Lead Data Engineer

Egen is hiring a Lead Data Engineer for a remote role open to applicants in United States. It pays $140k-$190k a year and Level rates it ; you can apply on Egen.

Level's read on this job

Level rates this data engineer role Works on AI ●●●○: the daily work is on AI products, without building the model.
The posting lists this role as remote.
Tools and skills the posting cites include Google Cloud, data engineering and machine learning.
Level classifies it as a lead role.
Level lists 21 other open roles at Egen.

AI in this role

Lead Data Engineer focused on driving machine learning and data engineering initiatives to improve healthcare outcomes.

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About Egen: Egen is a fast-growing and entrepreneurial company with a data-first mindset. We bring together the best engineering talent working with the most advanced technology platforms, including Google Cloud and Salesforce, to help clients drive action and impact through data and insights. We are committed to being a place where the best people choose to work so they can apply their engineering and technology expertise to envision what is next for how data and platforms can change the world for the better. We are dedicated to learning, thrive on solving tough problems, and continually innovate to achieve fast, effective results. If this describes you, we want you on our team. Want to learn more about life at Egen? Check out these resources in addition to the job description. -> Meet Egen -> Life at Egen -> Culture and Values at Egen -> Career Development at Egen About the opportunity: Are you an experienced Data Engineer ready to make a significant impact on healthcare? Join our dynamic team in Nashville and help us revolutionize patient care through data-driven innovation. As a Senior Data Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in driving our ML and data engineering initiatives. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to design, develop, and deploy robust data solutions that enable data-driven decision-making and improve patient outcomes.

How we rate this

Lead Data Engineer at Egen rates 65 out of 100 for how much of the daily work is AI. That makes it Works on AI (AI Level 3 of 4). The level is about AI in the job, not seniority.

Classification

Works on AI. The daily work is on AI products, without building the model.

●●●● Builds AI80 to 100
●●●○ Works on AI60 to 79
●●○○ Uses AI40 to 59
●○○○ Little AI0 to 39

Levels come from how often the tools, models and workflows of the role are named in the posting itself. Read the description and count the AI tools, models and workflows it names.

Key facts

Lead Data Engineer is an open job at Egen.
Level rates this role AI Level 3 of 4: Works on AI.
The listed salary is $140k-$190k a year.
The role is based in Remote and is marked remote.
The job was posted on August 24, 2026.
Seniority: lead.
Applications are handled by Egen. Apply on Egen

Prepare for this job

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Skills and AI tools this role asks for

Data EngineeringMachine learningHealthcare DataSQLGoogle Cloud

Also common in data engineer jobs at this level

SQL Python AWS Spark Machine learning Airflow

Pay

This job starts at: $140k
Typical data engineer job: $150k

This posting starts 7% below the typical data engineer job. See data engineer jobs

Questions you could be asked

Tell me about a project where data engineering was part of your work. What did you do?
Tell me about a project where machine learning was part of your work. What did you do?
Tell me about a project where healthcare data was part of your work. What did you do?
Tell me about a project where sql was part of your work. What did you do?
Walk me through how you've used Google Cloud in your day-to-day work.

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List these exact terms on your resume: Data Engineering, Machine learning, Healthcare Data, SQL, and Google Cloud. An applicant tracking system matches the wording, not the idea.
Attach one line of real, concrete experience to at least one of them. A tool named with nothing behind it rarely survives a human read.
Show where AI is part of your daily process, not a one-off project. This role expects it to be a running habit.

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