Sr. Data Platform Engineer

This is a fully remote role.

Job purpose summary Real Time’s suite of Interventional Analytics solutions enables post-acute facilities to seamlessly collaborate with their partner hospitals, health systems, ACOs, and managed care plans to improve care, reduce costs, and achieve a level of interoperability. Real Time is seeking a Senior Data Platform Engineer with deep hands-on experience across AWS, Terraform, Python, PySpark, SQL Server, PostgreSQL, and C#. This role will focus on designing and optimizing cloud-native data solutions, driving performance and cost efficiency, and enabling large-scale migrations from legacy SQL Server systems to modern PostgreSQL-based architectures. The ideal candidate thrives in independent, dynamic environments, is comfortable shifting between multiple projects, and can balance long-term architecture with short-term deliverables. Duties and responsibilities

• Design, build, and optimize data pipelines (batch and streaming) using PySpark, Python, and SQL

• Lead and support SQL Server → PostgreSQL migration efforts, including schema translation, performance tuning, and data validation

• Implement and maintain Terraform infrastructure for AWS services (S3, Glue, Lambda, EMR, Redshift, DMS, etc.)

• Conduct performance and cost optimization reviews of AWS workloads, recommending and implementing improvements

• Develop frameworks for data quality, monitoring, and reconciliation

• Collaborate with business stakeholders and other engineers to translate requirements into scalable solutions

• Apply software engineering best practices (version control, CI/CD, testing, code reviews) to data engineering workflows

• Contribute to standards, best practices, and technical mentorship across the team

• Participate in a rotating on-call schedule to provide production support, ensuring reliability of data platforms with minimal disruption to business operations

Additional Duties and Responsibilities

• Maintain regular and punctual attendance.

• Any other assigned tasks

• Comply with all company policies and procedures.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional experience in data engineering or software engineering roles

• Advanced skills with Python and PySpark for large-scale data processing

• Strong SQL development experience, including query tuning and ETL/ELT design

• Hands-on experience with AWS data services (S3, Glue, EMR, Lambda, DDB, DMS, CloudWatch, IAM, VPC)

• Experience with Terraform/Terragrunt (or equivalent IaC) for AWS infrastructure automation

• Familiarity with SQL Server and PostgreSQL, including database optimization and migration patterns

• Working knowledge of C# for application/data integrations

• Strong grasp of data modeling, architecture, and governance best practices

• Excellent problem-solving skills, ability to self-manage, and comfort working in environments with changing priorities

• Bachelor’s degree required

• Excellent verbal, written and presentation skills.

• Ability to thrive in a fast paced, deadline driven environment.

• AWS certification (Solutions Architect, Data Analytics, or DevOps) a plus

• Data visualization experience with Tableau, PowerBI, MicroStrategy, etc. also a plus

• Experience working in the healthcare industry a plus

• You must love what you do! You will be working with other talented and passionate individuals who enjoy working and solving problems together!

Additional Qualifications

• Independent contributor who can also collaborate effectively in a remote environment

• Strong communication skills, both technical and business-oriented

• Comfortable balancing multiple priorities without losing quality

• Reliability and responsiveness when participating in the on-call rotation, with a proactive and calm approach to production issues

• Positive, solution-oriented mindset - able to tackle tasks with optimism

Working conditions Position requires minimal amount of travel. Remote/Work from anywhere work environment within the United States. Physical requirements Remaining in a stationary position, often sitting for prolonged periods. Direct reports None

Why you'll love it here:

• You’ll be part of a team that helps save lives every day, and improves the lives of 100,000s of people!

• Competitive base salary

• Work from home

• Ongoing training and coaching for career development

• Comprehensive medical, dental and vision coverage with significant company contribution

• Disability insurance

• 401(k) retirement savings program