Engineering Structures Jobs in La Mesa Ca Hybrid

We are a fast-growing startup and industry leader in the Southwest, experiencing 300% growth. We are looking for a Controller who can bring strong financial discipline, accuracy, and operational reporting as the company continues to scale. This role works closely with a very direct CEO and partner leadership team in a fast-paced, high-accountability environment.

Primary Focus: accuracy, reporting, and financial operations.

Responsibilities

Accounting & Close

• Maintain accurate books and ensure general ledger integrity
• Lead monthly close process within 7 business days
• Manage accruals, deferrals, reconciliations, and financial schedules

Financial Reporting

• Prepare monthly profit and loss statements, balance sheets, and supporting analysis
• Produce operational and management reporting for leadership
• Track financial performance and immediately flag risks or irregularities

Cash Management & Banking

• Manage cash planning and cash flow forecasting
• Maintain relationships with banks and financial institutions
• Oversee A/R, A/P, invoicing, and routine payments
• Maintain disciplined collections and vendor payment processes

Schedules & Controls

• Maintain key schedules including A/R aging, A/P aging, fixed assets, and depreciation
• Implement and maintain strong internal financial controls

Payroll & Commissions

• Manage complex payroll structures including commissions, draws/guarantees, and incentive plans
• Ensure payout accuracy and maintain documentation

Executive Support

• Provide financial insights and reporting to the CEO and partners
• Assist with minor tax planning coordination for the CEO with external accountants

Qualifications

• 6–10+ years of accounting or finance experience
• 3+ years as a Controller or Assistant Controller preferred
• Strong experience with A/R, collections, and financial operations
• Experience managing cash flow and banking relationships
• Expertise handling complex payroll structures
• Systems: Advanced Excel, QuickBooks, and ADP (or similar payroll platform)
• Comfortable working in a high-growth startup environment with direct leadership

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

About the Role

We are seeking a hands-on eyewear Product Developer to help design, develop, and refine new eyewear products from concept through launch. This role is execution focused but highly collaborative. The ideal candidate combines strong technical product development skills with commercial awareness and an understanding of market trends and customer needs. You will work cross-functionally with executive leadership, sales, marketing, and suppliers to bring high-quality, margin-conscious products to life.

Responsibilities

• Product Design and Development: Develop new products and improve existing ones based on customer insights, data, and company strategy. Translate design intent into manufacturable, scalable products.
• Research and Innovation: Identify emerging materials, technologies, and trends that can differentiate our products in the market.
• Prototyping and Testing: Create, source, and evaluate prototypes. Ensure functionality, fit, durability, and cost targets are met. Iterate quickly and thoughtfully.
• Supplier and Vendor Coordination: Partner with domestic and international suppliers. Evaluate samples, negotiate revisions, manage timelines, and maintain quality standards.
• Cross Functional Collaboration: Work closely with executive leadership, marketing, and sales to ensure product development aligns with go to market strategy.
• Project Management: Manage timelines, milestones, and development calendars to ensure successful launches.
• Documentation and Reporting: Maintain clear documentation of specifications, revisions, costing, and development status.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Product Design, Industrial Design, Engineering, or related field.
• 3 to 6 years of experience in product development or consumer product design.
• Strong understanding of manufacturing processes and materials.
• Experience working with overseas suppliers.
• Proficiency in relevant design tools such as SolidWorks, Rhino, AutoCAD, or Adobe Creative Suite.
• Ability to manage multiple projects in a fast-paced environment.
• Optical experience is helpful but not required.

Work Environment

We are a mature but still growing company with strong margins and a collaborative culture. This is not an environment where internal politics, finger pointing, or corporate games are tolerated.

Our values are not posters on a wall. They are lived daily and guide how we interact with our customers, partners, and each other. We expect integrity in decision making, positivity in approach, innovation in thinking, and a spirit of service that extends to everyone we work with, including our own teammates.

