Remote Senior Data Platform Engineer

Virta Health

Denver, San Francisco (CO, CA)

Hybrid

USD 177,000 - 228,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

Virta Health is seeking a senior backend/data platform engineer to design and own our data contracts, processing semantics, and end-to-end observability across partner integrations. You will lead a data-centric squad focused on reliability, scalability, and AI-assisted tooling while ensuring safety and regulatory compliance for healthcare data.

The role offers a remote-first environment with Denver and San Francisco hubs.

Qualifications

Strong backend engineering skills and track record building reliable systems in production.
Experience designing data-intensive architectures with correctness, lineage, and recovery.
Demonstrated leadership and ownership across cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

Design and own the data contracts and processing semantics across the data lifecycle.
Build end-to-end observability and reconciliation of source records to downstream outcomes.
Lead technical discovery and delivery across data platforms and partner integrations.
Partner with Product and Growth to translate audience requirements into reusable platform capabilities.
Design for correctness and auditability in regulated workflows, including data provenance and safeguards.
Modernize legacy data exchanges toward event-driven integrations with strong observability.