[Remote] Junior AI Data Engineer

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Cortica is a rapidly growing healthcare company pioneering effective treatment methods for children with neurodevelopmental differences. They are seeking a Junior AI Data Engineer to contribute to data pipelines and models while learning the craft of data engineering under the guidance of senior engineers.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to well-scoped data engineering tasks within larger projects, following the full engineering lifecycle with guidance
• Use AI coding assistants (Claude Code, Cursor, GitHub Copilot) as part of daily development, verifying, correcting, and testing AI-generated code before committing it
• Follow the team’s context files (CLAUDE.md equivalents) and conventions so AI-assisted work stays consistent with established patterns
• Help build and maintain data pipelines that ingest from AWS, Azure, Salesforce, MuleSoft, and third-party APIs into the AWS Data Lake
• Assist in implementing data models using Kimball methodology, learning dimensional modeling on the job
• Develop simple orchestration steps in Python, run basic data-quality checks, and help investigate data anomalies
• Support Power BI data models and reports and help analytics team members with data questions
• Assist with small automation scripts and internal tooling that connect data pipelines to end users
• Follow data-security and HIPAA practices in all work and document your work clearly so others (and AI agents) can build on it
• Collaborate across IT, finance, clinical operations, and data science
• Travel to local Cortica centers may be required from time to time

Skills

• You hold a bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field (or equivalent practical experience)
• You have 0—2 years of experience; have built or contributed to at least 1—2 end-to-end data pipelines (coursework, internship, bootcamp, or personal projects) that ingest, transform, and load data from a source into a destination
• You're familiar with using AI coding assistants (Claude Code, Cursor, GitHub Copilot), or have a strong eagerness to adopt AI-first development workflows
• You bring 6+ months of hands-on experience or coursework-equivalent Python; able to write scripts that read, clean, and transform data (e.g., using pandas)
• You have demonstrated an ability to write intermediate SQL — joins across multiple tables, aggregations (GROUP BY), filtering, and basic subqueries
• You've had exposure to at least one cloud platform (AWS or Azure)
• You've successfully built at least one dashboard or report in Power BI, Tableau, or a similar tool (academic or personal projects count)
• You've demonstrated an ability to document technical work clearly and explain it to non-technical audiences; you have experience collaborating across at least 2 teams or functions (e.g., a cross-functional class project, internship, or club)
• A foundational certification such as AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner or Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900) is a plus

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• A 401(k) plan with company matching and rapid vesting
• Paid holidays and wellness days
• Life insurance
• Disability insurance options
• Tuition reimbursements for professional development and continuing education
• Referral bonuses

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