About the job
About Octave:
Octave is transforming behavioral health care by establishing a new standard that promotes both high-quality service and accessibility. With a network of in-person and virtual clinics across multiple states, we provide evidence-based therapy for individuals, couples, and families. Our innovative partnerships with insurance providers aim to enhance affordability, ensuring that everyone can access the care they need. We are passionate about redefining care delivery and supporting our healthcare providers, ultimately building a sustainable system centered on equity, affordability, and effectiveness.
About the Role:
We are seeking a talented Senior Data Engineer with robust experience in building data platforms to advance our modern data architecture and lay the groundwork for our evolving AI and machine learning capabilities. This pivotal role merges data engineering with platform architecture and machine learning support, aiming to implement high-quality, scalable, and ethical AI applications. Collaborating closely with data scientists, analysts, and product managers, you will ensure our platform delivers reliable data pipelines, scalable analytics, and production-ready machine learning systems. You will also establish new architectural standards and best practices for fellow engineers. The ideal candidate possesses a systems-thinking mindset and enjoys hands-on building in fast-paced environments, with a fervor for creating dependable data infrastructure that accelerates the efforts of peers and partner teams.
Key Responsibilities:
- Design, build, and sustain scalable systems for data ingestion, transformation, and storage, emphasizing testing and observability.
- Deploy frameworks, tools, and automation to enhance development velocity while maintaining safety.
- Develop comprehensive AI/ML workflows, covering source ingestion, preparation, training, tuning, experimentation, productionization, and integration with downstream systems (EHR modules, micro-services, dashboards).
- Facilitate iterative model development and monitor production operations, focusing on accuracy, drift, bias, fairness, and reproducibility.
- Promote a culture of continuous improvement and knowledge sharing through mentoring fellow engineers.