We strive to create an environment that is both professional and human. That includes strong benefits and real quality of life. We offer comprehensive health coverage, retirement support, and a workplace that people genuinely enjoy being part of.

Our offices are dog friendly and designed to encourage connection and collaboration. You will find shared meals, great coffee, team events, friendly competition, and yes, the occasional ping pong match or Mario Kart showdown.

We believe people do their best work when they feel respected, supported, valued, and part of something meaningful.

Employees also have access to a fully equipped private onsite gym with showers.

Benefits:

• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Employee discount
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Parental leave
• Referral program

Job Type: Full-time, Hybrid

Equal Opportunity Statement

We are committed to diversity and inclusivity.

Description

Wildcat Discoveries is looking for a highly motivated Battery Material Scientist to join our team! This position develops research targets, designs research projects, and analyzes data to achieve research goals on time and on budget.

The work environment is demanding, fast-paced, and incredibly exciting. The ideal candidate should be ready to push their limits, as they join a world-class scientific team dedicated to developing and discovering advanced materials for lithium-ion batteries. At Wildcat, the sky's the limit - with the right attitude, work ethic, and quality of work you can blaze your own trail.

About Us:

Wildcat Discovery Technologies is a materials R&D company located in San Diego, California. Wildcat is focused on the discovery and development of advanced materials for lithium-ion batteries following two mutually beneficial paths:

• Collaborations & Projects: working with customers to optimize material combinations for improved battery performance
• Product Development: developing proprietary battery materials to commercialize next-generation electrodes and electrolytes

Wildcat scientists use a proprietary state-of-the-art high throughput platform (HTP) to synthesize and test thousands of battery materials, each fully formulated and tested in actual cells. Wildcat collaborates with industry leaders around the world to develop promising new materials for new and promising rechargeable and primary battery technologies. At present, Wildcat is expanding both its technical operations and its sales efforts.

Essential Functions:

• Participate in project teams to develop new and/or improved energy storage materials.
• Development of research project plans to achieve research goals.
• Monitor status of research experiments in progress
• Analyze experimental data and draw appropriate conclusions
• Lead preparation of research process documentation
• Represent Wildcat as a technical expert in meetings and at industry events
• Effectively utilize chemistry support personnel (Research Associates and Laboratory Technicians) to complete research experiments and data analysis on time and on budget.
• Respect others in the workplace with a professional attitude; be considerate of others with housekeeping, shared equipment; provide a safe working environment for others

Requirements

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities Required

• Strong expertise and extensive hands-on experience in inorganic chemistry including synthesis, characterization, and performance evaluation or integration of these materials into cells
• Experience in disordered rocksalt active material development
• Fluent in electrochemical techniques such as cyclic voltammetry, electrochemical impedance spectroscopy, and common potentiostatic and galvanostatic methods
• Effective time management in a semi-autonomous environment with the ability to work independently and as part of a team
• Self-motivated and a team player

Education & Experience

• Ph.D. in chemistry, chemical engineering, materials science, physics or other relevant discipline, or equivalent experience
• 2+ years of experience in lithium-ion batteries

Employee Benefits:

• Generous vacation accrual with 7 day closure at the end of the year
• Full health insurance coverage with low employee out of pocket premiums
• 401k with company paid match
• Annual bonus opportunity
• A company culture that values on positivity, meritocracy, collaboration, openness, and innovation
• Professional growth with exposure to a fast-developing energy storage industry

Salary range

$110,000 to $155,000/year

Day to Day: We are looking for an Azure Devops Architect who will be responsible to Architect and govern end-to-end Azure DevOps and cloud platform solutions, including CI/CD pipelines, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), security controls, monitoring, and release management. To Define, maintain, and evolve reference architectures, design patterns, and standards for Azure DevOps, Terraform, and Azure-native services to support reuse across client engagements. To Provide architectural oversight and technical direction to Azure DevOps Developers and implementation teams, ensuring solutions meet scalability, reliability, and security best practices. To lead DevSecOps strategy, embedding security, compliance, identity, and risk management controls into pipelines and infrastructure designs from the outset. To Collaborate with Solution Architects and client stakeholders to translate business and technical requirements into actionable architectures and delivery roadmaps. To Establish and enforce CI/CD governance standards, including branching strategies, artifact management, quality gates, approvals, and release policies. To Review and approve infrastructure designs, pipeline configurations, and automation frameworks prior to implementation to ensure architectural integrity. To Guide migration strategies from legacy and on-premises environments to Azure, including hybrid and multi-cloud architectures where applicable.

