Data Engineer

Data Engineer (Contract to Hire):  Stealth-Mode AI FinOps Platform Overview We’re building a multi-agent orchestration engine that unifies financial, HR, and operational data for healthcare organizations—automating insights, forecasts, and approvals in real time. Still in stealth, we move fast and need a contract Data Engineer who can wire up complex dataflows and keep them humming. What You’ll Do • Design, build, and maintain data pipelines that call external systems via SOAP and REST, landing clean, validated payloads • Write Python transforms that normalize finance, payroll, and EHR data into our unified domain model • Implement and manage workflow orchestration (dependency handling, scheduling, alerting) without vendor lock-in • Optimize storage, partitioning, and querying for low-latency, high-concurrency agent access • Collaborate with ML engineers on feature pipelines, schema evolution, and data-quality SLAs • Embed security and compliance (HIPAA, SOC 2) principles in every deliverable Skills & Experience • 4+ years engineering data pipelines in Python • Proven expertise with SOAP (WSDL) and REST: auth flows, pagination, retries, exponential back-off • Strong grasp of orchestration concepts (scheduling, DAGs, idempotency, backfills) independent of specific products • Solid understanding of cloud storage layers, event streams, and columnar formats (e.g., Parquet) • SQL fluency for analytical debugging and rapid prototyping • Nice to have: familiarity with finance or healthcare data domains, containerization, and infrastructure-as-code practices Contract Details • Start: Immediately • Duration: 3–6 months (10–20 hrs/week to start) • Overlap: Minimum 4 hrs overlap with U.S. Eastern Time • Location: Remote (anywhere with reliable connectivity) • Path: Option to extend or convert to full-time Why Join Now • Green-field architecture: your decisions set the standard • Tight feedback loops with the founding team • Direct impact on a product poised to reinvent manual finance ops Additional Job Application Terms This job is part of LinkedIn’s full-service hiring beta program for independent contractor roles. Eligibility is limited to candidates located in and performing services in the following states: Arizona, Arkansas, California, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, Wisconsin. By applying to this job, you agree to LinkedIn’s additional job application terms. We’re committed to making our hiring process as smooth and timely as possible, and we understand that waiting to hear back can add to the anticipation. If you’re a potential fit, our team will reach out within two weeks to progress you to the next stage. If you don’t hear from us in that time, we encourage you to explore other opportunities with our team in the future, and we wish you the very best in your job search.