Sr. Staff Data Engineer

📋 Description

• • The Sr. Staff Data Engineer provides architectural leadership across multiple data domains and drives the design of enterprise-scale data platforms supporting analytics and AI/ML systems. This role defines standards, influences strategy, and leads large cross-functional initiatives.
• • Day to day, the person will define and drive architecture standards for data lakehouse, streaming, and batch processing systems; lead cross-team design and delivery of complex data platform initiatives; establish best practices for data modeling, pipeline orchestration, and platform scalability; serve as technical escalation point for high-complexity data challenges; drive platform reliability, cost optimization, and operational excellence; partner with security, compliance, and governance teams to ensure regulatory adherence; mentor senior engineers and shape engineering best practices across teams; evaluate emerging technologies and recommend strategic adoption.
• • The team at NextGen Healthcare is focused on building scalable, secure, and compliant data platforms that support healthcare analytics and AI/ML systems, with a strong emphasis on enterprise-wide impact and technical excellence.
• • In this role, the person can learn and achieve strategic influence over enterprise data architecture, lead large-scale platform modernization efforts, shape engineering culture through mentorship, and gain deep expertise in healthcare regulatory environments while driving innovation in data infrastructure.