Must Haves:

• Expert-level knowledge of Azure DevOps Services, including Azure Boards, Repos, Pipelines, Test Plans, and Artifacts.
• 7+ years of experience in cloud engineering, DevOps, or infrastructure architecture roles.
• 5+ years of experience designing and implementing enterprise-scale CI/CD and IaC solutions.
• Deep expertise with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as Terraform, including module design, state management, and environment strategy.
• Strong experience integrating security, compliance, and identity controls into cloud and DevOps architectures.
• Advanced scripting and automation skills using PowerShell, Bash, and/or Python.
• Proven experience in client-facing architectural leadership, including requirements discovery, solution design, and executive-level communication.
• Strong knowledge of Azure platform services and the MS 365 ecosystem.

Plusses:

• MS Azure Architect Expert certification (or equivalent).
• Demonstrated leadership in DevSecOps within regulated, enterprise, or high-compliance environments.
• Experience defining and implementing enterprise governance models, including landing zones, Azure Policy, RBAC, cost management, and security baselines.

Benefits:

The Company offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements: medical insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, 401(k) retirement plan, life insurance, long-term disability insurance, short-term disability insurance, paid parking/public transportation, (paid time , paid sick and safe time , hours of paid vacation time, weeks of paid parental leave, paid holidays annually - AS Applicable)

(USACE/NAVFAC Vertical Construction Projects)

Location: MCAS Yuma

Overview

Harper Construction is seeking an experienced Project Engineer for a large-scale military vertical construction project located at MCAS Yuma.

This role requires direct, relevant experience on ground-up vertical construction projects valued at $20 million and above. Candidates must have worked on complex federal building projects similar in size, scope, and compliance requirements.

Our military vertical portfolio includes:

• Aircraft Hangars
• Barracks
• Gymnasiums
• Headquarters Buildings
• SCIF (Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility) Secure Buildings

Responsibilities

• Responsible for the quality management duties, including quality of the works, material management, documentation, and close-out to ensure safe, quality, efficient, and effective project execution.
• Directs inspections, documents, and updates appropriate records quickly and accurately.
• Read specifications and resource documents to determine requirements and planning procedures.
• Responsible for leading and managing quality processes, including submittals, shop drawings, and as-builts.
• Creates and implements project-specific inspection and test plans and quality control plans.
• Perform the USACE three phases of control: Preparatory, Initial, and Follow-Up.
• Supports Site Safety to ensure that projects are completed in accordance with safety procedures.

Required Qualifications

• Minimum of 10 years’ experience as a Project Superintendent, QCM, or Project Engineer, on similar-sized and type construction contracts. (vertical construction valued at $20M+)
• At least two years’ experience as a Senior Project Engineer in construction.
• Must be familiar with the requirements of EM 385-1-1, and have experience in the areas of hazard identification, safety compliance, and sustainability.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working with USACE and/or NAVFAC is highly preferred
• Bachelor's Degree in Construction, Engineering, or a similar field
• Working knowledge of Procore document control system.

Compensation and Benefits

Salary: $125,000 to $145,000 annually (Compensation will be based on experience, skills, and qualifications.)

• Benefits package includes:
• 100% Company paid medical & dental ( we also cover 30% of dependent coverage)
• vision, life, and supplemental insurance
• 401(k) plan with company match
• Annual increases and discretionary bonuses
• Paid holidays and vacation time

Harper Construction Company provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.

