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Are you ready to be the next changemaker in cancer care?\nWhat You'll Do\nThe Core Products Engineering team builds data product offerings that power insights for our life science partners, who leverage our data to improve health outcomes through cancer treatment research. Our customers rely on Flatiron data to make decisions about drug/disease targets, submit evidence for FDA approvals, and publish peer-reviewed research.\nIn this role, you'll work at the intersection of engineering and cross-functional collaboration-designing data solutions while partnering closely with quantitative scientists, clinical data analysts, research oncologists, and project managers.\nDesign, build, and maintain data solutions that deliver insights to our customers, answer their targeted oncology research questions, and enable R&D across the drug discovery lifecycle\nCollaborate with clinical data analysts to ensure data meets quality standards and contractual requirements\nBreak down ambiguous requirements into well-scoped, actionable work; surface risks and ask clarifying questions early\nTranslate business and research needs into technical solutions, balancing customer needs, technical constraints, and delivery timelines\nServe as a role model to mentor, educate, and develop junior data engineers\nContext-switch across multiple pipelines and stakeholders while maintaining accountability for on-time delivery\nParticipate in design and code reviews, giving and receiving constructive feedback that elevates team quality\nIdentify inefficiencies in code or processes and propose improvements\nEffectively leverage AI-assisted coding tools to accelerate development while applying critical judgment to maintain quality\nMonitor CI/CD processes to ensure pipelines run reliably; investigate and resolve issues by tracing to root causes\nWho You Are\nYou're a kind, passionate, and collaborative problem-solver who values the opportunity to think beyond the way things are. You're an empathetic communicator who can translate between technical and non-technical audiences. You thrive in ambiguity, stay calm under pressure, and are laser-focused on delivering value for our customers. In addition you have:\n4+ years of professional experience in data engineering, software engineering, or data-intensive applications\nStrong proficiency in SQL and Python\nExperience building, maintaining, and debugging ETL/ELT pipelines as well as the underlying systems orchestrating them\nExperience with cloud platforms (AWS preferred) and containerized environments (Docker)\nExperience with data modeling and production datasets in Snowflake\nExperience leading data engineering teams and managing engineers\nYou are an expert in data engineering best practices (debugging, testing, validation, orchestration, observability)\nYou collaborate effectively through Git, code review, and documentation\nYou communicate clearly with non-technical stakeholders and enter discussions with curiosity\nYou're excited to work in a fast-moving environment and willing to be scrappy to get the job done\nBachelor's, Master's, or Ph.D. in computer science, data science, or a related field\nExtra Credit\nExperience working in healthcare or with healthcare-related data standards\nExperience working directly with customers in a solutions engineer or forward deployed engineer role\nExperience developing with AI-assisted tools like Cursor or Claude Code\nWhere You’ll Work\nIn this hybrid role, you’ll have a defined work location that includes work from home and 3 office days set by you and your team. 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