Senior Data Engineer

Job Description

Job Description

About Definitive Healthcare:

At Definitive Healthcare (NASDAQ: DH), we're passionate about turning data, analytics, and expertise into meaningful intelligence that helps our customers achieve success and shape the future of healthcare. We empower them to uncover the right markets, opportunities, and people—paving the way for smarter decisions and greater impact.

Headquartered just outside of Boston, Massachusetts, Definitive Healthcare operates across North America, Europe, and India, supporting a growing global client base of more than 2,400 customers since our founding in 2011.

We're also a great place to work. In 2024 and 2025, we earned multiple workplace honors, including Built In's 100 Best Places to Work in Boston (both years), a Stevie Bronze Award for Great Employers, and recognition as a Great Place to Work in India.

We foster a collaborative, inclusive culture where diverse perspectives drive innovation. Through programs like DefinitiveCares and our employee-led affinity groups we strive to promote connection, education, and inclusion.

About the Role

You'll be joining a team of engineers to work on a broad spectrum of descriptive data sets related to providers across the healthcare continuum. Definitive Healthcare is a rapidly growing and fast paced company and it is essential that you are able to successfully manage multiple competing priorities. The ideal candidate for this position will identify problems, analyze information, and formulate creative solutions and processes. As a Senior Data Engineer, the projects that you and your team will tackle on a daily basis are dynamic and innovative by nature. You must be comfortable speaking up, sharing ideas, and driving change.

What You'll Do

• Managing data coming from various sources and integrating data into our product utilizing expertise in SQL, Python, AWS Argo and/or Airflow workflows.
• Integrating new data assets into our product and re-engineering existing data flows for optimal performance utilizing SQL, Python, and AWS workflows.
• Adding value to our product through creativity and ability to explore innovative solutions pertaining to optimizing and operationalizing the ways in which we currently collect and transform data and regarding how to best incorporate new and evolving data sets based in your SQL and ETL expertise and familiarity with automation tools.
• Working collaboratively with other engineers on large scale projects and serve as a mentor for junior engineers, helping them hone their technical acumen relating to SQL, Python and AWS.
• Working closely with Product Management and Product Engineering teams on the development and engineering of our product and the complex data and data structures it contains. Additionally, partnering with teams to support the continuous evolution and growth of our product and its intricacy.

What You'll Bring

• 5+ years of professional experience, ideally in a data engineering role
• Intermediate to advanced SQL proficiency
• Experience using Python or a similar language
• Experience using ETL tools. Preferably AWS Argo and/or Airflow. Nice to have SSIS.
• Experience with data engineering, preferred within healthcare
• Understand data modelling concepts
• Familiar with code repos such as GitHub and/or Azure
• Experience with database systems such as SQL Server and Postgres
• Familiar with AWS S3 storage and Databricks unified data platform
• Leverage AI tools to help facilitate code development
• Desire to take on more responsibility and ownership of your work
• Excellent analytical skills, including working with large data sets

Compensation and Benefits

The salary range for this position is $106,000 – $198,000 per year, which represents the base pay the company reasonably and in good faith expects to pay for this role. Actual pay within this range will be determined based on factors such as relevant experience, skills, and qualifications.

Depending on the position, employees may also be eligible to participate in a company bonus or commission plan. All employees are eligible for a comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, and vision coverage, unlimited paid time off, and participation in the company's 401(k) plan with employer contribution.

Why we love Definitive, and why you will too!

• Industry leading products
• Work hard, and have fun doing it
• Incredibly fast growth means limitless opportunity
• Flexible and dynamic culture
• Work alongside some of the most talented and dedicated teammates
• Definitive Cares, our community service group, gives all of us a chance to give back
• Competitive benefits package including great healthcare benefits and a 401(k) match

What our Employees are saying about us on Glassdoor:

"Great Work atmosphere, great work life balance, excellent company to work for, amazing top notch product, incredible customer service, lots of tools to help you succeed."

-Business Development Manager

"Great team. Amazing growth. Employees are treated very well."

-Research Analyst

"I have waited 36 years to work at a dream job for a dream company and I am so happy to have finally got there."

-Profile Analyst

If you don't fit all of these qualifications, but believe you're still a great fit, feel free to apply and tell us why in your cover letter.

If you are a California, Colorado, New York City or Washington resident and this role is a remote role, you can receive additional information about the compensation and benefits for this role, which we will provide upon request.

Definitive Hiring Philosophy

Definitive Healthcare is an equal opportunity employer that celebrates diversity and is committed to creating an inclusive workplace with equal opportunity for all applicants and teammates. Our goal is to recruit the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool regardless of race, color, religion, age, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation or any other status. If you're interested in working in a fast growing, exciting working environment – we encourage you to apply!

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Please note: All communications regarding the hiring process at Definitive Healthcare will come directly from one of our corporate recruiters or coordinators using an @definitivehc.com email address. We do not advertise open roles on Facebook and will never request money transfers or ask candidates to purchase equipment with a promise of reimbursement. If you receive any suspicious communication, please contact [email protected] to verify your status in the application process.