Senior Data Engineer

Here’s why we need your help

Our data team is growing, with ambitions to grow our data platform capabilities and help more users find accurate treatment for their mental health and addiction needs. We need a Data Engineer to own our data analytics platform, allowing us to make informed data decisions company-wide.

Work Location

This hybrid role is required to be in office 2-3 days a week. Flexibility to work from home occasionally.

How you know you’re being successful

• You own and completely understand our data analytics platform, being able to own database administration tasks, debug issues and optimize data pipelines
• You are able to maintain and tune our databases for optimal performance
• You are able to perform data quality and recommend best practices to address the gaps
• You are training other departments and functional users on how to access various data assets and able to address their data needs by themselves

We’ll expect you to do things like these:

• Own administration and maintenance of Snowflake and Postgres databases
• Ad Hoc data pull requests for functional teams to automate recurring requests
• Build and maintain ETL data pipelines
• Be the technical point of contact on all things related to Data and be able to address queries from functional teams
• Work with data analysts on various BI and Analytics initiatives and can build data models customized to particular use cases
• Automation of third party data ingestion including data quality checks and related reporting
• Document and maintain artifacts on existing data pipelines and enhancements
• Establishing and documenting processes concerning data governance; identifying data gaps and data quality issues and running sessions with business teams to address these either in source systems or through data automation jobs in the data warehouse

Required Qualifications

• 4+ years as a Data Engineer, preferably in a Start-up environment
• Familiarity with AWS or any other Cloud technology and related infrastructure
• Expert in SQL and is well-versed with Python
• Expert in administration activities of Snowflake and Postgres (RDS) databases

What we think will improve your chances of success:

• Excellent professional communication and etiquette skills
• Experience in having technical conversations with Functional teams and being able to help them understand the dependencies
• Experience in a start-up environment
• Experience in building data pipelines using AWS or any other cloud tech stack

Travel Expectations

Twice a year for company gatherings. 

Compensation

The base salary range this position is $120,000 - 150,000/yr, plus eligible benefits. Compensation may be adjusted based on tenure and experience.

Equity Options

In addition to your cash compensation, you will receive options to buy stock in Recovery.com at a set strike price. These options will vest on a four-year schedule and present an exciting opportunity to benefit from the upside of our company’s growth. 

Quarterly Bonus

An additional 10% of base earnings is paid out quarterly when the company meets its revenue target. 

Dane County Housing Stipend

We strongly value in-person work and collaboration, so for full-time employees residing in Dane County, we offer a housing stipend of $689/month in addition to your salary ($8,268/yr; half of the Fair Market Value of a 2BR apartment in Madison according to rentdata.org).

Benefits and Perks

This role is eligible for the following benefits and perks:

• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance (100% of premiums paid for employees, 50% of premiums paid for dependents)
• Short- and long-term disability and basic life insurance
• 401K (100% company match up to 3% and 50% on the next 2%)
• Paid time off, paid holidays, and leaves of absence
• Education Assistance (for educational coursework directly related to your role)
• Flexible hybrid and work-from-home policy

About Recovery.com

Each year, 90% of people who need addiction treatment don’t receive it. One of the major reasons is the difficulty in finding a treatment provider, and as people increasingly turn to the internet over family, friends, or medical professionals to find care, Recovery.com is making a difference in thousands of people’s lives by providing a comprehensive, user-friendly resource for finding addiction and mental health treatment.

Launched in 2017, Recovery.com is a late-stage startup based in Madison, WI, on a mission to be the the most trusted online resource for connecting patients and mental health providers. We are rapidly growing and profitable, and looking to aggressively capture the market opportunity as we scale to $100M ARR over the next 4 years.

Our core values aren’t just words to us! They define who we are and how we work. People who are successful at Recovery.com:

• Regularly show compassion and empathy for customers, patients, and fellow colleagues
• Display vulnerability by demonstrating authenticity with themselves and encouraging it in others
• Strive for growth and humbly seek to improve in all aspects of work
• Demonstrate joy and a positive attitude in every interaction, from office conversations to solving difficult problems
• Exhibit accountability by not only fulfilling their own responsibilities, but helping others in their work as well
• Embrace creativity by testing the norms and being open to new ideas

Equal Opportunity Statement

Recovery.com is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and creating an inclusive environment for all our employees. We welcome applicants regardless of ethnic origin, national origin, veteran status, gender identity, race, religious beliefs, disability, sexual orientation, age, or any other protected characteristic. We value the talents of individuals from all backgrounds and actively seek a diverse workforce.

Our mission is to provide a fair and inclusive recruitment process for everyone, and reasonable accommodations are available to any applicant who may need them.