compliance and data quality. Proven ability to lead technical design, mentor engineers, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver reliable data services.

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Data Platform DesignHealthcare Data ExpertiseCloud Data Stack FluencyAPI DevelopmentTechnical Leadership

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Hard Skills

Data ModelingBatch and Streaming PipelinesData Quality ChecksInfrastructure as CodePostgresPythonGoDistributed SystemsSLO OwnershipAI Tools Application

Soft Skills

Precise WritingAsync-First CommunicationMentoring

Tools & Technologies

GCPBigQueryCloud RunPub/SubCloud StorageGRPCDagsterAirflowDbtDataform

Industry Keywords

HIPAA ComplianceX12 EDIPHI ManagementHealth Plan ExperienceAudit Experience

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AirflowBigQueryCloudDistributed SystemsGoogle Cloud PlatformGRPCPostgresPythonGo

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Define and drive the target architecture for data ingestion, conformance, storage, and serving across provider network, eligibility, claims, and plan design data
Establish patterns for data contracts, build once and promote, versioned configuration, and traceable lineage
Lead technical design for provider network data, eligibility and enrollment, claims processing, and plan design logic
Build reliable, observable, audit-ready systems with data quality and provenance in a HIPAA-regulated environment
Develop multi-tenant data services and shared platform capabilities to scale onboarding across payors
Partner with product and engineering leadership to create sequenced, shippable plans and deliver platform reliability, data correctness, and delivery outcomes
Lead design reviews and RFCs, mentor senior engineers, and set technical standards
Apply AI tools to code generation, testing, data quality checks, and documentation where appropriate

Requirements

What you’ll need

Staff-level experience (10+ years) designing and building data platforms and distributed systems at scale, with a record of technical leadership across teams
Expertise in healthcare data: X12 EDI (834, 837, 835), eligibility, claims, provider data, and/or FHIR
Comfort working with PHI under strict data privacy controls
Experience with batch and streaming pipelines, data modeling for analytical and operational serving, data quality and testing discipline, lineage and observability
Fluency with a modern cloud data stack; GCP preferred, including BigQuery, Cloud Run, Pub/Sub, and Cloud Storage
Experience with Postgres, Python, Go, orchestration, and infrastructure as code
Experience designing, building, and running APIs and distributed services in production
Experience owning SLOs and on-call
Experience owning cross-cutting platform decisions, writing design documents, and shipping results
Practical, daily experience using AI tools and coding agents, with clear opinions about where they help
Precise writing, async-first habits, and ability to explain complex systems to engineers, product partners, and executives
Nice to have: health plan or payor-side experience; search and relevance systems; gRPC API and SDK design; Dagster or Airflow; dbt or Dataform; enterprise or regulated-industry audit experience

Benefits

Comp & perks

Base salary + bonus + equity
Unlimited PTO (mandatory 12 days)
Computer + home office stipend
401(k) + matching
Medical, dental, and vision insurance
Autonomy and tons of room for career growth
Quarterly company meetings