ABOUT US

At COTA, our vision is for data-driven cancer care to become the standard across healthcare. We believe that everyone touched by cancer deserves a clear path to care. Together, we can make that vision a reality. 

We’re searching for smart, motivated people who share our passion for bringing clarity to cancer. Connect with us, introduce yourself, and apply to one of our current openings.

PERKS

Working at COTA comes with many perks! At COTA, we are committed to workplace wellness and employee happiness. Some of the benefits for working full time at COTA include:

• Medical / dental / vision benefits
• 401k Match / retirement
• Monthly commuter benefits
• Annual bonus
• Stock option grants
• Half-day Fridays 
• Quarterly COTA Wellness days  
• Unlimited paid time off
• Paid sick time - 40 hrs/year
• 11 paid holidays per year
• Paid Parental leave
• Company team building events
• Educational lunch & learns
• Cause-driven employees
• Fun and productive culture
• Employee-led Diversity & Inclusion committee
• Healthy snacks
• Gourmet coffee and cold brew

LOCATION: Remote

OVERVIEW

The data products that power COTA’s mission to bring clarity to cancer are built cross-functionally by the Product, Engineering, Medical, and Operations teams. A Lead Interface Engineer works with these teams as well as external parties to ensure our efforts are aligned and focused on achieving the right solution.
This role is responsible for leading an engineering team to develop and maintain data pipelines. These pipelines support COTA’s business objectives by capturing data, processing it efficiently, and integrating it appropriately into COTA’s overall data warehouse. Judicious design and intelligent implementation of these components are crucial to our business success. And as the primary driver of such work, so too is the Lead Interface Engineer.

WHAT WILL YOU GAIN

• Extensive knowledge of implementing and executing data ingestion services
• Experience managing priorities and driving Agile ceremonies
• Exposure to leading a team of talented engineers, while implementing and fostering a positive culture
• Experience interacting with clients and external stakeholders to facilitate data requests and transmissions
• An ability to investigate and resolve production issues

WHAT TO EXPECT IN YOUR FIRST YEAR AT COTA:

In thirty days, you will:

• Understand the function of our DAI (Data Acquisition and Intake) team and the projects it’s responsible for
• Begin to make direct contributions to the DAI code base
• Get to know the DAI team members and their strengths and weaknesses

In three months, you will:

• Start to build relationships with external partners
• Begin to understand company priorities, and apply them to DAI team priorities
• Make significant contributions to the DAI codebase
• Begin to delegate team tasks and responsibilities
• Be performing deep data analysis and discovery

In six months, you will:

• Making complex contributions to the DAI codebase autonomously
• Working with product to define team priorities
• Triaging, debugging, and repairing production issues
• Mentoring the DAI engineers

In one year, you will:

• An autonomous leader of the DAI team
• Helping set the strategic direction of COTA engineering
• Collaborating with other engineering leaders to improve our products and architecture
• Working with product to define and scope new products

WHAT YOU BRING TO THE TABLE

Hard Skills

• A bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related major, or equivalent work experience
• Ability to write well-documented, reusable, and testable code
• Professional Experience with Mirth (NextGen) or similar ETL services and data pipelines
• Experience with Cloud integration with AWS and/or GCP
• 3+ years of experience in working with data pipelines, data storage, and software services 
• 3+ years experience working with SQL and relational databases
• 3+ years experience working with a backend programming language like Python, Java, Scala, etc.
• Understanding of data intake, mapping, normalization, and storage
• Proficiency in distributed version control systems such as git

Soft Skills

• Clear and strong written and verbal communication skills
• Preparing and delivering presentations
• Writing documentation (technical and non-technical)
• Service orientation toward customers (both internal and external)
• Ability to collaborate with peers and other senior / principal engineers. Ability to solve technical and business problems collaboratively
• Provide opportunities for people to learn to work together as a team. Recognize and promote behaviors that contribute to teamwork
• Ability to communicate effectively on requirements and set expectations accordingly
• Effective time management based on business priorities

Salary: $140-150K

At COTA, we are passionate about creating an inclusive workplace that celebrates and values diversity with the belief that it drives our innovation. Our commitment to diversity and inclusion is a guiding principle on how we build teams and develop leaders. As part of our commitment to building a respectful culture that encourages, develops and celebrates different backgrounds, experiences, abilities and perspectives all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, culture, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, veteran status or other applicable legally protected characteristics. All employment decisions, including decisions to hire and promote, will be based on merit, competence, business need and performance. 

We are a proud equal opportunity employer.

All employees who work from or enter COTA’s office location or attend company events or meetings in-person must be fully vaccinated unless an exemption applies.

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