Data Engineer

About 9amHealth

We’re creating a new standard of care.

9amHealth is specialized cardiometabolic care —a first-of-its-kind, whole-body approach to preventing and treating obesity, diabetes, high blood pressure, and high cholesterol, and help with weight management. We offer custom care plans, prescription medications, and expert guidance to help our members live healthier every day.

9amHealth was founded in 2021 by the team behind mySugr (acquired by Roche in 2017) and has brought together a team of leaders from across cardiometabolic healthcare along with the backing of leading investors like Cigna Ventures, 7Wire Ventures, and Founders Fund.

Data Engineer

What it is

We're hiring our first dedicated data engineer—a pivotal, foundational role embedded within our growing US-based tech and AI team. As the inaugural data hire, you’ll architect the systems, pipelines, and data culture that will power our scale. This is a rare opportunity to take full ownership from day one, influence the future of our data stack, and grow alongside a mission-driven, high-impact team.

The Data Engineer at 9amHealth is a multifaceted role that bridges the gap between robust data infrastructure and high-performance product development. You’ll architect scalable data pipelines and maintain our cloud-based data systems, while also contributing to the operational backend codebase that powers our healthcare platform. In this role, you will ensure that data is available to make meaningful business decisions and fulfill business reporting needs. You ensure a full data lifecycle ranging from collection, cleaning, maintenance, usage,  and disposal. You work with other teams (business, finance, clinical) to understand their data needs and make information available to them. 

What you’ll do

• Design & Build Data Pipelines: Architect, develop, and maintain scalable data pipelines and infrastructure using AWS S3, MySQL, and AWS Glue, to enable seamless data ingestion, transformation, and storage.

• Experience maintaining dynamic dashboards and visualizations using tools like Tableau, Looker and Excel

• Support backend data flows and product logic integration

• (Optional/Bonus): Contribute to backend systems development using Java (Spring Boot) or other frameworks

• Collaborate Across Teams: Partner closely with Data Analysts and product developers to define data models, refine data workflows, and enhance our overall codebase.

• Optimize & Automate: Implement best practices for ETL processes and backend development, ensuring system performance, reliability, and data integrity.

• Innovate Continuously: Stay abreast of emerging technologies and trends in both data engineering and backend development to drive continuous improvement and innovation across our platform.

• Support backend data flows and product logic integration

• Serve as a key data engineering resource for tier 2 support requests and system improvements

• Communicate with stakeholders in the U.S. and Austria (occasional early-morning meetings due to time zone differences

What you’ll need

• Experience: A minimum of 5 years of hands-on experience in data engineering—experience with backend technologies is a significant plus.

• Technical Expertise:

  • Strong proficiency with AWS S3, MySQL, and AWS Glue, as well as other relevant technologies, for building and optimizing data pipelines.

  • As a plus: solid experience with backend development frameworks (Java/Spring Boot or others) and a good grasp of backend architectures

  • Proficient in Python and/or other scripting languages used for data manipulation.

  • A product-minded approach: you think about the “why” behind the data.

  • Bonus: Experience in healthcare, HIPAA-compliant environments, or with clinical/EHR data.

What you can expect at 9amHealth

At 9amHealth, you’ll join the dynamic environment of a startup backed by the stability of highly experienced founders who have successfully built businesses from scratch. We foster a collaborative, learning-focused mindset and a passion for continuous improvement. You’ll work alongside a passionate and dynamic team of individuals eager to shape technology, infrastructure, and culture.

Our team members are spread across the globe, with physical offices in San Diego, California, and Vienna, Austria. We value and celebrate your unique culture, no matter where you work.

We offer competitive compensation and benefits, including health, vision, and dental plans, as well as 20 vacation days for full-time employees. Our working model is flexible for certain positions, with some employees working remotely and others based in the office. However, we prefer candidates who can be based in our San Diego office.

Our commitment to diversity and inclusion 

Diabetes disproportionately impacts BIPOC (black, indigenous, and people of color) communities. We are committed to creating a workforce that reflects our patients and creating a positive healthcare experience for them. We welcome applications from people of color, LGBTQ+ individuals, people with disabilities, members of ethnic minorities, and foreign-born residents.