Head of Data Engineering (Clinical)
Location: Remote Work

Job Description:

Location: Remote (Headquarters in Los Angeles, CA)
Salary: $250,000 - $310,000/year
Industry: HealthTech, AI, Clinical Trials

At Deep 6 AI, we're on a mission to revolutionize clinical trials with AI-driven innovation that accelerates life-saving treatments to patients faster. We’re seeking an experienced, visionary, and hands-on Head of Data Engineering (Clinical) to lead the charge in building the next generation of our data engineering platform. If you’re excited about the opportunity to lead a high-impact team and apply cutting-edge AI and ML solutions to one of the most important industries — healthcare — then keep reading!

???? What You’ll Be Doing:

  • Lead & Innovate: Spearhead the development and enhancement of clinical data ingestion and comprehension pipelines, taking our platform to the next level.
  • Scale & Optimize: Drive scalability, observability, and efficiency, ensuring our data architecture supports the real-time, high-volume needs of clinical trial data.
  • AI-Driven Solutions: Enable the AI/ML teams to apply advanced research by exposing raw, canonicalized data to analytics platforms.
  • Collaboration is Key: Foster collaboration between teams, including data platform, search, and ML engineering, to align and achieve the company’s strategic goals.
  • Track & Measure Success: Define key performance metrics for data engineering initiatives and monitor the effectiveness of these efforts.
  • Thought Leadership: Elevate Deep 6 AI’s reputation as a leader in clinical trials acceleration by sharing your knowledge with industry partners, conferences, and the community.

???? About You:

  • Leader with a “Player-Coach” Mentality: You know how to balance being hands-on with leading a team. You’re ready to develop and mentor engineers while also driving key initiatives.
  • Clinical Data Expertise: Proven experience managing large-scale clinical data projects, particularly in environments that focus on product development and healthcare data (e.g., HL7 and FHIR).
  • Data Engineering Mastery: You’re a pro at data pipelines, ETL processes, and streaming data ingestion.
  • Hands-on with ML: While you may not be coding machine learning models every day, you have a deep understanding of ML and NLP techniques like NER and BERT.
  • Tech-Savvy: You’re well-versed in database technologies such as Elasticsearch, PostgreSQL, and DynamoDB, and you know how to manage and optimize cloud-based infrastructure, especially in AWS.
  • Innovator at Heart: You stay ahead of industry trends and are passionate about driving technological advancement in the healthcare space.
  • Clear Communicator: Whether you’re talking to engineers, stakeholders, or clients, you can break down complex ideas into actionable insights.

?? Your Technical Expertise Includes:

  • Cloud Services: Strong experience with AWS (EC2, RDS, Lambda, DynamoDB, etc.) and cloud-based data processing.
  • Infrastructure as Code: Proficiency with tools like CDK for scalable infrastructure.
  • Technologies You’ll Use:
    • AWS Cloud Services
    • Java (Kotlin), Python, TypeScript
    • Kubernetes, Docker
    • FHIR Servers (HAPI, Health Samurai AidBox)
    • Elasticsearch and Elastic Cloud
    • CI/CD tools like GitHub Actions
    • Monitoring tools like OpenTelemetry, Datadog, AWS Cloudwatch

???? Why This Role Matters:

As the Head of Data Engineering, you’ll be at the forefront of changing the way clinical trials are run, accelerating the delivery of life-saving treatments to patients. Your leadership will directly impact the quality and efficiency of healthcare innovations — making a difference every day.

???? Why You’ll Love Working with Us:

  • High-Impact Work: You’re building solutions that accelerate life-saving treatments and drive the future of clinical trials.
  • Innovation: Work with cutting-edge AI and ML technologies that are changing the landscape of healthcare.
  • Collaborative Culture: Deep 6 AI is a close-knit, diverse team of curious, motivated, and innovative people who respect and value each other’s perspectives.
  • Flexible Work Environment: While our headquarters are in Los Angeles, we support remote work, so you can work where you feel most productive.
  • Competitive Benefits: Enjoy a competitive salary, generous PTO, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, 401(k), and more.

???? Ready to Lead the Change?

If you’re ready to lead a high-impact data engineering team at the cutting edge of AI and clinical trials, we want to hear from you! Apply now with your resume and cover letter, and tell us why you’re the perfect fit to help Deep 6 AI accelerate the future of healthcare.


Key Skills:

  • Head of Data Engineering (Clinical)