Location Details: United States - Remote

At GoDaddy the future of work looks different for each team. Some teams work in the office full-events or offsites. This is a remote position, so you'll be working remotely from your home. You may occasionally visit a GoDaddy office to meet with your team for events or offsites.

This position is not eligible to be performed in Alaska, Mississippi, North Dakota, or the Virgin Islands.

GoDaddy is not currently considering candidates for this role in California, Seattle, or NYC.

Join our team 

Do you want to be an Information Security Leader at GoDaddy? GoDaddy's Product Security group is looking for a Principal Security Engineer to join our organization. Can you solve large scale and cross-company issues, while ensuring that partnership with the development and operational communities remains in front of mind?

GoDaddy is looking for a Principal Security Engineer to apply their hands-on technical skills, strong leadership abilities, and an eagerness to design solutions to complex problems. You must be comfortable with communicating to stakeholders, performing security assessments and prioritizing security risks, creating/presenting high-quality deliverables.

What you'll get to do...

• Identify security threats in applications and infrastructure and provide remediation mentorship to system owners.
• Join forces with SRE and development teams to find new and creative ways to reduce the occurrence of vulnerabilities at scale.
• Build repeatable/reusable security processes and frameworks.
• Review quality issues and work towards detecting security flaws both obvious and discrete.
• Assist with scoping prospective projects, participating in projects from kickoff through "definition of done" via end-to-end ownership.
• Use your industry experience to own and drive resolution and retest complex security events, policy questions and technical security risks.

Your experience should include...

• 7+ years of progressive security engineering experience across Security Architecture, Cryptography, Network, Cloud, Mobile, and Web Security.
• Skilled in Secure Development Lifecycle, Security by Design, and Shift Left methodologies.
• Proficient in Threat Modeling, Architecture Review, Penetration Testing, Code Review, SAST, and DAST.
• Strong scripting abilities in languages such as Python, C, C++, Java, Ruby, and PowerShell.
• Adept at applying security best practices for compliance, with excellent problem-solving and communication skills.

You might also have...

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field.
• Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or related field.
• Hosting industry and/or cloud Experience.
• Experience in hardware security.

We've got your back... We offer a range of total rewards that may include paid time off, retirement savings (e.g., 401k, pension schemes), bonus/incentive eligibility, equity grants, participation in our employee stock purchase plan, competitive health benefits, and other family-friendly benefits including parental leave. GoDaddy's benefits vary based on individual role and location and can be reviewed in more detail during the interview process.

We also embrace our diverse culture and offer a range of Employee Resource Groups (Culture). Have a side hustle? No problem. We love entrepreneurs! Most importantly, come as you are and make your own way. 

About us...  GoDaddy is empowering everyday entrepreneurs around the world by providing the help and tools to succeed online, making opportunity more inclusive for all. GoDaddy is the place people come to name their idea, build a professional website, attract customers, sell their products and services, and manage their work. Our mission is to give our customers the tools, insights, and people to transform their ideas and personal initiative into success. To learn more about the company, visit About Us. 

At GoDaddy, we know diverse teams build better products—period. Our people and culture reflect and celebrate that sense of diversity and inclusion in ideas, experiences and perspectives. But we also know that's not enough to build true equity and belonging in our communities. That's why we prioritize integrating diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging principles into the core of how we work every day—focusing not only on our employee experience, but also our customer experience and operations. It's the best way to serve our mission of empowering entrepreneurs everywhere, and making opportunity more inclusive for all. To read more about these commitments, as well as our representation and pay equity data, check out our Diversity and Pay Parity annual report which can be found on our Diversity Careers page.

GoDaddy is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. GoDaddy will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with local and federal requirements. Refer to our full EEO policy.

Our recruiting team is available to assist you in completing your application. If they could be helpful, please reach out to  

Colorado Residents: In any materials you submit, you may redact or remove age-identifying information such as age, date of birth, or dates of school attendance or graduation. You will not be penalized for redacting or removing this information.

