Principal Software Engineer, Zocdoc
Experimentation Platform
$235-300k
API connecting patients to doctors
Open for applications
API connecting patients to doctors
1001+ employees
Open for applications
$235-300k
1001+ employees
Company mission
To give power to the patient by delivering the accessible, seamless, and simple experience patients expect and deserve.
Role
Who you are
- Motivated by designing scalable data platforms that serve hundreds of stakeholders
- Passionate about building clean, governed, and secure data systems
- Known for improving reliability, performance, and cost efficiency
- Comfortable operating as a technical authority without formal management
- Energized by raising standards across analytics, infrastructure, and governance
- Interested in solving complex data challenges in healthcare
- 10+ years of experience in Data Engineering, Analytics Engineering, Experimentation Platform Engineering, or Backend Software Engineering
- Operated at Staff-level scope with cross-team technical influence
- Expert SQL skills and strong proficiency in Python or similar languages
- Deep experience with Snowflake, BigQuery, Redshift, or similar warehouses
- Hands-on experience with dbt and orchestration tools like Airflow or Dagster
- Experience improving pipeline reliability, observability, and system performance
- Proven ownership of warehouse cost optimization
- Experience implementing secure data access patterns and working in regulated environments
- Strong communication skills and ability to influence across technical and non-technical stakeholders
What the job involves
- We are looking for a Principal/ Senior Staff Engineer, Experimentation Platform to elevate the systems that power trusted decision-making at Zocdoc
- In this high-impact role, you will define platform standards, lead complex cross-domain initiatives, and shape the future of our analytics and data infrastructure
- Your work will ensure our data ecosystem is secure, reliable, compliant, performant, and cost-efficient—enabling teams across Product, Engineering, Operations, and Leadership to move confidently with trusted insights
- This is a senior individual contributor role open to remote candidates across the United States
- Architecting and improving orchestration, monitoring, and data reliability systems
- Defining modeling, semantic layer, and governance standards across teams
- Optimizing warehouse performance and reducing compute spend
- Implementing secure access controls and strengthening compliance practices
- Partnering with Engineering to improve upstream data quality and contracts
- Leading cross-functional initiatives that modernize and future-proof Zocdoc’s data platform
- Mentoring engineers and guiding architectural decisions
Our take
The healthcare system often runs on inefficiencies; patients call outdated directories, wait weeks for a visit to a professional and are often hit with surprise bills. Zocdoc was founded to streamline the fragmented healthcare experience by putting the patient first.
The platform allows millions of users each month to view open appointment times with doctors, book instantly online, read verified reviews, and keep up-to-date with checkups. The platform works for both in-person and virtual care – the latter of which has seen a substantial increase in demand. Zocdoc is one of the few companies tackling these problems in healthcare.
The company has solidified its position in the SaaS space, in part by forming partnerships with companies such as WellHive, a leader in digital care, to drive healthcare support for veterans. Moving forward, Zocdoc will continue to invest in its platform to optimise its services for its users.
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Insights
7% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)
Feb 2021
$150m
GROWTH EQUITY VC
Aug 2015
$130m
SERIES D
Total funding: $452m
Company benefits
- 100% paid employee health benefit options
- Vacation and parental leave packages
- Lunch and snacks on us (in-office)
- Cell phone reimbursement
- Corporate wellness programs with Headspace and Peloton
- Employer funded 401(k) match
Company HQ
SoHo, New York, NY
Leadership
Oliver Kharra
(Co-Founder & CEO)Oliver trained as a doctor in Germany before moving into consulting where he worked for McKinsey. During his seven-year tenure at McKinsey & Co., Oliver developed and implemented new patient utilization models for the national health services of a number of governments and major hospital chains
Nick (Nikhil) Ganju
(Co-Founder & Chief AI Officer)Nick has extensive experience in product development, database management and site architecture. He was responsible for building the earliest iterations of ZocDoc and directly overseeing its development for many of its first years
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