Data Engineer

Evidation; Santa Barbara (CA); On-site; USD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Surf Air membership

Job summary

Evidation in Santa Barbara, CA is seeking a Data Engineer to enhance healthcare decision-making through data analysis. Ideal candidates will have a background in quantitative fields and strong skills in Python and SQL. Responsibilities include investigating new analytics systems, optimizing existing systems, and collaborating with Data Scientists.

The position involves innovative data solutions and teamwork in a rapidly evolving environment, offering unique opportunities in healthcare data engineering. Offices located in Menlo Park and Santa Barbara, with travel perks available.

Qualifications

• Strong analytical thinker and coder.
• Experience in writing modular, extensible systems.
• Desire for personal growth and teamwork.

Responsibilities

• Investigate, prototype, and validate new analytics systems.
• Optimize analytics systems for performance, cost, and availability.
• Design and implement new data analytics systems.
• Collaborate with Data Scientists to deliver dashboards and insights.

Skills

Python

SQL

Analytical thinking

Software engineering

Education

Background in Computer Science, Engineering, Math, Physics

Tools

Spark

Hadoop

Elasticsearch

Job description

Our small data science team is changing the way healthcare decisions are made. We’re taking advantage of new technologies and the latest in statistics and machine learning to rapidly analyze new kinds of healthcare data. We have one-of-a-kind access to health and behavior datasets, and we’re using it to change the world for the better. Our distributed data processing and analysis pipeline is built on top of technologies like Spark, Hadoop, Elasticsearch, Python, and Scala, and we need brilliant engineers to help us scale it and adapt it to new challenges. This is the perfect job if you have a software engineering background and want to get involved in healthcare and big data engineering.

We have offices in Menlo Park, CA and Santa Barbara, CA and a Surf Air membership so you can rove between the offices. This position is in Santa Barbara, CA.

Responsibilities

• Investigate, prototype, and validate new analytics systems
• Optimize our analytics systems for performance, cost, and availability
• Design and implement new data analytics systems using top-notch software engineering practices
• Work closely with our Data Scientists to deliver dashboards, insights, and data pipelines to clients

Qualifications

• Background in quantitative fields (Computer Science, Engineering, Math, Physics)
• You’re a strong analytical thinker and coder. Think ACM-ICPC, IOI, and IPSC.
• You’re a great software engineer who writes modular, extensible, well-designed systems.
• You have solid experience with Python and SQL.
• You value learning, personal growth, teamwork, and excelling at what you do.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.