Senior Data Engineer

Summary

Join Virta Health, a company transforming type 2 diabetes and weight-loss care, as a Senior Data Engineer. You will build and scale the data foundation, delivering scalable solutions that optimize operations and data quality, support complex client needs, and expand data access. This role involves designing, developing, and maintaining ELT data pipelines using dbt, Dagster, and GCP; building and optimizing data models; collaborating with stakeholders; ensuring data quality; monitoring database performance; automating data workflows; and working with various teams to understand data requirements. The position requires hands-on experience with cloud data warehouses, data transformation tools, and workflow orchestration. You will directly impact data accuracy, auditability, and operational efficiency. Virta offers a values-driven culture and competitive compensation.

Requirements

• 5–8 years of experience in data engineering, analytics engineering, or a similar field
• Strong proficiency in SQL and Python
• Hands-on experience with cloud data warehouses (e.g., BigQuery), data transformation tools (e.g., dbt), and workflow orchestration (e.g., Dagster or Airflow)
• Experience designing and maintaining robust ELT pipelines and scalable data models
• Familiarity with self-service analytics tools (e.g., Looker) and stakeholder collaboration
• Proven ability to solve complex problems and deliver data solutions that drive business impact

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain ELT data pipelines to ensure reliable and efficient data processing. Our tools include dbt, Dagster, and GCP
• Build and optimize data models to support analytics and reporting needs
• Collaborate with analysts and business stakeholders to create and maintain self-service tools that provide operational and analytical services
• Ensure data quality and integrity through testing, validation, and documentation
• Monitor and improve database performance , optimizing queries and warehouse costs. Our analytics database lives on BigQuery
• Automate and improve our data pipeline workflows for scalability and efficiency
• Work closely with product, engineering, and business teams to understand data requirements and translate them into effective solutions

Preferred Qualifications

• You put people first and take care of yourself, your peers, and our patients equally
• You have a strong sense of ownership and take initiative while empowering others to do the same
• You prioritize positive impact over busy work
• You have no ego and understand that everyone has something to bring to the table regardless of experience
• You appreciate transparency and promote trust and empowerment through open access of information
• You are evidence-based and prioritize data and science over seniority or dogma
• You take risks and rapidly iterate

Benefits

Information about Virta’s benefits is on our Careers page at: https://www.virtahealth.com/careers