GoDaddy doesn't accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters or employment agencies.

Location Details: United States - Remote

At GoDaddy the future of work looks different for each team. Some teams work in the office full-events or offsites. This is a remote position, so you'll be working remotely from your home. You may occasionally visit a GoDaddy office to meet with your team for events or offsites.

This position is not eligible to be performed in Alaska, Mississippi, North Dakota, or the Virgin Islands.

GoDaddy is not currently considering candidates for this role in California, Seattle, or NYC.

Join our team 

Do you want to be an Information Security Leader at GoDaddy? GoDaddy's Product Security group is looking for a Principal Security Engineer to join our organization. Can you solve large scale and cross-company issues, while ensuring that partnership with the development and operational communities remains in front of mind?

GoDaddy is looking for a Principal Security Engineer to apply their hands-on technical skills, strong leadership abilities, and an eagerness to design solutions to complex problems. You must be comfortable with communicating to stakeholders, performing security assessments and prioritizing security risks, creating/presenting high-quality deliverables.

What you'll get to do...

• Identify security threats in applications and infrastructure and provide remediation mentorship to system owners.
• Join forces with SRE and development teams to find new and creative ways to reduce the occurrence of vulnerabilities at scale.
• Build repeatable/reusable security processes and frameworks.
• Review quality issues and work towards detecting security flaws both obvious and discrete.
• Assist with scoping prospective projects, participating in projects from kickoff through "definition of done" via end-to-end ownership.
• Use your industry experience to own and drive resolution and retest complex security events, policy questions and technical security risks.

Your experience should include...

• 7+ years of progressive security engineering experience across Security Architecture, Cryptography, Network, Cloud, Mobile, and Web Security.
• Skilled in Secure Development Lifecycle, Security by Design, and Shift Left methodologies.
• Proficient in Threat Modeling, Architecture Review, Penetration Testing, Code Review, SAST, and DAST.
• Strong scripting abilities in languages such as Python, C, C++, Java, Ruby, and PowerShell.
• Adept at applying security best practices for compliance, with excellent problem-solving and communication skills.

You might also have...

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field.
• Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or related field.
• Hosting industry and/or cloud Experience.
• Experience in hardware security.

We've got your back... We offer a range of total rewards that may include paid time off, retirement savings (e.g., 401k, pension schemes), bonus/incentive eligibility, equity grants, participation in our employee stock purchase plan, competitive health benefits, and other family-friendly benefits including parental leave. GoDaddy's benefits vary based on individual role and location and can be reviewed in more detail during the interview process.

We also embrace our diverse culture and offer a range of Employee Resource Groups (Culture). Have a side hustle? No problem. We love entrepreneurs! Most importantly, come as you are and make your own way. 

About us...  GoDaddy is empowering everyday entrepreneurs around the world by providing the help and tools to succeed online, making opportunity more inclusive for all. GoDaddy is the place people come to name their idea, build a professional website, attract customers, sell their products and services, and manage their work. Our mission is to give our customers the tools, insights, and people to transform their ideas and personal initiative into success. To learn more about the company, visit About Us. 

At GoDaddy, we know diverse teams build better products—period. Our people and culture reflect and celebrate that sense of diversity and inclusion in ideas, experiences and perspectives. But we also know that's not enough to build true equity and belonging in our communities. That's why we prioritize integrating diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging principles into the core of how we work every day—focusing not only on our employee experience, but also our customer experience and operations. It's the best way to serve our mission of empowering entrepreneurs everywhere, and making opportunity more inclusive for all. To read more about these commitments, as well as our representation and pay equity data, check out our Diversity and Pay Parity annual report which can be found on our Diversity Careers page.

GoDaddy is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. GoDaddy will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with local and federal requirements. Refer to our full EEO policy.

Our recruiting team is available to assist you in completing your application. If they could be helpful, please reach out to  

Colorado Residents: In any materials you submit, you may redact or remove age-identifying information such as age, date of birth, or dates of school attendance or graduation. You will not be penalized for redacting or removing this information.

