Location : Preferably Atlanta. GA-based, limited hybrid. Remote considered.
Type : Full-time or Contract-to-Perm
Reports to : Head of Product Engineering
About Centered Care
Centered Care is transforming how senior living communities deliver and coordinate care. Our integrated, AI-enabled healthcare platform bridges the Care Chasm by connecting data from communities, providers, and EHRs into a unified Integrated Health Record (IHR) empowering care teams to make proactive, data-driven decisions.
Were a well-funded startup backed by leaders in senior living and healthcare innovation. Our technology platform spans FHIR-based interoperability , population health analytics , and AI-driven insights that improve resident outcomes and operator efficiency.
Youll be joining a small but scrappy engineering team building modern data and AI infrastructure on Azure , with strong support from leadership and select offshore contributors.
The Opportunity
Were looking for an experienced Data Engineer who thrives in a startup environmentsomeone capable of architecting, implementing, and maintaining modern data pipelines and AI-ready data layers. Youll work hands-on across ingestion, transformation, and orchestration layers, while also shaping the future of how data flows across our platform to power predictive models, dashboards, and resident-centric insights.
Youll collaborate with product, app engineering, data science, and clinical operations teams to turn complex healthcare data into reliable, scalable, and actionable intelligence.
What Youll Do
- Own data ingestion, transformation, and curation across Bronze, Silver, and Gold layers of our Databricks-based Medallion Architecture .
- Manage and optimize data pipelines using Airflow for orchestration and Airbyte (or similar tools) for multi-source ingestion.
- Build and maintain connectors and workflows for APIs, EHR / EMR systems (FHIR), resident life, and IoT / monitoring data sources.
- Implement batch and streaming pipelines supporting both analytics and near real-time use cases.
- Develop and monitor data quality, validation, and profiling frameworks across ingestion points.
- Support AI enablement efforts preparing data for LLM-based insights, population health analytics, and predictive modeling use cases (e.g., fall risk, medication adherence, staffing optimization).
- Collaborate closely with data science to enable curated datasets and semantic layers for Superset and AI query interfaces.
- Partner with our infrastructure team to maintain infrastructure as code (Terraform) for data services, ensuring scalability and reproducibility.
- Partner with security and compliance officers to move towards HIPAA and SOC 2 alignment for all data storage and processing.
What Were Looking For
Required :
48 years of hands-on data engineering experience.Strong proficiency with Airflow and Databricks (Spark, Delta Lake, SQL, Python).Experience building scalable ingestion pipelines with Airbyte , Fivetran , or custom API connectors.Solid understanding of Azure data ecosystem (Data Lake, Blob Storage, Key Vault, Functions, FHIR Server, etc.).Experience implementing and maintaining ETL / ELT pipelines in a HIPAA or regulated environment .Comfort with both SQL and Python for transformations, orchestration, and testing.Strong grasp of data modeling , schema evolution , and versioned datasets .Ability to operate independently and deliver results in a small, fast-moving team.Preferred :
Experience with FHIR and healthcare data structures and interoperability standards.Familiarity with vector databases (e.g., pgvector, Pinecone) or embedding pipelines for AI / LLM applications.Experience with GitHub best practices for maintaining and sharing code.Familiarity with Superset or other analytics tools for internal visualization.Understanding of security best practices , including encryption, RBAC, and least-privilege design.Why Join Us
Be part of a mission-driven team improving health outcomes and quality of life for seniors.Help shape the data and AI foundation of a fast-growing, purpose-built platform.Collaborate with experienced leaders in health tech, data engineering, and clinical innovation.Enjoy the flexibility of a startup with the stability of strong funding and a clear roadmap.Compensation
Competitive salary or contract rate commensurate with experience, with the option to transition to a full-time role including benefits and potential equity participation.
Applicants
Only principals, please! We have a relationship with a recruiter that we are happy with.Unfortunately, we are unable to offer any Visa sponsorship for this role at this time.