Senior Software Engineer - Data Platform
Company: Cohere Health
Location: San Diego
Posted on: January 1, 2026
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Job Description:
We’re seeking a Senior Data Engineer to join our Data Platform
team and take ownership of designing and delivering large-scale,
reliable, and governed data pipelines that power analytics,
operations, and clinical intelligence across Cohere Health. This
role is ideal for an engineer who thrives on solving complex data
challenges, mentoring others, and raising engineering standards
while contributing to scalable and sustainable platform growth. As
a Senior Data Engineer, you’ll operate across the end-to-end data
lifecycle—from ingestion to transformation to integration—driving
solutions that align with architectural best practices, governance
needs, and business outcomes. You’ll partner closely with analytics
engineers, architects, and product stakeholders to ensure that data
products are performant, compliant, and trustworthy. What you’ll
do: • Lead the design and implementation of complex data pipelines
and infrastructure across multiple domains • Mentor junior
engineers, sharing expertise and raising team-wide engineering
standards • Implement and enforce data quality, schema validation,
and observability practices to ensure trustworthy outputs •
Contribute to architecture discussions and tool evaluation, helping
to shape platform scalability and governance alignment • Write
clean, maintainable, and testable code in Python and SQL, following
best practices in version control, CI/CD, and documentation •
Optimize and monitor production workflows using tools such as
Airflow, dbt, Athena, EMR, Kafka, and Iceberg/Parquet • Collaborate
with cross-functional stakeholders (analytics, product, compliance)
to ensure technical solutions meet business needs • Participate in
on-call rotations to support critical platform jobs and reduce
operational disruptions • Champion a culture of excellence,
accountability, and continuous improvement through code reviews,
documentation, and knowledge sharing What you’ll need: • 5 years of
experience in data engineering or software development with a
strong focus on data infrastructure • Strong proficiency in Python
and SQL, with experience applying software engineering rigor to
data workflows (testing, version control, observability) • Hands-on
experience with modern data tools such as Airflow, dbt, AWS (EMR,
Athena, S3), Iceberg, Parquet, and Kafka • Demonstrated success
designing and delivering large-scale, reliable, and governed data
infrastructure projects • Track record of building and maintaining
production grade systems using APIs • Track record of mentoring
engineers and raising team-wide engineering standards through code
reviews, documentation, and knowledge sharing • Ability to work
effectively in a fast-paced, agile environment, collaborating
across technical and non-technical stakeholders • Experience with
healthcare data (claims, eligibility, clinical, EHR) is strongly
preferred • Understanding of data security, privacy, and compliance
practices (HIPAA or similar) in pipeline and platform design •
Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Data
Engineering, or a related field
Keywords: Cohere Health, Poway , Senior Software Engineer - Data Platform, IT / Software / Systems , San Diego, California
