Senior Data Engineer, Calibrate
$160-185k
+ Opportunities for equity
Obesity and metabolic health treatment
Job no longer available
Obesity and metabolic health treatment
201-500 employees
Job no longer available
$160-185k
+ Opportunities for equity
201-500 employees
Company mission
To change the way the world treats weight.
Role
Who you are
- The ideal candidate is passionate about translating business priorities into data, creating reliable and well-tested data pipelines, and is excited to take ownership of elevating our data infrastructure to enable Calibrate to do more with our vast data focused on metabolic health improvement
- 5+ years of Data engineering experience shipping production level code. Should be able to hit the ground running and be comfortable deploying a change in the first week
- Experience with DBT, in particular using DBT to build re-usable, testable, and maintainable data models and in maintaining a DBT instance
- Experience with data warehouses, like Big Query, Redshift, or Snowflake (we use BigQuery)
- Comfortable writing clear, testable Python code for automation, scripting, and data manipulation
- Comfortable in Docker and on the Unix command line
- Experience with Airflow, Prefect, or other task execution platforms a must
- Experience with Kubernetes a plus, at the very least will need a willingness to learn (we’re using it now)
- Experience with setting up and maintaining AWS infrastructure and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools a plus (we use Pulumi)
What the job involves
- We are looking for an experienced Senior Data Engineer to join our data team
- Own the data engineering function, working with the director of data to be sure Calibrate can support internal and external data use cases
- Lead a project for improving data infrastructure, which will include adding in a scheduler to run data models, setting up a staging environment for testing, shoring up our data quality checks and tests, and more
- Build and maintain the data pipelines that drive business intelligence, analytics, and data science at Calibrate using Python
- Create monitoring to ensure robustness and accuracy of both raw and processed data
- Maintain and build out the infrastructure in AWS and GCP that powers our ingestion platform
- Partner with the rest of the data team, infrastructure engineers, and product team to translate business requirements into data infrastructure, pipelines, and models
- Stay abreast of best practices in data engineering and propose any necessary changes, including the ability to make a strong business case for what’s needed
Our take
Obesity affects four in ten Americas, yet treatment has long been overlooked, often framed as a lifestyle problem rather than a healthcare issue. Calibrate is working to change that by combining prescription weight-loss medications with structured behavioral and physiological coaching designed to support long-term health.
The company's program integrates GLP-1 medications with physician-guided care and personalized coaching. These drugs have shown strong results in clinical trials, but questions remain about long-term safety an whether weight loss can be sustained after patients stop taking them. Calibrate's approach aims to address that challenge by pairing medication with lasting behavior change.
Since launching, more than 100,000 members have participated in the program, generating one of the industry's largest real-world datasets on physician-guided weight and metabolic health outcomes. In recent years, the company has shifted away from its original direct-to-consumer model and now focuses on partnerships with employers and health plans. This move reflects growing demand from organizations seeking structured solutions to manage the rising costs and long-term use of GLP-1 medications.
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Insights
-23% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Nov 2023
$29m
GROWTH EQUITY VC
Aug 2021
$100m
SERIES B
Total funding: $156.6m
Company HQ
Union Square, New York, NY
Leadership
Rob Rebak
(CEO & Board Director)Rob is the co-founder and Managing Partner of HealthtechMTA as well as a Board Director at 83bar and Navigator Healthcare. Previously, he was the CEO of Mosaic Diagnostics and |Forefront Telecare.
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