Data Engineer

Tennr is building production-ready data capabilities to support healthcare data workflows and internal analytics. This role owns the end-to-end data engineering function, with a focus on Snowflake pipelines, EHR integration, and transforming structured and unstructured clinical information into usable assets.

Location: New York, NY (onsite)

Compensation: USD 160,000 - 190,000 per year

Experience: 3+ years

What you’ll do

• Own the data engineering function end-to-end by building and maintaining production pipelines from Tennr applications into Snowflake, with an emphasis on reliability and performance at scale.
• Lead EHR discovery and integration initiatives across approximately 5–10 healthcare systems, including assessing available data, existing integrations, technical tradeoffs, and building solutions to extract and ingest data into Snowflake.
• Serve as the owner of Snowflake as Tennr’s strategic data platform, including instance setup, security best practices and governance, and vendor relationship management to ensure zero data exposure.
• Design and implement data models that convert raw data into usable analytics assets, then surface and safely share those assets across Tennr so internal teams can build analytics and tooling.
• Implement comprehensive monitoring and alerting to detect pipeline issues early and resolve them with minimal impact on the business.
• Explore innovative ways to structure and extract insights from unstructured referral documentation, including potential AI-enabled models for clinical text data.

What you bring

• 3–5 years of data engineering experience, including a strong record building and maintaining scalable data pipelines and infrastructure.
• Proven expertise with Snowflake and modern cloud data platforms such as AWS and GCP, plus hands-on experience with data pipeline tools and orchestration frameworks.
• Strong understanding of healthcare data, including claims, EHR systems, and integration patterns, or demonstrated ability to quickly learn complex domain-specific systems.
• Healthcare-data security awareness and familiarity with best practices such as HIPAA considerations, data governance, and compliance (strong plus).
• Excellent problem-solving skills and comfort handling complex, ambiguous integration work beyond standard connector setup.
• Outstanding communication skills to explain complex technical and healthcare concepts to a diverse audience.
• Team-oriented mindset that values collaboration and diverse perspectives.
• Prior experience in a startup or fast-paced tech environment is a plus.

Technologies

• Snowflake
• AWS
• GCP
• AI-enabled models
• HIPAA

Benefits

• Beautiful new office at 345 Hudson Street
• Unlimited PTO
• 100% paid employee health benefit options
• Employer-funded 401(k) match
• Competitive parental leave
• Free lunch, plus a pantry full of snacks

Why Tennr

• Drive Impact: one of Tennr’s values is Cowboy, meaning you set the pace and move from plans to execution.
• Develop Operational Expertise: learn how scaling systems, tools, and infrastructure work in practice.
• Innovate with Purpose: join a high-caliber team focused on reducing patient delays across the U.S. healthcare system.
• Build Relationships: collaborate with like-minded, driven individuals in the Hudson Square office 4 days/week.