Posted over 2 years ago

Our Opportunity:

Carewell is looking for a Director of Data Engineering to own and develop the foundations of our data engineering function. We’re looking for a true leader that can create a vision and strategy for data architecture and quality, then execute that vision across all departments including marketing, merchandising, and customer care. This person will be a true leader on the Carewell team, report directly to the CEO, and drive our critical business decisions.

The ideal candidate is passionate about enabling stakeholders to get the most from their data and analytics, and enjoys cross-functional collaboration as well as making a significant impact across total Carewell. They love unlocking new opportunities for themselves, their teammates, and the total business, and have a growth mindset versus a financial analysis viewpoint. They’ll be a critical partner to building a data-first culture and aligning the full company to the value of data. 

Who will succeed in this role?

A culturally-aligned candidate is one that is highly flexible, loves working in a fast-paced environment, and can manage in ambiguity. They should be comfortable with things changing, and excited about iteration. This candidate needs to have a strong ability to prioritize, project plan, communicate with stakeholders, and own their KPIs and roadmap. We’re a direct, hard-working team with high expectations for one another - and one that has a lot of fun making caregivers’ lives better along the way. 

Responsibilities:

• Inform architectural decisions, establish best practices, develop lean scalable processes and operationalize the overall direction of the data organization at Carewell
• Develop and execute a roadmap to build and optimize foundational data sets/models 
• Partner with engineering teams to identify opportunities to improve infrastructure and influence short, medium and long-term roadmaps and strategy 
• Deliver analytics tools including dashboards, reports, and other data products that enable stakeholders to self-serve
• Frame and present data-driven stories to senior audiences and cross-functional groups
• Balance leadership and execution; spend 50% of time managing and 50% on execution

What you’ll need:

• 5+ years of experience in designing, developing and maintaining robust data models off of structured and unstructured data
• 3+ years of experience managing a small, nimble team, or experience as a project leader where you have oversight and accountability
• Experience building ETL and data pipelines, including:
• Gathering raw data at scale by writing scripts, web scraping, calling APIs, etc 
• Familiarity with dimensional data modeling concepts and modern data architectures (e.g Data Lakes,Data Marts, Data warehousing)
• Experience with BigQuery SQL, Looker, Airflow, Google DataStudio
• Programming experience with at least one language such as Python, Scala or R
• Strong professional communication skills with both technical & non-technical audiences
• Excellent interpersonal skills and project management skills
• Bachelor’s in Computer Science, Engineering, Math, Finance, Statistics or related discipline

KPIs: 

• Data accuracy
• Decision support dashboards for key company initiatives and business units
• Support press initiatives with high level data

Hours:

• This is a full-time, salaried role without specific, set hours. 

Being a part of the Carewell family means:

• Flexible PTO
• Competitive compensation 
• Health, dental, and vision insurance
• Employee discount
• Flexible remote work policy
• Passionate, mission-driven co-workers who are dedicated to improving caregivers’ lives