Analytics Engineer

Counsel Health; Boston (MA); Hybrid; USD 185,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Comprehensive healthcare

401K

Unlimited PTO

Parental Leave

Job summary

Counsel Health, a AI-enabled healthcare startup, is seeking an Analytics Engineer to own the semantic layer and build core data models that turn raw data into insight. You will be the trusted data expert shaping dashboards, data products, and strategic decisions.

You’ll lead dbt orchestration, implement reverse ETL, and enforce HIPAA-compliant data access while collaborating across teams. This hybrid role supports NYC and Boston offices and remote East Coast options.

Qualifications

• Experience with SQL and dbt tooling to model data
• Ability to design scalable data models for healthcare metrics
• Familiarity with cloud data warehouses (BigQuery, Snowflake, Redshift)
• Experience in regulated industries with data access controls (HIPAA)

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain data models defining core business metrics (clinical outcomes, revenue, utilization)
• Run dbt orchestration with CI/CD and data quality testing
• Stand up reverse ETL pipelines to production systems
• Implement and maintain PHI access controls to stay HIPAA-compliant

Skills

SQL

dbt

Data modeling

Data orchestration

HIPAA compliance

BigQuery

dbt Cloud

Airflow

Paradigm

Tools

dbt Cloud

Airflow

Paradigm

BigQuery

Job description

Counsel’s mission is to multiply the world’s healthcare capacity. We believe in a future in which every person has a personalized, AI-enabled doctor always in their pocket. To accomplish this, we’re building the first fully-vertical, AI-native medical group from the ground up. We’ve redesigned the entire clinical stack with custom AI tools that make our in-house physicians 10x faster and smarter. [learn more on our blog]

Since our founding in 2023, we have formed partnerships with leading healthcare organizations and are on track to serve hundreds of thousands of patients on our platform within the next year. We have raised over $35M from a16z, Google Ventures, Pear VC and other top-tier VC firms.

Our team combines deep expertise in medicine (Harvard, Mt. Sinai, Mass General, UCSF) and technology (Google, DeepMind, NVIDIA, MIT, Stripe) — and we’re looking for exceptional people to join us as we scale. Join us as we build the future of AI in healthcare!

About The Role

We’ve built a strong data foundation: a cloud warehouse, ETL pipelines, and event tracking are all in place. Now we need someone to make that data mean something.

We’re looking for an Analytics Engineer to own the semantic layer, building and maintaining the core data models the rest of the company relies on to turn raw data into insight. You’ll be the person everyone trusts to answer “how do we measure this?”

You’ll be our first dedicated analytics hire, which means you set the standards, choose the patterns, and shape how Counsel uses data for years to come. The infrastructure is built, the warehouse is running, and the company is growing. What’s missing is the person who makes the data layer actually work, turning raw tables into the trusted models that power every dashboard, every data product, and every strategic decision.

What You’ll Do

• Build and maintain the data models that define our core business metrics, from clinical outcomes to revenue to utilization, and own the sources of truth the whole company relies on
• Run dbt orchestration with integrated alerting, CI/CD pipelines, and data quality testing that catches issues before they reach a dashboard
• Stand up reverse ETL pipelines that feed clean, modeled data back into production systems, including population cohort definitions, marketing intelligence, and operational features
• Implement and maintain access controls for PHI, keeping the data layer HIPAA‑compliant while staying accessible to the people who need it

What You’ll Bring

• 3+ years of experience in analytics engineering, data analytics, or a hybrid data role
• Deep expertise in SQL and dbt
• Experience with BigQuery or comparable cloud data warehouses (Snowflake, Redshift)
• Experience working in a regulated industry (healthcare, fintech, insurance, government) with a proven ability to manage sensitive data and access controls, HIPAA familiarity a plus
• Experience with data orchestration tooling (Paradigm, dbt Cloud, Airflow, or similar) and integrating analytics data back into production systems

Who You Are

• Thinks in business entities and stakeholder questions, not just tables and joins, and turns fuzzy requirements into clean, well‑modeled data
• Treats dbt as a primary tool, writing clean, modular, well‑tested transformations, with strong opinions about how a dbt project should be organized
• Comfortable managing orchestration, environments, and reverse ETL pipelines without hand‑holding, even without being a dedicated data engineer
• Doesn’t just model data, but asks why someone needs it and how it drives a patient or business outcome
• Feels energized by creating structure in ambiguous, fast‑moving environments, and can synthesize needs from multiple stakeholders into a clear data strategy

Role Location

NYC – hybrid, Boston – hybrid, or East Coast – remote

What We Offer

• Impact: Be at the forefront and contribute to groundbreaking, AI‑driven healthcare experiences, directly interface with execs at the world's leading tech & healthcare orgs
• Growth: Significant opportunities for broad ownership and professional development within our rapidly scaling startup
• Compensation: Competitive salary + equity
• Benefits: Comprehensive healthcare, vision & dental, 401K, Unlimited PTO, Parental Leave

Our Values

• Patients come first. We are clinicians 1st, technologists 2nd. We act with patient trust/safety at the center of every decision.
• Innovate with optimism. We are optimistic as we build the future of care delivery from first principles. Challenge the status quo when needed, no sacred cows.
• Right answer wins. Debate openly and pick the strongest path. We optimize for the company, not functions. We win and lose as a team.
• Simplicity over complexity. We choose clear, elegant solutions and avoid adding complexity that does not serve patients or the team.
• Do fewer things, well. We focus, and hold ourselves to the highest bar and pursue excellence in those areas.

Additional Information

Recruitment Fraud Notice: Counsel Health only communicates with candidates using official @counselhealth.com email addresses. We will never ask for payment or financial information during the interview process. If you receive suspicious outreach claiming to be from Counsel Health, please contact us at [e-mail].

Counsel Health participates in E-Verify. All newly hired employees are processed through the E-Verify system to confirm employment eligibility.

Compensation Range: $185K - $210K