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# Senior Data Engineer at MDCalc

- **Company:** MDCalc
- **Location:** Remote
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** remote
- **Posted:** 2026-06-26
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-10
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/mdcalc/bd41cc28-25b3-4a6b-8d1b-bf7120ded5b4/application

**Skills:** SQL, Python, ETL, ELT, Data Warehousing, Snowflake, dbt, Airflow, Dagster, Data Modeling, Pipeline Design

> Design, build, and maintain scalable data pipelines and infrastructure to support analytics and product insights. The role involves developing ETL/ELT workflows in Python, managing data models, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure reliable data governance and system performance.

## Job description

The Opportunity Since 2005, MDCalc has been an essential part of the clinician’s workflow to help achieve better patient outcomes. Actively used by more than 65% of physicians worldwide, MDCalc is the most broadly used medical reference – at the point-of-care – for clinical decision tools and content, and one of only four references used by >50% of US HCPs. These evidence-based tools and content are used by millions of medical professionals globally and support 50+ specialties and cover 200+ patient conditions. To continue accelerating this growth, we are expanding the Engineering team with a Senior Data Engineer who will help build and scale the data infrastructure that powers decision-making across the company. This is an opportunity for an experienced data engineer who enjoys working close to product and business teams, building reliable data systems, and transforming complex data into actionable insights. This role will help define how data moves through MDCalc’s platform, designing the pipelines and architecture that enable reliable analytics, product insights, and data-driven decision making across the organization.

## The Role

As a Senior Data Engineer at MDCalc, you will design, build, and maintain the data pipelines and infrastructure that support analytics, product insights, and operational decision-making across the company. A key part of this role is managing how data moves across systems, shaping and transforming it through robust ETL/ELT pipelines so it can be reliably used by downstream analytics, product, and business applications. You will work closely with product, engineering, and business stakeholders to ensure data is reliable, accessible, and structured for effective use. This includes building programmatic data pipelines, primarily in Python, to extract, transform, and deliver data across MDCalc’s systems and data platform. You will also contribute to the architecture of MDCalc’s data platform, helping define how data is structured and delivered across the organization. As a senior individual contributor, you will help establish best practices for data modeling, pipeline development, and data governance. The responsibilities of this individual include the following, but are not limited to:

- Design, build, and maintain scalable data pipelines and ELT/ETL workflows that support analytics, operational reporting, and business intelligence use cases
- Build programmatic data pipelines (primarily in Python) that extract data from application and third-party systems, transform it into usable formats, and deliver it to downstream data platforms and consumers
- Own and improve core data models and transformations to ensure data is accurate, well-structured, and easy for stakeholders to use
- Partner with Product, Engineering, and Analytics teams to understand data needs and translate them into reliable data solutions
- Develop and maintain systems that move data across the platform, ensuring it is properly shaped, structured, and available for downstream analysis and product use cases
- Help shape and maintain the architecture of MDCalc’s modern data stack, including warehousing, orchestration, transformation, and monitoring
- Improve data quality, observability, and reliability through testing, validation, and proactive monitoring practices
- Support the ingestion and integration of data from a variety of application, product, and third-party sources
- Establish and reinforce best practices around data governance, documentation, naming conventions, and maintainability
- Identify and drive opportunities to improve performance, scalability, and efficiency across our data systems
- Design efficient data workflows that query, transform, and deliver datasets to downstream systems and stakeholders
- Contribute to technical direction and architectural decisions as a senior member of the team
- Serve as a thought partner to teammates and cross-functional stakeholders on how to best leverage data across the business

## Your Background

- 5+ years experience in data engineering
- Strong SQL skills and experience building and optimizing data models for analytical use cases
- Experience building and maintaining reliable data pipelines in a modern cloud data environment
- Strong proficiency in Python or a comparable programming language commonly used in data engineering
- Experience building programmatic ETL/ELT pipelines using Python or similar tools to move and transform data across systems
- Experience working with data warehouses such as Snowflake
- Experience with transformation and orchestration tools such as dbt, Airflow, Dagster, or similar tools
- Strong understanding of data architecture, data modeling, and pipeline design best practices
- Ability to operate independently, prioritize effectively, and drive work forward in a fast-moving environment

What MDCalc offers:

- Ability to make a true difference in medicine: MDCalc is the most broadly used medical reference used by 65% of physicians worldwide.
- Medical, Dental, & Vision coverage, with option to extend to your dependents
- Company-sponsored short-term insurance
- Fully-paid 8 week parental leave, after 6 months of employment
- Company-sponsored 401k, after 3 months of employment
- Unlimited vacation for salaried roles - we trust you to take the time you need
- Tri-annual company offsites to connect, reflect, and plan together
- Work from home monthly stipend
- Hybrid work environment with a great team office in Greenwich Village, NYC
- A culture of fun and motivated team members who believe in a greater mission here at

