Engineering Manager, Data Engineering

Garner Health•New York City, NY

1d•$240,000 - $275,000•Onsite

About The Position

Healthcare quality is declining and soaring costs are crushing American families and businesses. At Garner, we’ve developed a revolutionary approach to evaluating doctor performance and a unique incentive model that's reshaping the healthcare economy to ensure everyone can afford high quality care. By providing organizations relief from surging healthcare costs, we've experienced rapid adoption in the market and have more than doubled our revenue annually over the last 5 years, becoming the fastest growing company in our space. To support our continued growth, we're expanding our team by over 50% each year, seeking exceptional talent to shape our unique, award winning culture (for example, USA Today Top Workplaces 2025) designed to cultivate teamwork, trust, autonomy, exceptional results, and individual growth that creates an inflection point in your career. About the role: We are looking for an Engineering Manager to join and lead the team responsible for the systems that generate Garner’s national healthcare provider rankings. The ideal candidate for this role should have a high sense of ownership, be comfortable mentoring engineers of all levels, have experience with distributed systems, and be able to reliably deliver complex technical solutions. This role reports to the VP of Health Intelligence Engineering. Where you will work: This role will be based in our New York City office. You must be willing to work in the office 3 days per week on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.

Requirements

5+ years of hands-on engineering experience, with a focus on Big Data and distributed systems
1+ years of managing engineering teams, with a track record of building and mentoring high performing teams
Expertise with batch data processing frameworks such as Hadoop, Spark, EMR, etc.
Proficiency with Big Data technologies such as Argo, Apache iceberg, AWS glue, Spark, Metaflow, DBT, and Soda
Exhibits strong ownership and a proactive mindset, with a proven ability to translate complex business needs into scalable, actionable technical roadmaps
Demonstrated ability to operate effectively in dynamic, fast-paced startup environments, with a hands-on approach and a strong commitment to organizational success

Nice To Haves

Preference for managing healthcare data standards (e.g. HIPAA, EDI)
A desire to be a part of our mission to improve the U.S. healthcare system

Responsibilities

Provide technical leadership and deliver new features aligned with Garner’s strategic objectives
Own and manage the core systems responsible for generating provider rankings
Maintain high standards of quality while driving efficient, timely delivery
Balance the development of new capabilities with the need to scale and optimize existing systems
Collaborate across disciplines by identifying bottlenecks and risks, proposing mitigation, and communicating tradeoffs
Champion user data privacy and security across all data initiatives
Foster a high-performing, collaborative team culture through hands-on leadership, mentorship, and talent development