Senior Data Engineer / AI Engineer — Healthcare Technology
Full-Time · Remote, U.S. · Senior Level · Immediate Availability Preferred
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We are currently looking for a Senior Data Engineer / AI Engineer to join an important company in the Healthcare industry in the United States.
This opportunity is ideal for a senior technical professional who combines strong Data Engineering expertise with AI/ML capabilities, and who is comfortable building scalable, secure, and reliable data platforms that support advanced analytics and AI-driven solutions.
The Role
You will be responsible for designing, building, and optimizing modern data infrastructure while collaborating closely with Engineering, Product, Analytics, AI/ML, Security, and business teams.
The role requires strong hands-on expertise across data architecture, pipelines, cloud platforms, data quality, governance, and AI-ready infrastructure.
Key Responsibilities
- Design and build scalable data pipelines and data platforms.
- Develop and optimize ETL / ELT processes.
- Build data infrastructure to support analytics, Machine Learning, and Generative AI use cases.
- Integrate structured and unstructured data from multiple sources.
- Design and maintain data lakes, warehouses, and lakehouse architectures.
- Improve data quality, reliability, observability, and governance.
- Develop APIs and services for data consumption where required.
- Optimize large-scale data processing and performance.
- Partner with AI/ML teams to operationalize models and AI applications.
- Support MLOps and production AI workflows.
- Ensure appropriate security and privacy controls for sensitive healthcare data.
- Participate in architecture decisions and technology modernization initiatives.
- Mentor other engineers and promote engineering best practices.
What We’re Looking For
- 7+ years of experience in Data Engineering, Software Engineering, or related technical roles.
- Strong hands-on experience with Python and SQL.
- Advanced knowledge of ETL / ELT architectures.
- Experience designing scalable cloud data platforms.
- Strong experience with at least one major cloud provider:
- AWS
- Azure
- GCP
- Experience with technologies such as:
- Snowflake
- Databricks
- Spark
- Airflow
- Kafka
- dbt
- cloud-native data services
- Strong understanding of relational and NoSQL databases.
- Experience with data modeling and data architecture.
- Experience building production-grade APIs and integrations is highly valued.
- Strong software engineering practices, including testing, version control, CI/CD, and code review.
AI / Machine Learning Experience
We are particularly interested in candidates who also bring experience in:
- Machine Learning infrastructure
- AI / ML pipelines
- MLOps
- LLM applications
- Generative AI
- RAG architectures
- Vector databases
- Embeddings
- Model deployment and monitoring
- AI agents or AI-enabled applications
- Responsible AI and AI governance
Strong Data Engineering experience is essential; AI expertise can range from solid practical exposure to advanced specialization depending on the candidate.
Healthcare Experience — Highly Valued
Experience in any of the following will be considered a strong advantage:
- Healthcare
- HealthTech
- Healthcare SaaS
- Payer / Provider environments
- Digital Health
- Clinical data
- Claims data
- EHR / EMR
- Healthcare analytics
- HIPAA-regulated environments
Knowledge of HIPAA, healthcare data privacy, security, and governance is especially valuable.
Employment Conditions
- Seniority: Senior
- Employment: Full-Time
- Location: United States
- Work Model: 100% Remote
- Miami / South Florida: Preferred but not required
- Availability: Immediate or short-term availability preferred
- Work Authorization: Must be authorized to work in the U.S.
Compensation — U.S. Market Reference
For a strong Senior Data Engineer in the current U.S. market, a competitive base salary generally falls around:
USD 140,000–180,000 base
Recent Miami and healthcare-market references show Senior Data Engineer compensation ranging approximately from $135K–$185K, with more experienced profiles moving toward the upper end. A recent remote Miami opening, for example, advertised $150K–$180K, while a Healthcare AI Data Engineering role at MD Anderson publishes a range of $123K–$185K.
For candidates who combine strong Data Engineering capabilities with production-level AI / ML / LLM expertise, the market can move substantially higher.
Senior AI / Applied AI Engineer
A competitive U.S. range can be closer to:
USD 180,000–220,000+ base
depending on depth of AI expertise, healthcare knowledge, and production experience. Current healthcare AI positions show ranges around $200K–$220K, with some specialized Applied AI positions reaching $250K.
Recommended range for this search
If the company genuinely wants a hybrid Senior Data Engineer + AI profile, I would recommend:
Base Salary: USD 160,000–195,000
with flexibility above that for candidates with advanced AI/LLM, MLOps, healthcare-data, and cloud architecture experience.
Market-Competitive Benefits
A competitive U.S. package for this type of senior role would typically include:
- Medical insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- 401(k) with company match
- 20+ days PTO or Flexible PTO
- U.S. federal holidays
- Paid sick leave
- Life insurance
- Short- and long-term disability insurance
- Remote-work flexibility
- Home-office / technology allowance
- Professional development and certification budget
- Parental leave
- Wellness benefits
- Annual performance bonus
- Potential equity or long-term incentives depending on company structure
Healthcare employers currently advertising similar senior data roles commonly include medical, dental, vision, PTO and 401(k) matching as part of their package.
Why Join
- Work at the intersection of Healthcare, Data, and Artificial Intelligence.
- Build data infrastructure that supports meaningful AI and analytics initiatives.
- Influence technical architecture and platform evolution.
- Work with modern cloud and AI technologies.
- Join a senior-level role with significant technical ownership.
- Work in a flexible, remote U.S. environment.
- Contribute to technology that can directly improve healthcare operations and outcomes.
Ideal Profile
Senior Data Engineer + Cloud Architecture + AI/ML Exposure + Strong Software Engineering + Healthcare / Regulated Data