GoDaddy doesn't accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters or employment agencies.

Location Details: United States - Remote

At GoDaddy the future of work looks different for each team. Some teams work in the office full-events or offsites. This is a remote position, so you'll be working remotely from your home. You may occasionally visit a GoDaddy office to meet with your team for events or offsites.

This position is not eligible to be performed in Alaska, Mississippi, North Dakota, or the Virgin Islands.

GoDaddy is not currently considering candidates for this role in California, Seattle, or NYC.

Join our team 

Do you want to be an Information Security Leader at GoDaddy? GoDaddy's Product Security group is looking for a Principal Security Engineer to join our organization. Can you solve large scale and cross-company issues, while ensuring that partnership with the development and operational communities remains in front of mind?

GoDaddy is looking for a Principal Security Engineer to apply their hands-on technical skills, strong leadership abilities, and an eagerness to design solutions to complex problems. You must be comfortable with communicating to stakeholders, performing security assessments and prioritizing security risks, creating/presenting high-quality deliverables.

What you'll get to do...

• Identify security threats in applications and infrastructure and provide remediation mentorship to system owners.
• Join forces with SRE and development teams to find new and creative ways to reduce the occurrence of vulnerabilities at scale.
• Build repeatable/reusable security processes and frameworks.
• Review quality issues and work towards detecting security flaws both obvious and discrete.
• Assist with scoping prospective projects, participating in projects from kickoff through "definition of done" via end-to-end ownership.
• Use your industry experience to own and drive resolution and retest complex security events, policy questions and technical security risks.

Your experience should include...

• 7+ years of progressive security engineering experience across Security Architecture, Cryptography, Network, Cloud, Mobile, and Web Security.
• Skilled in Secure Development Lifecycle, Security by Design, and Shift Left methodologies.
• Proficient in Threat Modeling, Architecture Review, Penetration Testing, Code Review, SAST, and DAST.
• Strong scripting abilities in languages such as Python, C, C++, Java, Ruby, and PowerShell.
• Adept at applying security best practices for compliance, with excellent problem-solving and communication skills.

You might also have...

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field.
• Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or related field.
• Hosting industry and/or cloud Experience.
• Experience in hardware security.

We've got your back... We offer a range of total rewards that may include paid time off, retirement savings (e.g., 401k, pension schemes), bonus/incentive eligibility, equity grants, participation in our employee stock purchase plan, competitive health benefits, and other family-friendly benefits including parental leave. GoDaddy's benefits vary based on individual role and location and can be reviewed in more detail during the interview process.

We also embrace our diverse culture and offer a range of Employee Resource Groups (Culture). Have a side hustle? No problem. We love entrepreneurs! Most importantly, come as you are and make your own way. 

About us...  GoDaddy is empowering everyday entrepreneurs around the world by providing the help and tools to succeed online, making opportunity more inclusive for all. GoDaddy is the place people come to name their idea, build a professional website, attract customers, sell their products and services, and manage their work. Our mission is to give our customers the tools, insights, and people to transform their ideas and personal initiative into success. To learn more about the company, visit About Us. 

At GoDaddy, we know diverse teams build better products—period. Our people and culture reflect and celebrate that sense of diversity and inclusion in ideas, experiences and perspectives. But we also know that's not enough to build true equity and belonging in our communities. That's why we prioritize integrating diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging principles into the core of how we work every day—focusing not only on our employee experience, but also our customer experience and operations. It's the best way to serve our mission of empowering entrepreneurs everywhere, and making opportunity more inclusive for all. To read more about these commitments, as well as our representation and pay equity data, check out our Diversity and Pay Parity annual report which can be found on our Diversity Careers page.

GoDaddy is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. GoDaddy will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with local and federal requirements. Refer to our full EEO policy.

Our recruiting team is available to assist you in completing your application. If they could be helpful, please reach out to  

Colorado Residents: In any materials you submit, you may redact or remove age-identifying information such as age, date of birth, or dates of school attendance or graduation. You will not be penalized for redacting or removing this information.

