Senior Software Engineer

Flatiron Health; Berlin; Vor Ort; EUR 90.000 - 150.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Flexible hours

Flexible PTO

Retirement plan (401k)

Financial well-being resources

Mental well-being tools

Travel support

Parenthood programs

Zusammenfassung

Flatiron Health is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to design and build data pipelines and ML-enabled healthcare insights. You will collaborate closely with teams across the US, UK, Germany, and Japan, and work with clinicians to understand challenges and deliver impactful data-driven solutions.

We expect 4–8 years of data engineering experience, proficiency with Databricks, Airflow, and Python, and comfort with German and English.

Qualifikationen

• 4-8 years of relevant professional data engineering experience.
• Experience with data processing and orchestration tools (e.g., Databricks, Spark, Ray, DBT, Prefect, Airflow).
• Proficient in object-oriented languages (Python, C#, SQL) and willingness to learn new languages.
• Partner with product teams to deliver robust data solutions.
• Experience with healthcare data considerations and HL7 is a plus.

Aufgaben

• Design and develop technology with cross‑functional teams in the US, UK, Germany, and Japan.
• Create and enhance data pipelines using diverse processing tools and automation.
• Advance DL and LLM-based extraction of clinical insights from global datasets.
• Propose innovative solutions to scale complex systems and meet business needs.
• Help shape team roadmaps and drive technology strategy.
• Support the growth of European engineering teams and culture.

Kenntnisse

Databricks

Airflow

Python

SQL

German language

English fluency

Ausbildung

Bachelor’s/Master’s/PhD in CS or related field

Tools

Databricks

Spark

Ray

DBT

Prefect

Airflow

Jobbeschreibung

Overview

We’re looking for a Senior Software Engineer to help us accomplish our mission to improve and extend lives by learning from the experience of every person with cancer.

Responsibilities

• This role will design and develop technology in partnership with other software engineers in the US, UK, Germany, and Japan. Additionally, this role will collaborate day-to-day with oncologists, clinicians, product leaders, quantitative scientists, and customers to understand their challenges and how technology can help solve them
• Create new or enhance existing business critical, complex data pipelines using a variety of data processing tools and automation
• Expand our capabilities in Deep Learning and LLM-powered extraction of clinical insights from global datasets
• Devise creative solutions for technical and business challenges to help the team scale
• Contribute to shaping the direction of team roadmaps and technology development
• Help build our European engineering teams and company culture as we grow
• Rapidly iterate on products while maintaining engineering practices that ensure quality and security
• Bring or develop a deep knowledge of healthcare in Germany, including data sources, security, privacy, information governance requirements, and emerging trends

Qualifications

• You are a data engineer with 4-8 years of relevant professional experience
• You have experience with data processing and orchestration tools such as Databricks, Spark, Ray, DBT, Prefect, and/or Airflow
• You have experience with agile development environments using object-oriented programming languages (e.g. Python, C#, SQL), but are also language agnostic and willing to pick up new programming languages as needed
• You act as an expert in your domain area, and as a partner with product teams
• You understand the purpose of “boring” technology (as described in this blog post) and are willing to use the right tools to get the job done
• You are comfortable with ambiguity and always willing to teach and learn
• You are fluent in English
• You are excited about working in a passionate, fast-paced, technology-driven culture
• You have experience working with cloud platforms like AWS and data warehouse solutions like Snowflake
• You are excited to work in a startup environment, think creatively and be scrappy to get the job done
• You have a nose for value and empathy for your customers
• You’re excited by the prospect of working on difficult and meaningful problems each day. You seek and give candid feedback, and value the chance to make an important impact on cancer patients and society
• You have experience working in healthcare in Germany or exposure to healthcare-related standards like HL7
• You hold a Bachelor’s, Master’s, and/or Ph.D. in computer science or a related field
• You have experience in infrastructure, devops, or security engineering
• You are conversational in German

Benefits

• Work/life autonomy via flexible work hours and flexible paid time off
• Parental benefits and policies including family-building care and generous leave
• 401(k) contribution to help you reach your retirement planning goals
• Financial health resources including 1:1 financial advice
• Mental well-being tools and services
• Travel support for safe healthcare services
• Path to parenthood programs supporting fertility, adoption and surrogacy