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1 in 4 people in the US have a treatable mental health condition, but most providers don't accept insurance, making therapy too expensive for most people. Headway’s mission is to fix this by building a new mental healthcare system everyone can access. We started by solving the biggest barrier to care: insurance. The admin work - credentialing, claims, payment reconciliation - is a nightmare. We've automated that. But we're going further. Over 75,000 providers across all 50 states run their practice on our software, serving over 1 million patients. We are building the best tools for therapists to run their entire practice, reimagining the experience of finding a therapist, and investing in the platform foundations to enable this at scale. We aren't just a billing layer; we are becoming the platform where care actually happens. We're a Series D company with $325M+ in funding (a16z, Accel, Spark Capital, etc.), looking for exceptional people to help us achieve this mission. We want your time here to be the most meaningful experience of your career. Join us, and help change mental healthcare for the better.
ABOUT THE ROLE
About Data Platform At Headway
Building a new mental healthcare system at Headway is only possible because of the scale and leverage that software and data can provide. The Data Platform team is a group of Data Engineers and Data Infrastructure Engineers who build and own our Snowflake data warehouse, data ingestion tooling, AWS infrastructure, CI/CD, and data developer experience. As we scale, we're looking for a Staff Data Infrastructure Engineer to architect, lead, and evolve the foundational systems that power our entire data organization, including new AI-driven workflows being adopted by non-technical staff. You'll serve as a technical anchor across our Data Analytics & Engineering, Product Engineering, and Machine Learning teams. This is not an analytics role.
WHO YOU ARE
A technical leader who combines deep infrastructure expertise with the organizational instincts to drive alignment across teams. You thrive in ambiguity, operate with a high degree of ownership, and are as comfortable setting technical direction as you are building. You make other engineers better through code, architecture review, documentation, and mentorship.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
10+ years as a Data Platform Engineer, Software/Infrastructure Engineer specializing in data, or Data Engineer in a high-code, high-scale environment
Track record of driving technical strategy and cross-functional alignment, including defining roadmaps for a data platform or infrastructure domain
Deep expertise building full-stack data platforms: data warehousing, ingestion pipelines, orchestration, monitoring and alerting, CI/CD, developer tooling, cloud infrastructure, and third-party integrations
Architectural fluency in warehouse design patterns, performance tuning, cost management, and permissions strategies on MPP analytics databases (Snowflake strongly preferred; Databricks, BigQuery, or Redshift also relevant)
Experience leading technical initiatives end-to-end across multiple teams and codifying engineering standards
Proficiency designing and operating cloud infrastructure at scale (AWS preferred) using infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, Pulumi, AWS CDK)
Strong Python engineering skills; solid SQL foundations; comfort with distributed systems
Experience maintaining and scaling pipeline orchestration infrastructure (Airflow/Astronomer preferred)
* Mentorship track record growing junior and mid-level engineers
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
Agentic Data Engineering (automating data infrastructure tasks, auditing permissions, optimized CI)
APM and observability tooling (DataDog, New Relic) and data quality/observability frameworks
ETL/ELT best practices at scale
Data security and compliance in regulated environments, especially PHI
Greenfield platform development in a high-growth startup
Docker, GitHub Actions, dbt, Spark
* Build vs. buy decision-making and vendor evaluation
YOU'LL LOVE THIS ROLE IF YOU WANT TO
Set technical direction for data infrastructure at a company redefining access to mental healthcare
Serve as a force multiplier, making data engineers, analysts, and ML practitioners more effective through the systems and standards you put in place
Own consequential architectural decisions from whiteboard to production
Build in a fast-paced environment where we ship multiple times per day and measure impact quickly
* Help shape Headway's engineering culture, processes, and documentation with the same rigor we bring to our products
COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS
The expected base pay range for this position is $212,000 - $265,000, based on a variety of factors including qualifications, experience, and geographic location. In addition to base salary, this role may be eligible for an equity grant, depending on the position and level.
We are committed to offering a comprehensive and competitive total rewards package, including robust health and wellness benefits, retirement savings, and meaningful ownership opportunities through equity. Compensation decisions are made holistically, ensuring fairness and alignment with market benchmarks while recognizing individual contributions and potential.
Benefits offered include:
- Equity compensation
- Medical, Dental, and Vision coverage
- HSA / FSA
- 401K
- Work-from-Home Stipend
- Therapy Reimbursement
- 16-week parental leave for eligible employees
- Carrot Fertility annual reimbursement and membership
- 13 paid holidays each year as well as a Holiday Break during the week between December 25th and December 31st
- Flexible PTO
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Training and professional development
We believe a team's strength is in its people, and we cannot achieve this mission without a team that reflects the diversity of this problem – across race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, age, national origin, religion, family status, disability, military status, and experience. Headway is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, Headway will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided with reasonable accommodations. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please inform the recruiter when they contact you to schedule your interview.
Headway participates in E-Verify.
To learn more, click here. A notice to Headway applicants: To protect yourself against phishing and recruitment fraud, please note that Headway only accepts applications through our official careers page. Headway will never refer you to external websites, ask for payment or personal information, or conduct interviews via messaging apps. All official communication will come from a @findheadway.com email address. If you are contacted by someone claiming to be from Headway via an unofficial channel, please do not share any information and report it as spam.