GoDaddy doesn't accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters or employment agencies.

Senior Java/Kotlin engineer
Remote
6+ Month Contract: $70-$80 per hour
Our client is in search of a Senior Java Engineer for a 6+ month contract. You will lead the development and testing of our systems and services Participate in shaping the technical architecture of the product Help translate product requirements into user stories and technical solutions Deliver highly available and scalable services in a production environment Mentor other engineers, support the technical culture, and help grow the team Generate ideas for new initiatives and technologies Communicate with project leads, product managers and other software developers

• Systems Development: Lead and participate in the development and testing of our systems and services.
• Requirement Translation: Help translate product requirements into user stories and actionable technical solutions.
• Production Delivery: Deliver highly available and scalable services in a production environment.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Communicate effectively with project leads, product managers, and other software developers.

• Education: Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or a related field.
• Experience: 4+ years of programming experience, ideally using a modern stack.
• Backend Expertise: 2+ years of experience with Java or Kotlin.
• Core Stack Knowledge: Familiarity with our environment ( Java/Kotlin, Spring, PostgreSQL, React) running on Kubernetes within a service-oriented architecture (100+ services).
• Database Proficiency: A solid understanding of relational databases and ORMs.
• Architecture: Experience working on SOA or microservice-based applications.
• Quality Standards: View Unit and Integration tests as first-class citizens in the software development lifecycle.
• Collaborative Workflow: Experience refining designs, performing code reviews, and managing pull requests in a team environment.
• Ownership & Mindset: * A solid sense of responsibility and the ability to drive projects from inception to completion

• Full-Stack Experience: Additional expertise in any of the following areas:
  • Systems: Kafka, Temporal, Docker, POSIX.
  • Databases: Deep PostgreSQL knowledge.
  • Front-End: JavaScript/TypeScript, React.

We champion equality and inclusivity, proudly supporting an Equal Opportunity Employer policy. We welcome applicants regardless of Race, Color, Religion, Sex, Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, National Origin, Age, Genetic Information, Disability, Protected Veteran Status, or any other status protected by law.

Sr. Data Engineer (Hybrid)

Chicago, IL

The American Medical Association (AMA) is the nation's largest professional Association of physicians and a non-profit organization. We are a unifying voice and powerful ally for America's physicians, the patients they care for, and the promise of a healthier nation. To be part of the AMA is to be part of our Mission to promote the art and science of medicine and the betterment of public health.

At AMA, our mission to improve the health of the nation starts with our people. We foster an inclusive, people-first culture where every employee is empowered to perform at their best. Together, we advance meaningful change in health care and the communities we serve.

We encourage and support professional development for our employees, and we are dedicated to social responsibility. We invite you to learn more about us and we look forward to getting to know you.

We have an opportunity at our corporate offices in Chicago for a Sr. Data Engineer (Hybrid) on our Information Technology team. This is a hybrid position reporting into our Chicago, IL office, requiring 3 days a week in the office.

As a Sr. Data Engineer, you will play a key role in implementing
and maintaining AMA's enterprise data platform to support analytics,
interoperability, and responsible AI adoption. This role partners closely with
platform engineering, data governance, data science, IT security, and business
stakeholders to deliver highquality, reliable, and secure data products. This
role contributes to AMA's modern lakehouse architecture, optimizing data
operations, and embedding governance and quality standards into engineering
workflows. This role serves as a
senior technical contributor within the team-providing mentorship to junior
engineers and implementing engineering best practices within the data platform function,
in alignment with architectural direction set by leadership.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Data Engineering & AI Enablement

• Build and maintain scalable data pipelines and
  ETL/ELT workflows supporting analytics, operational reporting, and AI/ML use
  cases.
• Implement best practice patterns for ingestion,
  transformation, modeling, and orchestration within a modern lakehouse
  environment (e.g., Databricks, Delta Lake, Azure Data Lake).
• Develop highperformance
  data models and curated datasets with strong attention to quality, usability,
  and interoperability; create reusable engineering components and automation.
• Collaborate with the Architecture Team, the Data
  Platform Lead, and federated IT teams to optimize storage, compute, and
  architectural patterns for performance and costefficiency.
• Build model-ready data sets and feature
  pipelines to support AI/ ML use cases; serve as a technical coordination point
  supporting business units' AI-related infrastructure needs.
• Collaborate with data scientists and AI Working
  Group to operationalize models responsibly and maintain ongoing monitoring
  signals.

