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Machinify, Inc.

Sr. Data Engineer

Machinify, Inc., Palo Alto, California, United States, 94306

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Machinify is the leading provider of AI-powered software products that transform healthcare claims and payment operations. Each year, the healthcare industry generates over $200B in claims mispayments, creating incredible waste, friction and frustration for all participants: patients, providers, and especially payers. Machinify's revolutionary AI-platform has enabled the company to develop and deploy, at light speed, industry-specific products that increase the speed and accuracy of claims processing by orders of magnitude.

Why This Role Matters

As a Data Engineer, you'll be at the heart of transforming

raw external data into powerful, trusted datasets

that drive payment, product, and operational decisions. You'll work closely with

product managers, data scientists, subject matter experts, engineers, and customer teams

to

build, scale, and refine production pipelines

- ensuring data is accurate, observable, and actionable.

You'll also play a critical role in

onboarding new customers , integrating their raw data into our

internal models . Your pipelines will directly power the company's

ML models, dashboards, and core product experiences . If you enjoy owning end-to-end workflows, shaping data standards, and driving impact in a fast-moving environment, this is your opportunity.

What You'll Do

Design and implement robust, production-grade pipelines using

Python ,

Spark SQL , and

Airflow

to process high-volume

file-based datasets

(CSV, Parquet, JSON). Lead efforts to

canonicalize raw healthcare data

(837 claims, EHR, partner data, flat files) into

internal models . Own the full lifecycle of core pipelines - from

file ingestion

to

validated, queryable datasets

- ensuring high reliability and performance. Onboard new customers

by integrating their raw data into internal pipelines and canonical models; collaborate with

SMEs, Account Managers, and Product

to ensure successful implementation and troubleshooting. Build resilient, idempotent transformation logic with

data quality checks ,

validation layers , and

observability . Refactor and scale

existing pipelines to meet growing data and business needs. Tune

Spark jobs

and optimize distributed processing performance. Implement

schema enforcement

and versioning aligned with internal data standards. Collaborate deeply with

Data Analysts, Data Scientists, Product Managers, Engineering, Platform, SMEs, and AMs

to ensure pipelines meet evolving business needs. Monitor pipeline health, participate in

on-call rotations , and proactively debug and resolve production data flow issues. Contribute to the evolution of our

data platform

- driving toward mature patterns in observability, testing, and automation. Build and enhance

streaming pipelines

(Kafka, SQS, or similar) where needed to support near-real-time data needs. Help develop and champion

internal best practices

around pipeline development and data modeling. What You Bring

4+ years of experience as a Data Engineer (or equivalent), building

production-grade pipelines . Strong expertise in

Python ,

Spark SQL , and

Airflow . Experience processing large-scale file-based datasets ( CSV, Parquet, JSON, etc ) in production environments. Experience mapping and standardizing

raw external data

into

canonical models . Familiarity with

AWS

(or any cloud), including file storage and distributed compute concepts. Experience onboarding new customers and integrating

external customer data

with non-standard formats. Ability to work across teams, manage priorities, and own complex data workflows with minimal supervision. Strong written and verbal communication skills - able to explain technical concepts to non-engineering partners. Comfortable designing pipelines from scratch and improving existing pipelines. Experience working with

large-scale or messy datasets

(healthcare, financial, logs, etc.). Experience building or willingness to learn

streaming pipelines

using tools such as

Kafka

or

SQS . Bonus: Familiarity with

healthcare data

(837, 835, EHR, UB04, claims normalization). Why Join Us

Real impact

- your pipelines will directly support

decision-making and claims payment outcomes

from day one. High visibility

- partner with

ML, Product, Analytics, Platform, Operations, and Customer teams

on critical data initiatives. Total ownership

- you'll drive the lifecycle of core datasets powering our platform.

Customer-facing impact

- you will directly contribute to successful

customer onboarding

and data integration.

We're hiring across multiple levels for this role. Final level and title will be determined based on experience and performance during the interview process.

Equal Employment Opportunity at Machinify

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