Senior Staff, AI Data Engineer

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Salary

$250K – $280K

Job type

Full-time

Work mode

Remote

Experience

Senior · 8+ yrs

Posted

9 Sept 2026

Status

Open · checked 7d ago

About this role

Senior Staff, AI Data Engineer is a remote full-time position at Stellar Health that suits an experienced technical leader specializing in data architecture, analytics, and artificial intelligence systems. This role is ideal for an architect-mentor who wants to drive AI transformation and shape analytics reporting for a health-tech platform.

Role Overview

Stellar Health is hiring a Senior Staff, AI Data Engineer to lead the integration of artificial intelligence into analytics and reporting while evolving the underlying data architecture. The position focuses on compressing time-to-insight and improving the quality of data insights through robust AI tools, semantic layers, and advanced data modeling.

Key Responsibilities

Formulate the strategy for artificial intelligence in analytics, reporting, and self-serve data access, determining implementation sequencing and tool replacement.

Oversee tool selection, administration, and architecture including Claude on Snowflake, MCP servers, agent workflows, and IDE integrations.

Create evaluation and guardrail systems to catch regressions and ensure reliability in agent outputs for critical reporting.

Establish governance standards for proposing, governing, and shipping analytics use cases.

Investigate complex failures relating to LLMs, data modeling, metadata, and system design.

Mentor analytics engineers, analysts, and other engineers while leading external content and communication efforts.

Collaborate with the analytics engineering team to expand and refine dbt and Snowflake models for reporting, analytics, and AI consumption.

Establish team-wide standards for models, metrics, tests, documentation, and lineage while leading semantic and context layers.

Requirements

Minimum of 8 years of experience across data platforms, ML platforms, or developer tooling, including serving as a senior technical voice for a major data, ML, or AI surface.

Production experience in architecting LLM systems encompassing agents, evals, RAG, MCP, tool use, and multi-step workflows.

Strong expertise in dbt and cloud data warehouses with a preference for Snowflake, alongside firm opinions on semantic layers and metadata.

Demonstrated track record of driving wide-team consensus on technical direction and adoption.

Comfortable with external communication including blog posts, talks, open-source contributions, and thought leadership.

Nice to Have

Experience with Claude Code or Agent SDK.

Background in healthcare or claims data.

Prior zero-to-one platform builds.

Skills and Tools

AI and Machine Learning: LLMs, agents, RAG, evaluations, guardrails, MCP servers, multi-step workflows

Data Tools and Platforms: dbt, Snowflake, Claude on Snowflake, Claude Code, Agent SDK

Architecture and Governance: Semantic layers, metadata, data modeling, system design

Salary and Benefits

Salary range of $250K to $280K with offers of equity and bonus

Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision benefits alongside medical travel benefits

Flexible PTO and universal paid family and caregiver leave

Wellhub gym memberships, Citibike memberships, and One Medical memberships

Pre-tax commuter benefits, HSA, and FSA plans

JOON lifestyle spending account with a monthly stipend

Stock options and a 401(k) matching program

Company-sponsored social events for remote and in-office employees

About the Company

Stellar Health is a US-based health-tech company backed by prominent venture capital firms including General Atlantic, Point72, and Primary Venture Partners. The company provides a web-based point-of-care tool called the Stellar App that supplies primary care providers with actionable checklists to support quality patient care. The platform rewards care teams with monthly payments for completed actions while helping payors reduce overall healthcare costs.

How to Apply

Interested candidates should apply on the official company careers page.

Skills and tech stack

dbt Snowflake Claude MCP RAG Agent SDK LLM

Questions candidates ask

What is the primary goal of the Senior Staff, AI Data Engineer role?

The primary goal is to compress time-to-insight and improve the quality of data insights by leading AI integration into analytics and evolving the underlying data architecture.

What technical background is required for this position?

Candidates need 8+ years of experience across data platforms, ML platforms, or developer tooling, production experience architecting LLM systems, and strong dbt and Snowflake expertise.

Is this a remote position?

Yes, this role is listed as Remote.

What compensation and perks are included?

The position offers a salary between $250K and $280K, equity, a bonus, medical/dental/vision insurance, flexible PTO, a 401(k) match, lifestyle spending accounts, and various wellness perks.

How should applicants verify communication from Stellar Health during the hiring process?

All official communications from recruiters or hiring managers will come from an @stellar.health email address. The company does not use third-party agencies or text-message interviews.

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