Forward Deployed Data Engineer
Qventus
On this journey for over 12 years, Qventus is leading the transformation of healthcare. We enable hospitals to focus on what matters most: patient care. Our innovative solutions harness the power of machine learning, generative AI, and behavioral science to deliver exceptional outcomes and empower care teams to anticipate and resolve issues before they arise.
Our success in rapid scale across the globe is backed by some of the world's leading investors. At Qventus, you will have the opportunity to work with an exceptional, mission-driven team across the globe, 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 Role
Forward Deployed Data Engineers at Qventus collaborate directly with clients to identify their most critical data challenges and design scalable, high-performance pipelines and architectures to solve them. Our customers depend on Qventus’ data infrastructure for mission-critical healthcare operations, and projects often start with broad, high-impact questions like, “How can we unify real-time surgical, staffing, and patient flow data into a single source of truth?” or “What’s the most efficient way to process and serve operational data for instant decision-making?”
As a Data Engineer, you’ll combine technical expertise in large-scale data systems with a deep understanding of operational needs to create solutions that bridge the gap between raw data and actionable insights. You’ll work closely with data scientists, software engineers, and product teams to ensure our data pipelines are robust, efficient, and ready to support advanced analytics, AI models, and production-grade applications.
You’ll operate in small, agile teams with significant autonomy, taking projects from initial scoping and design through to deployment and ongoing optimization. A typical day might involve architecting cloud-based ETL workflows, optimizing query performance on multi-terabyte datasets, integrating disparate hospital data systems, or collaborating with client IT teams to ensure seamless adoption.
Key Responsibilities
- Design, build, and maintain scalable data pipelines and architectures to support analytics, machine learning, and operational applications.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate complex operational needs into reliable, well-modeled datasets.
- Integrate and normalize data from multiple structured and unstructured healthcare sources (EHRs, scheduling systems, operational databases, etc.).
- Optimize query performance and data processing for speed, scalability, and cost efficiency.
- Implement best practices for data quality, governance, and security in compliance with healthcare regulations (e.g., HIPAA).
- Support deployment, monitoring, and troubleshooting of production data systems.
What We’re Looking For
- Proven experience as a data engineer or in a similar role, with a track record of building and maintaining large-scale data infrastructure.
- Strong proficiency in SQL and Python for data processing and pipeline development.
- Experience with cloud data platforms and services such as AWS (RDS, Redshift, Lambda, S3), GCP, or Azure.
- Knowledge of both relational and non-relational databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, etc.).
- Familiarity with modern data workflow orchestration tools (Airflow, DBT, Dagster, etc.).
- Ability to work closely with both technical and non-technical stakeholders to gather requirements and deliver solutions.
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
Bonus Points
- Experience working with healthcare data and integrating EHR, scheduling, or operational systems.
Familiarity with real-time data processing frameworks (Kafka, Kinesis, Spark Streaming, Flink). - Knowledge of data warehousing solutions like Snowflake or BigQuery.
- Hands-on experience with Databricks or similar data lakehouse platforms.
- Strong understanding of data privacy, compliance, and security in regulated environments.
- Experience mentoring peers or contributing to cross-functional technical strategy.
Compensation for this role is based on market data and takes into account a variety of factors, including location, skills, qualifications, and prior relevant experience. Salary is just one part of the total rewards package at Qventus. We also offer a range of benefits and perks, including Open Paid Time Off, paid parental leave, professional development, wellness and technology stipends, a generous employee referral bonus, and employee stock option awards.
Qventus values diversity in its workforce and proudly upholds the principles of Equal Opportunity Employment . We welcome all qualified applicants and ensure fair consideration for employment without discrimination based on any legally protected characteristics, including, but not limited to: veteran status, uniformed service member status, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, pregnancy (including childbirth, lactation and related medical conditions), national origin or ancestry, citizenship or immigration status, physical or mental disability, genetic information (including testing and characteristics) or any other category protected by federal, state or local law (collectively, "protected characteristics"). Our commitment to equal opportunity employment applies to all persons involved in our operations and prohibits unlawful discrimination by any employee, including supervisors and co-workers.
Qventus participates in the E-Verify program as required by law and is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities in compliance with Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). In compliance with the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), Qventus provides transparency into how applicant data is processed during the application process. Candidate information will be treated in accordance with our candidate privacy notice.
*Benefits and perks are subject to plan documents and may change at the company's discretion.
*Employment is contingent upon the satisfactory completion of our pre-employment background investigation and drug test.