Staff Data Analytics Engineer
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Job Location:
Austin, TX - USA
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Not Disclosed
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Posted on:
15 days ago
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Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
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Job Summary
Company Overview
Function Health is the AI operating system for health designed to empower people to live 100 healthy years. We are redefining how individuals understand measure and improve their health by moving beyond the limitations of traditional care and enabling comprehensive continuous insight into human biology. Function has been recognized as one of Fast Companys Most Innovative Companies of 2024 and is venture-backed by Redpoint and other leading venture firms. Over half a million members have joined Function to take control of their health.
Through comprehensive lab testing MRI and CT imaging longitudinal data and guidance from AI and clinical teams Function gives members a complete and continuous view of their health and the clarity to act on it. Through acquisitions across imaging mobile phlebotomy and supplement tracking and optimization Function is building an integrated health platform that spans the full path from testing to health clarity to daily action.
Function recently announced a $298M Series B and is entering its next chapter of growth. As we scale the quality and durability of our People systems data and insights will directly shape our ability to attract retain and support exceptional talent.
We are growing our team and seeking out world-class talent that deeply believes in our mission to positively impact global health has a relentless bias toward action and a growth mindset. Function fosters a collaborative and dynamic environment where every day we build the future.
Role
Function Health is building the most comprehensive picture of human health ever assembled and making sense of that data is core to our mission. Were looking for a Staff Analytics Engineer to own the semantic layer that sits at the heart of our data platform: the trusted well-modeled foundation that powers dashboards self-serve analytics and increasingly AI-driven data agents.
This isnt a greenfield figure out what to build role. We have a platform. Now we need someone to make it exceptional clean models a well-governed metrics layer and the architecture to let AI query our data reliably and accurately. Youll collaborate closely with data scientists product engineers and business leaders to ensure that when anyone (or anything) asks a question about our data they get the right answer.
This is a fully remote role. Function Health is a distributed team we hire across the US.
Key Responsibilities
- Own the semantic layer: Design and maintain the metrics dimensions and data models that serve as the single source of truth across the business built to be queried by humans and AI alike.
- Architect for AI-readiness: Structure our Databricks and GCP-based data platform so it can reliably power AI-driven analytics agents clean schemas in Unity Catalog consistent naming conventions and strong data contracts.
- Drive data quality end-to-end: Build observability testing and alerting into pipelines so we catch problems before stakeholders do.
- Enable self-serve analytics: Partner with product clinical and business teams to deliver tooling and dashboards that let them answer their own questions without filing tickets.
- Set the standard: Establish and enforce data modeling conventions documentation practices and code review norms across the data org.
- Collaborate cross-functionally: Translate ambiguous business questions into data solutions; work with product engineering to improve event logging and measurement coverage.
Qualifications/Skills
- 8 years of analytics engineering or data engineering experience with clear progression to staff-level scope and impact.
- Deep SQL expertise and strong Python skills.
- Strong data modeling fundamentals you know what clean extensible well-documented models look like and can build and enforce that standard regardless of tooling. Experience with dbt is a plus.
- Experience with modern data stack tools: Databricks Snowflake or BigQuery Airflow or similar orchestration Looker/Tableau or equivalent BI tools.
- Track record of building resilient monitored production-grade data systems not just pipelines that work but ones that stay working.
- Strong communicator who can make technical tradeoffs legible to non-technical stakeholders.
Nice-to-Have Skills and Experiences
- While the core competencies are essential the following qualifications will distinguish exceptional candidates:
- Experience with health tech or regulated data environments (HIPAA PHI/PII handling).
- Familiarity with Databricks Unity Catalog Delta Lake or Spark.
- Experience building or integrating with AI/LLM-powered analytics tools or data agents.
- GCP experience.
To be a strong fit you embody our Core Values
- Ruthless Prioritization:
- We dont let perfect get in the way of progress.
- We move quickly to drive value not perfection.
- We prioritize what drives impact.
- We never compromise on standards of excellence.
- Member-First Always:
- We design and deliver like were caring for someone we love.
- We create calendar actionable human experience.
- We prioritize responsiveness peace of mind and outcomes.
- We empower members with truth clarity and care.
- One Team Moving Fast:
- We are aligned in purpose prioritization and speed.
- We gather diverse perspectives to make informed decisions.
- We clear paths for each other and move fast together.
- We communicate clearly and respectfully rallying around shared goals.
- Radical Ownership Relentless Execution:
- We dont just ship we own outcomes and drive results.
- We act with urgency and precision
- We anticipate initiate and follow through.
- We meet challenges with grit and pragmatism.
- We embrace new tech to deliver better outcomes.
- Mission Over Ego:
- We are ruthlessly aligned to our mission and leave ego at the door.
- We disagree and commit.
- We dont tolerate politics or withholding information.
- We operate with honesty transparency and respect.
- Sustained Integrity in Every Detail:
- We earn trust by obsessing over accuracy quality and clarity in everything we do.
- We prioritize clinical precision data must be right.
- We sweat the details because outcomes depend on them.
Why Youll Love Working With Us
We value our team at Function and offer a competitive salary and benefits package flexible working hours and a dynamic work environment where creativity and innovation are encouraged. If you are a highly motivated and experienced individual who is passionate about using technology to improve peoples lives we would love to hear from you.
At Function we celebrate diversity and are committed to building a diverse and inclusive workforce. As an equal opportunity employer we do not discriminate on the basis of race color gender identity ancestry religion age sexual orientation national origin disability marital status Veteran status or any other occupationally irrelevant criteria.
Join the Function Health team and become a part of our mission to build a healthier future for all. Discover more about us and how were changing the face of healthcare at Function Health.
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Staff IC
