Your Impact on our Mission
We are looking for a Senior Staff Data Platform Engineer to elevate the systems that power trusted decision-making at Zocdoc.
In this high-impact role, you will define platform standards, lead complex cross-domain initiatives, and shape the future of our analytics and data infrastructure. Your work will ensure our data ecosystem is secure, reliable, compliant, performant, and cost-efficient-enabling teams across Product, Engineering, Operations, and Leadership to move confidently with trusted insights.
This is a senior individual contributor role open to remote candidates across the United States.
You'll enjoy this role if you are...
- Motivated by designing scalable data platforms that serve hundreds of stakeholders.
- Passionate about building clean, governed, and secure data systems.
- Known for improving reliability, performance, and cost efficiency.
- Comfortable operating as a technical authority without formal management.
- Energized by raising standards across analytics, infrastructure, and governance.
- Interested in solving complex data challenges in healthcare.
Your day to day is...
- Architecting and improving orchestration, monitoring, and data reliability systems.
- Defining modeling, semantic layer, and governance standards across teams.
- Optimizing warehouse performance and reducing compute spend.
- Implementing secure access controls and strengthening compliance practices.
- Partnering with Engineering to improve upstream data quality and contracts.
- Leading cross-functional initiatives that modernize and future-proof Zocdoc's data platform.
- Mentoring engineers and guiding architectural decisions.
You'll be successful in this role if you have...
- 10+ years of experience in Data Engineering, Analytics Engineering, Platform Engineering, or Backend Software Engineering.
- Operated at Staff-level scope with cross-team technical influence.
- Expert SQL skills and strong proficiency in Python or similar languages.
- Deep experience with Snowflake, BigQuery, Redshift, or similar warehouses.
- Hands-on experience with dbt and orchestration tools like Airflow or Dagster.
- Experience improving pipeline reliability, observability, and system performance.
- Proven ownership of warehouse cost optimization.
- Experience implementing secure data access patterns and working in regulated environments.
- Strong communication skills and ability to influence across technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Benefits
- Flexible work environment
- Unlimited Vacation(if salaried) / Competitive PTO (if hourly)
- 100% paid employee health benefit options (including medical, dental, and vision)
- 401(k) with employer funded match
- Corporate wellness program with Wellhub
- Sabbatical leave (for employees with 5+ years of service)
- Competitive paid parental leave and fertility/family planning reimbursement
- Cell phone reimbursement
- Employee Resource Groups and ZocClubs to promote shared community and belonging
- Great Place to Work Certifiedย