Lead Data Engineer, Hopscotch Health
$130-190k
Healthcare for rural communities
Open for applications
Healthcare for rural communities
101-200 employees
Open for applications
$130-190k
101-200 employees
Company mission
To transform lives in rural communities through accessible and proactive value-based care.
Role
Who you are
- This role is for a hands-on builder who thrives at the intersection of data engineering, software architecture, and pragmatic problem solving
- Can run with problems; take high-level business and technical challenges, frame them into actionable work, and deliver solutions with minimal oversight
- Are customer-focused – with a passion for serving patients and providers who make healthcare possible
- Are results-driven, focusing time and resources against the most important priorities
- Comfortable with ambiguity and bring a structured, proactive approach to executing
- Energized by building relationships and finding creative solutions
- Articulate and succinct with communication about complex concepts, both verbally and in writing
- Agile, yet thoughtful, and can work effectively in a fast-paced, ever-changing environment
- Constantly seeking ways to simplify and improve how things are done, bringing a positive attitude to challenges
- Accountable, holding yourself, and others, to a high standard
- Supportive of teammates and aim to share knowledge with others
- Willing to roll up your sleeves to get work done and collaborate effectively with people of all backgrounds
- 5+ years of professional experience in data engineering and software architecture shipping production level code, preferably in healthcare services
- Strong programming skills (Python, Pyspark, or similar) with proven experience in building and scaling reusable, testable, and maintainable data pipelines
- Experience designing and optimizing data models, warehouses, and/or lakehouses
- Familiarity with modern data platforms and cloud ecosystems (ex. Palantir Foundry, DBT, Databricks, Snowflake, AWS/GCP/Azure)
- Track record of ensuring data quality, governance, and reliability
- Ability to balance high-level architecture with tactical execution
What the job involves
- We are looking for a Lead Data Engineer (remote) to own and evolve the backbone of our data platform
- You’ll design and scale the systems that ensure our data is trustworthy, accessible, and ready to power everything from day-to-day operations to next-generation AI applications
- This role will report to the Director of Engineering
- While this is not a people manager role, you will serve as a technical leader on the team, mentoring junior engineers, raising the bar on engineering fundamentals, and helping shape the long-term direction of our data ecosystem
- You will be part of a skilled, passionate, and collaborative team committed to working together to realize Hopscotch’s ambitious and important vision
- Own our data platform: architect, build, and maintain our data model, data pipelines, and data access layer that support our care delivery, operations, and analytics
- Ensure data quality & governance: implement practices that make our data trustworthy and usable for all stakeholders, from clinicians to operators
- Monitor and optimize data infrastructure: troubleshoot issues, improve system performance, and drive efficiency through automation and process enhancements
- Lead with technical depth: review code, mentor engineers, and set engineering best practices across the team
- Think big picture: design today’s infrastructure with tomorrow’s needs in mind, laying the foundation for advanced analytics and AI
- Be hands-on: flex across the stack, from backend data engineering to occasional contributions in frontend applications that bring data to life
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams: work with product managers, analytics, operations, and care delivery stakeholders to translate business needs into scalable data solutions
Our take
Hopscotch Health is a MedTech startup setting its sights on addressing the healthcare needs of rural communities. Alarming statistics from the CDC highlight that individuals in these regions face a significantly higher risk of succumbing to heart disease, cancer, unintentional injury, chronic lower respiratory disease, and strokes.
While the concept of value-based healthcare, a model where healthcare providers are compensated based on patient health outcomes rather than sheer sales and services, is gaining traction and efficacy in urban areas, rural communities continue to lag behind, mirroring the disparities seen in traditional healthcare frameworks.
Despite being in early development, Hopscotch Health's trajectory largely hinges on its ability to establish valuable partnerships with payers, healthcare providers, practitioners, and the communities themselves. Nevertheless, there is ample room for optimism, given the substantial potential within an underserved market.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Company
Company benefits
- Paid holidays + PTO
- Company sponsored medical, dental, and vision insurance for you + your family
- FREE short-term and long-term disability insurance
- FREE $100k life insurance policy
- 401k plan with 4% company match + no vesting period
- $720 - $1,000 added to employee Health Savings Account annually for eligible health plans
- And more!
Company HQ
West Loop Gate, Chicago, IL
Leadership
Tim Gronniger
(CEO)Previously spent 7 years at Caravan Health, as a Senior VP, President, then CEO. Prior to that, they were a Chief Value-Based Solutions Officer at Signify Health, a Principal at Piney Brand Strategies. and a Deputy Chief of Staff at Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. They also served as a Senior Adviser for Health Care Policy at the White House Domestic Policy Council and as Professional Staff as the US House of Representatives.
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