Senior Data Infrastructure Engineer at Lyric

Compensation

$122,425 – $183,638/yr

Location: Oregon
Type: Full-time
Level: Senior

Description

Lyric, an AI-first healthcare technology company, is seeking a Senior Data Infrastructure Engineer. This role involves designing, building, and scaling cloud-native data platforms powered by AWS, focusing on optimizing performance, cost, and security. The engineer will collaborate with various teams, implement best practices like IaC and CI/CD, troubleshoot issues, and participate in on-call rotations.

Required Skills

AWS Data Services
PostgreSQL/Aurora
Snowflake
SQL
Terraform
GitLab

Additional Information

Required Previous Experiences: Five years of experience in Cloud based Data Infrastructure, Database Engineering, or related roles.
Five years of hands-on experience with AWS Data Services (Aurora, RDS, S3, IAM, Lambda, Glue, Athena etc.).
Strong experience with PostgreSQL/Aurora and Snowflake or similar modern data platforms.
Proficiency in SQL and scripting or programming languages (Python, Shell, etc.).
Hands-on experience using Terraform and GitLab to build and operate CI/CD pipelines for data infrastructure automation.
Demonstrated experience optimizing database performance and operating high-throughput data systems.
Preferred Qualifications: Experience with real-time or streaming data platforms (Kafka, Databricks).
Exposure to data governance, lineage, and compliance frameworks (HIPAA, SOC2).
Familiarity with analytics workflow using orchestration tools (Airflow, dbt).
Experience supporting database migrations from Oracle RDS to modern data stores (Aurora PostgreSQL, Snowflake).
Exposure to OpenSearch, Cassandra, or other distributed data systems.
Familiarity with GCP or Azure in addition to AWS.
Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate across technical and non-technical teams.
Prior experience in healthcare or regulated industries is a plus.