Lead, Integrations Platform (AI-Driven Data)

Frontera; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

Frontera is seeking a Senior+ Software Engineer to lead the Integrations Platform, driving end-to-end ownership of data integration, mapping, and architecture within our ML/Data organization. You will work across Product, Clinical Operations, and external partners to solve complex problems and shape the data layer underpinning our platform and AI systems.

You will spend ~70% coding and architecture work, with remaining time aligning stakeholders and contributing to hiring as the integration

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience in backend-leaning software engineering.
• Track record of owning technically complex projects end-to-end.
• Experience building and scaling integration platforms, APIs, or data pipelines.
• Strong understanding of system design and distributed data flow.
• Experience with third-party integrations (healthcare systems, EHRs, partner APIs) is highly preferred.
• Comfortable in fast-paced, zero-to-one environments and collaborating with multiple stakeholders.
• Experience mentoring or leading engineers, with potential to grow into a team lead.
• Familiarity with AI-assisted tooling for tasks like data mapping and schema discovery is a plus.
• Strong product mindset focused on reliable, impactful solutions.
• Excellent communication skills across technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Interest in healthcare/regulatory data (HIPAA, PHI) is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Act as the tech lead for integrations with end-to-end ownership of discovery, data mapping, implementation, reliability, observability, and maintainability.
• Own the integration architecture, designing how Frontera connects with external healthcare systems and data sources.
• Identify problems worth solving and define the right solutions in collaboration with external teams and internal stakeholders.
• Apply an AI-informed lens to accelerate data mapping and schema discovery across partner systems.
• Shape the unified data model in collaboration with ML/Data, Product, Engineering, and Clinical Operations.
• Set clear standards for data quality, error handling, monitoring, and operational ownership as volume grows.
• Evaluate platform capabilities versus pragmatic partner-specific solutions.
• Mentor engineers, establish working norms, and contribute to hiring as the function scales.

Skills

Backend engineering

API design

Distributed systems

Data pipelines

Mentoring engineers

EHR integrations

AI tooling

Product mindset

Communication

Job description

Frontera is seeking a Senior+ Software Engineer to lead the Integrations Platform, driving end-to-end ownership of data integration, mapping, and architecture within our ML/Data organization. You will work across Product, Clinical Operations, and external partners to solve complex problems and shape the data layer underpinning our platform and AI systems.

You will spend ~70% coding and architecture work, with remaining time aligning stakeholders and contributing to hiring as the integration