Lead Data Engineer

SimplePractice; Santa Monica (CA); Hybrid; USD 160,000 - 222,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

401(k) match

Flexible PTO

Wellbeing days

Dental insurance

Job summary

SimplePractice is hiring a Lead Data Engineer to guide the evolution of the data stack—from pipelines to platform. You will build infrastructure powering product intelligence, financial reporting, and self-serve analytics for clinicians in private practice.

You'll collaborate with Data Analytics, ML, Product, and Engineering to create scalable, reliable data systems and empower executives with insights, dashboards, and trusted metrics across the company.

Qualifications

• BS/MS in Engineering, Computer Science, Mathematics, or related field.
• 7+ years in Data or Analytics Engineering.
• Strong problem-solving and communication skills; fast-paced, cross-functional environment.

Responsibilities

• Partner with Product, Analytics and Engineering to build scalable data systems across many sources.
• Define technical vision and architecture for short- and long-term needs.
• Standardize metrics and enable trusted access to data across the company.
• Support internal use cases like financial reporting, product analytics, and operational metrics.
• Enable external use cases: dashboards, self-serve analytics, and action-driven insights.
• Manage data stack from ingestion to consumption; ensure data quality and security.
• Collaborate with DevOps to deploy data solutions on AWS and cloud tech.
• Promote best practices in data engineering across the enterprise.

Skills

SQL

Data Modeling

Snowflake

DBT

Airflow

Airbyte

Kafka

Python

Looker

Tableau

Education

BS/MS in Engineering/CS

Tools

AWS

Terraform

Docker

Job description

About Us

At SimplePractice, we are improving access to quality care by equipping health and wellness clinicians with all the tools they need to thrive in private practice.

More than 250,000 providers trust SimplePractice to build their business through our industry-leading software with powerful tools that simplify every part of practice management. From admin work to clinical care, our suite of innovative solutions work together to reduce administrative burden-empowering solo and small group practitioners to thrive alongside their clients.

Award-winning and people-first, SimplePractice is shaping the future of health tech. Recognized by MedTech Breakthrough, the Digital Health Awards, and BuiltIn's Best Places to Work.

Our Culture

At SimplePractice, culture is our foundation. It influences the way we work, how we serve our customers, and how we approach accomplishing our mission. We have five core values that we strive to embody every day:

• We think big
• We take simplicity seriously
• We come as we are
• We act with humility
• We are built on trust

Culture is everyone's responsibility at SimplePractice. Our culture is what drives us to do better for our teammates and customers.

Connection and collaboration are also key to our success. You will work with our talented multi-national teams and have opportunities to participate in onsites in both the US and Mexico.

The Role

We’re looking for a Lead Data Engineer to help lead the evolution of our data stack-from pipelines to platform. In this role, you’ll build the infrastructure that powers everything from product intelligence to financial reporting and self-serve analytics in product

Our customers are clinicians in small to mid-sized private practices, and the data you shape will directly help them run more efficient, effective businesses. By enabling accessible insights-from no-show trends to client engagement-you’ll give practitioners the tools to make smarter, faster decisions about how they manage care.

Internally, your work will fuel everything from executive reporting and revenue forecasting to product analytics and AI evaluation loops. You’ll collaborate across Data Analytics, ML, Product, and Engineering teams to build scalable, reliable systems that make data a first-class product at SimplePractice.

Responsibilities

• Partner with Product, Analytics and Engineering to build scalable systems that help unlock the value of data from a wide range of sources such as backend databases, event streams, and marketing platforms
• Lead technical vision and architecture with holistic point of view on both short-term and long-term horizons
• Work with analytics to create company wide alignment through standardized metrics across the company
• Work with Product and Engineering teams to support internal use cases such as financial reporting, product analytics and operational metrics
• Enable external use cases like customer-facing dashboard, self-serve analytics, and next best action in product
• Manage the complete data stack from ingestion through data consumption
• Build tools to increase transparency in reporting company wide business outcomes
• Work with DevOps to deploy and maintain data solutions leveraging cloud data technologies, preferably in AWS
• Help define data quality and data security framework to measure and monitor data quality across the enterprise. Define and promote data engineering best practice

Desired Skills & Experience

• Education & Experience
  • BS/MS in Engineering, Computer Science, Mathematics, or related field
  • 7+ years in Data or Analytics Engineering
  • Strong problem-solving and communication skills; comfortable in fast-paced, cross-functional environments
• Data Engineering & Pipelines
  • Enterprise architecture and enterprise data architecture (data modeling and enterprise dimensional modeling)
  • Expert in SQL and data modeling (relational, dimensional, semantic)
  • Proven experience in data warehouse design, implementation, and maintenance (Snowflake)
  • Hands-on with DBT for modular, testable transformations
  • Experience with orchestration and ingestion tools: Airflow, Prefect, Airbyte, Fivetran, Kafka
  • Familiar with ELT, schema-on-read, DAGs, and performance optimization
• Cloud & Infrastructure
  • Experience with AWS (S3, RDS, Redshift, etc.)
  • Familiar with Terraform, Docker, and containerized workflows (bonus)
  • Skilled in handling structured, semi-structured (e.g., JSON), and columnar formats (e.g., Parquet, ORC)
• Analytics & Enablement
  • Experience building and supporting semantic layers for self-serve analytics
  • Proficient with BI tools like Looker, Tableau, or Sisense
  • Comfortable standardizing metrics and enabling trusted, consistent access to data
• Programming & Scripting
  • Proficient in Python and Unix/Linux scripting
  • Comfortable working with APIs (e.g., using curl)

Bonus Points

• AWS DevOps - Terraform, Kubernetes, Docker
• Project & Change Management skills especially experience working in an Agile (SCRUM, Kanban) environment/team focusing on sprint by sprint deliveries
• Real-time ETL - Kafka streaming, AWS Kinesis

Benefits

We offer a competitive benefits program including:

• Medical, dental, vision, life & disability insurance
• 401(k) plan with company match
• Flexible Time Off (FTO), wellbeing days, paid holidays, and summer Fridays
• Mental health resources
• Paid parental leave & Backup Care
• Tuition reimbursement
• Employee Resource Groups (ERGs)

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Base salary is one component of total compensation. Employees may also be eligible for an annual bonus or commission. Some roles may also be eligible for overtime pay.

The amount below represents the expected annual base compensation range for this job requisition. Ultimately, in determining your pay, we’ll consider many factors including, but not limited to, skills, experience, qualifications, geographic location, and other job-related factors.

Base Compensation Range$160,000—$222,000 USD