Senior Data Engineer II - Electronic Health Records (EHR)

About Formation Bio

Formation Bio is a tech and AI driven pharma company differentiated by radically more efficient drug development.

Advancements in AI and drug discovery are creating more candidate drugs than the industry can progress because of the high cost and time of clinical trials. Recognizing that this development bottleneck may ultimately limit the number of new medicines that can reach patients, Formation Bio, founded in 2016 as TrialSpark Inc., has built technology platforms, processes, and capabilities to accelerate all aspects of drug development and clinical trials. Formation Bio partners, acquires, or in-licenses drugs from pharma companies, research organizations, and biotechs to develop programs past clinical proof of concept and beyond, ultimately helping to bring new medicines to patients. The company is backed by investors across pharma and tech, including a16z, Sequoia, Sanofi, Thrive Capital, Sam Altman, John Doerr, Spark Capital, SV Angel Growth, and others.

You can read more at the following links :

• Our Vision for AI in Pharma
• Our Current Drug Portfolio
• Our Technology & Platform

At Formation Bio, our values are the driving force behind our mission to revolutionize the pharma industry. Every team and individual at the company shares these same values, and every team and individual plays a key part in our mission to bring new treatments to patients faster and more efficiently.

About the Position

We’re looking for a Senior Data Engineer to join the Data Platform team at Formation Bio to help transform Electronic Health Records (EHR) data into structured, analytics-ready assets. In this role, you’ll be partnering closely with our Data Science team to model, transform, and refine data for operational and scientific use cases.

This position sits at the intersection of healthcare data engineering, modern data platform infrastructure, and generative AI. While your initial focus will be on building high-quality EHR models for  Formation Bio platform, you’ll also contribute to our broader data architecture by leveraging tools like Snowflake, Dagster, and dbt to enable scalable, governed, and high-reliability pipelines.

The ideal candidate combines deep data engineering experience with both GenAI fluency (e.g., LLM-based entity extraction, summarization, classification) and strong technical expertise with modern data tooling. You’ll play a key role in shaping how healthcare data becomes discoverable, structured, and impactful across the organization.

Responsibilities

About You

Formation Bio is prioritizing hiring in key hubs, primarily the New York City and Boston metro areas, with additional growth in the Research Triangle (NC) and San Francisco Bay Area. Please only apply if you reside in these locations or are willing to relocate.

Compensation :

The target salary range for this role is : $230,000 - $280,000.

Salary ranges are informed by a number of factors including geographic location. The range provided includes base salary only. In addition to base salary, we offer equity, comprehensive benefits, generous perks, hybrid flexibility, and more. If this range doesn't match your expectations, please still apply because we may have something else for you.

You will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.

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