Data Engineer

ABOUT ABRIDGE Abridge was founded in 2018 with the mission of powering deeper understanding in healthcare. Our AI-powered platform was purpose-built for medical conversations, improving clinical documentation efficiencies while enabling clinicians to focus on what matters most—their patients. Our enterprise-grade technology transforms patient-clinician conversations into structured clinical notes in real-time, with deep EMR integrations. Powered by Linked Evidence and our purpose-built, auditable AI, we are the only company that maps AI-generated summaries to ground truth, helping providers quickly trust and verify the output. As pioneers in generative AI for healthcare, we are setting the industry standards for the responsible deployment of AI across health systems. We are a growing team of practicing MDs, AI scientists, PhDs, creatives, technologists, and engineers working together to empower people and make care make more sense. We have offices located in the Mission District in San Francisco, the SoHo neighborhood of New York, and East Liberty in Pittsburgh. THE ROLE Our generative AI-powered products are revolutionizing the practice of medicine, and we’re looking for a highly motivated Data Engineer to join our growing US-based Data Engineering team. In this crucial role, you will build and optimize large scale data infrastructure to drive business decisions and machine learning research. WHAT YOU’LL DO - Build and maintain scalable data services, pipelines and storage solutions for the feedback of unstructured application data for ML training and evaluation purposes. - Build and manage OLAP databases, ELTs and general data tooling for analytics , business decisions and products features. - Work closely with a team of frontend and backend engineers, product managers, and analysts. - Optimize data infrastructure to enhance the throughput, latency and reliability of the data system. - Investigate and correct issues identified through data operations monitors, tools, and reports. - Designs data integrations and data quality framework. WHAT YOU’LL BRING - 5+ years of experience in Data Engineering or Backend Engineering with a focus on data systems. - Proficient in at least one general purpose programming language (e.g., Python, Java, Scala) and SQL (any variant) - Proficiency with at least one modern cloud provider (GCP, AWS, Azure) and accompanying data services - Experience in building systems that manage the ingest, transformation, and management of both structured and unstructured data types - Deep knowledge of modern data infrastructure best practices - Experience with distributed systems and different distributed processing frameworks - Experience with Terraform, Kubernetes, and containerization technologies. - Familiarity with the deploying ML models at scale a bonus - Experience in building data products that are well-modeled, documented and easy to understand and maintain. - Ability to prioritize amidst changing priorities in a fast moving environment WHY WORK AT ABRIDGE? At Abridge, we’re transforming healthcare delivery experiences with generative AI, enabling clinicians and patients to connect in deeper, more meaningful ways. Our mission is clear: to power deeper understanding in healthcare. We’re driving real, lasting change, with millions of medical conversations processed each month. Joining Abridge means stepping into a fast-paced, high-growth startup where your contributions truly make a difference. Our culture requires extreme ownership—every employee has the ability to (and is expected to) make an impact on our customers and our business. Beyond individual impact, you will have the opportunity to work alongside a team of curious, high-achieving people in a supportive environment where success is shared, growth is constant, and feedback fuels progress. At Abridge, it’s not just what we do—it’s how we do it. Every decision is rooted in empathy, always prioritizing the needs of clinicians and patients. We’re