## About MDCalc

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: MDCalc provides the most trusted, evidence-based clinical decision support tools (medical calculators, algorithms, scoring systems, and guidelines) for healthcare professionals at the point of care.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Bootstrapped / Profit-generating, no disclosed venture funding)
- **Headquarters**: New York, New York, United States (Office locations at 214 Sullivan St, NY 10012 and 93 4th Ave, NY 10003)
- **Founded**: 2005
- **Founders**: Dr. Joseph Habboushe, MD, MBA and Dr. Graham Walker, MD

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Healthcare Information Technology / Clinical Decision Support (Hospitals and Health Care)
- **Target customers**: B2B and B2C; Primarily serves physicians, nurses, physician assistants, pharmacists, and other clinicians globally. Enterprise customers include hospitals, health systems, and medical societies.
- **Mission statement**: “To bring clarity to clinical complexity” — MDCalc’s tools are designed to reinforce, not replace, clinical judgment, supporting clinicians at every shift, decision, and patient encounter.

## Products & Services
- **MDCalc Web & Mobile Platform**: A comprehensive library of nearly 900 rigorously vetted evidence-based calculators, scoring systems, risk assessments, and guidelines across 50+ medical specialties. Features include a personalized account, saved favorites, specialized tools, and cross-device syncing.
- **Commercial Division (Launched 2023)**: Enterprise offerings for hospitals, health systems, and medical societies, including integration into clinical workflows, licensing of content and tools, and partnership with research teams and societies.
- **Clinical Content & Expert Network**: Curated, physician-authored content and “Creator Insights” (e.g., commentaries from tool creators like Dr. Phil Wells). Sustained by a community of contributing clinicians, editors, and expert reviewers.
- **Scientific Advisory Board**: Strategic guidance from elite leaders in academic evidence-based medicine and clinical decision support.

## Market Standing
- **Revenue**: Estimated annual revenue of **$4.0 million** (source: Growjo / LinkedIn data).
- **Valuation**: Not publicly disclosed.
- **Key Metric**: Used by **over 80% of clinicians in the United States** and millions globally, supporting over **one billion patient encounters** to date. Used in **over 200 countries and territories**.
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Privately held; no external venture funding disclosed. Partners with leading medical societies, research teams, and clinical tool creators (e.g., Dr. Phil Wells).
- **Growth Signals**: **+100% YoY headcount growth** (from ~18 to 50 employees). Launched a commercial division in September 2023, hiring former Pfizer and Doximity executives to drive enterprise adoption. Active hiring with 6+ open positions as of mid-2026. LinkedIn follower growth of +92.7% YoY.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Founder-led, Clinician-built**: Founded and still led by two practicing emergency medicine physicians (Dr. Walker and Dr. Habboushe), ensuring deep clinical credibility and understanding of user needs.
- **Massive Installed Base & Trust**: The de facto standard for clinical calculators in the US (used by >80% of clinicians), creating a strong network effect and brand loyalty that is hard to replicate.
- **Rigorous Curation**: All tools pass strict criteria for evidence quality, utility, and popularity, maintaining trust with the medical community.
- **Mission-Driven & Non-Disruptive**: Explicitly designed to *reinforce* clinical judgment, not replace it (differentiation from “AI replacing doctors” narratives). Strong ethical stance via the “Physicians’ Charter for Responsible AI” (co-authored by Dr. Graham Walker).

## Strategic Focus
- **Commercial Enterprise Growth**: Monetizing the massive free user base by selling enterprise subscriptions, analytics, and workflow integrations to health systems.
- **AI in Medicine**: Leveraging clinical informatics and AI to enhance decision support, led by a Clinical AI Lead.
- **Content Expansion**: Growing the library of tools and expert content across more specialties and conditions.
- **International Expansion**: Growing presence in regions focused on evidence-based medicine (strong presence noted in Switzerland and globally).

## Why Work Here
- **Culture Highlights**: Rated **5.0/5.0** on Glassdoor (14 reviews) with scores of 5.0 for Work-Life Balance, 4.9 for Compensation, 4.9 for Culture, and 4.9 for Career opportunities. Described as mission-driven, clinician-focused, and collaborative.
- **Remote/Hybrid Policy**: Hybrid model available for NYC-based roles; some roles are fully remote (USA-based). The HQ office in New York is an onsite workspace.
- **Notable Perks & Engineering Culture**: High concentration of talent from Stanford, Columbia, Cornell, and top health systems. Small, growing team (50 people) offering significant ownership and impact. Technical team is ~19% of workforce (12 people), with an active focus on AI product development.
- **Team Recent Hires From**: Doximity, Cleveland Clinic, Stanford University School of Medicine, Columbia University, Accusoft.

## Sources
1. [mdcalc.com (About Us)](https://www.mdcalc.com/about-us)
2. [mdcalc.com (Careers)](https://www.mdcalc.com/careers)
3. [LinkedIn (MDCalc Company Page)](https://www.linkedin.com/company/mdcalc)
4. [Built In (MDCalc Company Profile)](https://builtin.com/company/mdcalc)

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