Governance, Quality & Compliance

• Embed data governance, metadata standards,
  lineage tracking, and quality controls directly into engineering workflows;
  ensure technical implementation and alignment within engineering workflows.
• Work with the Data Governance Lead and business
  stakeholders to operationalize stewardship, classification, validation,
  retention, and access standards.
• Implement privacybydesign and securitybydesign
  principles, ensuring compliance with internal policies and regulatory
  obligations.
• Maintain documentation for pipelines, datasets,
  and transformations to support transparency and audit requirements.

Platform Reliability, Observability & Optimization

• Monitor and troubleshoot pipeline failures,
  performance bottlenecks, data anomalies, and platformlevel issues.
• Implement observability tooling, alerts,
  logging, and dashboards to ensure endtoend reliability.
• Support cost governance by optimizing compute
  resources, refining job schedules, and advising on efficient architecture.
• Collaborate with the Data Platform Lead on
  scaling, configuration management, CI/CD pipelines, and environment management.
• Collaborate with business units to understand
  data needs, translate them into engineering requirements, and deliver
  fit-for-purpose data solutions; share and apply best practices and emerging
  technologies within assigned initiatives.
• Work with IT Security and Legal/ Compliance to
  ensure platform and datasets meet risk and regulatory standards.
  

Staff Management

• Lead, mentor, and provide management oversight
  for staff.
• Responsible for setting objectives, evaluating
  employee performance, and fostering a collaborative team environment.
• Responsible for developing staff knowledge and
  skills to support career development.

May include other responsibilities as assigned

REQUIREMENTS:

1. Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or related field preferred or equivalent work experience and HS diploma/equivalent education required.
2. 5+ years of experience in data engineering within cloud environments
3. Experience in people management preferred.
4. Demonstrated hands-on experience with modern data platforms (Databricks preferred).
5. Proficiency in Python, SQL, and data
   transformation frameworks.
6. Experience designing and operationalizing
   ETL/ELT pipelines, orchestration workflows (Airflow, Databricks Workflows), and
   CI/CD processes.
7. Solid understanding of data modeling,
   structured/unstructured data patterns, and schema design.
8. Experience implementing governance and quality
   controls: metadata, lineage, validation, stewardship workflows.
9. Working knowledge of cloud architecture, IAM,
   networking, and security best practices.
10. Demonstrated ability to collaborate across
    technical and business teams.
11. Exposure to AI/ML engineering concepts, feature
    stores, model monitoring, or MLOps patterns.
12. Experience with infrastructureascode
    (Terraform, CloudFormation) or DevOps tooling.

The American Medical Association is located at 330 N. Wabash Avenue, Chicago, IL 60611 and is convenient to all public transportation in Chicago.

This role is an exempt position, and the salary range for this position is $115,523.42-$150,972.44. This is the lowest to highest salary we believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting. An employee's pay within the salary range will be determined by a variety of factors including but not limited to business consideration and geographical location, as well as candidate qualifications, such as skills, education, and experience. Employees are also eligible to participate in an incentive plan. To learn more about the American Medical Association's benefits offerings, please click here.

We are an equal opportunity employer, committed to diversity in our workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment. As an EOE/AA employer, the American Medical Association will not discriminate in its employment practices due to an applicant's race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity and veteran or disability status.

THE AMA IS COMMITTED TO IMPROVING THE HEALTH OF THE NATION