About the Role
We are seeking an engineer to help build and operate AI-enabled data platforms for healthcare data. This role goes beyond traditional ETL, involving work on healthcare data pipelines and contributing to AI-driven data access layers where large language models translate user intent into structured, governed queries.
Responsibilities
- Design and maintain scalable, production-grade data pipelines for healthcare datasets, including claims and provider data.
- Build and optimize data models in Databricks to support analytical and AI-driven workloads.
- Develop high-quality Python and SQL code for data standardization, reconciliation, and validation.
- Partner with AI/ML engineers to enable LLM-powered data access.
- Contribute to AI-native data access frameworks.
- Collaborate with healthcare data vendors and internal stakeholders.
- Implement monitoring, validation, and governance for data and AI workflows.
- Document data architectures and AI-enabled pipelines.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science, Data Science, Information Technology, Software Engineering, or a related field. A master’s degree is preferred.
- 1–3+ years of experience in software or data engineering.
- Authorization to work in the United States without current or future sponsorship.
- Must be based in Massachusetts, able to work in the Boston area, and available to work a hybrid schedule.
- Relocation assistance is not provided.
- Flexibility to work outside standard business hours as needed.
Skills
- Data engineering
- Data modeling
- SQL
- Python
- Java
- Spark
- Databricks
- Snowflake
- Software development
- Data integration
- Vendor data management
- Production-grade code for data reconciliation
- Healthcare or other regulated datasets
- LLM-powered enterprise systems
- GraphQL
- API-based data access methods
- Documentation
- Communication
Location
- Boston, Massachusetts
Work Type
- Hybrid
Experience Level
- 1-3+ years
Education Level
- Bachelor's degree or higher
- Master's degree preferred
Salary/Compensations
- $120,000—$180,000 USD
Benefits
- Performance-based bonuses
- Comprehensive benefits package
- Employer-paid monthly premiums for health, dental, and vision coverage
- Wellness benefits and programs
- Resources and perks that enhance work-life balance and financial security
About the Company
- RA Capital has backed bold ideas in medicines to further human health and is expanding into Planetary Health to improve resource utilization.
- RA Capital is among the leading providers of capital and services to innovators, investing flexibly with $10B+ under management.
- The firm's culture prizes curiosity, rigor, and collaborative debate, with a team that actively helps build companies.
- RA Capital's Data Engineering team builds the enterprise data platform powering research, investment, and operational workflows, actively developing AI-native data access patterns.
Equal Opportunity
- RA Capital is an equal opportunity employer.
- Committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status.
- Provides accommodation during the interview process upon request.