INTRODUCTION
1 in 4 people in the US have a treatable mental health condition, but most providers don't accept insurance, making therapy too expensive for most people. Headway’s mission is to fix this by building a new mental healthcare system everyone can access. We started by solving the biggest barrier to care: insurance. The admin work - credentialing, claims, payment reconciliation - is a nightmare. We've automated that. But we're going further. Over 75,000 providers across all 50 states run their practice on our software, serving over 1 million patients. We are building the best tools for therapists to run their entire practice, reimagining the experience of finding a therapist, and investing in the platform foundations to enable this at scale. We aren't just a billing layer; we are becoming the platform where care actually happens. We're a Series D company with $325M+ in funding (a16z, Accel, Spark Capital, etc.), looking for exceptional people to help us achieve this mission. We want your time here to be the most meaningful experience of your career. Join us, and help change mental healthcare for the better.
ABOUT THE ROLE
About Data Platform At Headway
Building a new mental healthcare system at Headway is only possible because of the scale and leverage that software and data can provide. The Data Platform team is a group of Data Engineers and Data Infrastructure Engineers who build and own our Snowflake data warehouse, data ingestion tooling, AWS infrastructure, CI/CD, and data developer experience. As we scale, we're looking for a Staff Data Infrastructure Engineer to architect, lead, and evolve the foundational systems that power our entire data organization, including new AI-driven workflows being adopted by non-technical staff. You'll serve as a technical anchor across our Data Analytics & Engineering, Product Engineering, and Machine Learning teams. This is not an analytics role.
WHO YOU ARE
A technical leader who combines deep infrastructure expertise with the organizational instincts to drive alignment across teams. You thrive in ambiguity, operate with a high degree of ownership, and are as comfortable setting technical direction as you are building. You make other engineers better through code, architecture review, documentation, and mentorship.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
10+ years as a Data Platform Engineer, Software/Infrastructure Engineer specializing in data, or Data Engineer in a high-code, high-scale environment
Track record of driving technical strategy and cross-functional alignment, including defining roadmaps for a data platform or infrastructure domain
Deep expertise building full-stack data platforms: data warehousing, ingestion pipelines, orchestration, monitoring and alerting, CI/CD, developer tooling, cloud infrastructure, and third-party integrations
Architectural fluency in warehouse design patterns, performance tuning, cost management, and permissions strategies on MPP analytics databases (Snowflake strongly preferred; Databricks, BigQuery, or Redshift also relevant)
Experience leading technical initiatives end-to-end across multiple teams and codifying engineering standards
Proficiency designing and operating cloud infrastructure at scale (AWS preferred) using infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, Pulumi, AWS CDK)
Strong Python engineering skills; solid SQL foundations; comfort with distributed systems
Experience maintaining and scaling pipeline orchestration infrastructure (Airflow/Astronomer preferred)
* Mentorship track record growing junior and mid-level engineers
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
Agentic Data Engineering (automating data infrastructure tasks, auditing permissions, optimized CI)
APM and observability tooling (DataDog, New Relic) and data quality/observability frameworks
ETL/ELT best practices at scale
Data security and compliance in regulated environments, especially PHI
Greenfield platform development in a high-growth startup
Docker, GitHub Actions, dbt, Spark
* Build vs. buy decision-making and vendor evaluation
YOU'LL LOVE THIS ROLE IF YOU WANT TO
Set technical direction for data infrastructure at a company redefining access to mental healthcare
Serve as a force multiplier, making data engineers, analysts, and ML practitioners more effective through the systems and standards you put in place
Own consequential architectural decisions from whiteboard to production
Build in a fast-paced environment where we ship multiple times per day and measure impact quickly
* Help shape Headway's engineering culture, processes, and documentation with the same rigor we bring to our products
COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS
The expected base pay range for this position is $212,000 - $265,000, based on a variety of factors including qualifications, experience, and geographic location. In addition to base salary, this role may be eligible for an equity grant, depending on the position and level.
We are committed to offering a comprehensive and competitive total rewards package, including robust health and wellness benefits, retirement savings, and meaningful ownership opportunities through equity. Compensation decisions are made holistically, ensuring fairness and alignment with market benchmarks while recognizing individual contributions and potential.
Benefits offered include:
- Equity compensation
- Medical, Dental, and Vision coverage
- HSA / FSA
- 401K
- Work-from-Home Stipend
- Therapy Reimbursement
- 16-week parental leave for eligible employees
- Carrot Fertility annual reimbursement and membership
- 13 paid holidays each year as well as a Holiday Break during the week between December 25th and December 31st
- Flexible PTO
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Training and professional development
We believe a team's strength is in its people, and we cannot achieve this mission without a team that reflects the diversity of this problem – across race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, age, national origin, religion, family status, disability, military status, and experience. Headway is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, Headway will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided with reasonable accommodations. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please inform the recruiter when they contact you to schedule your interview.
Headway participates in E-Verify.
To learn more, click here. A notice to Headway applicants: To protect yourself against phishing and recruitment fraud, please note that Headway only accepts applications through our official careers page. Headway will never refer you to external websites, ask for payment or personal information, or conduct interviews via messaging apps. All official communication will come from a @findheadway.com email address. If you are contacted by someone claiming to be from Headway via an unofficial channel, please do not share any information and report it as spam.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding H-1B Visa Sponsorship as a Data Infrastructure Engineer
Match your resume to LCA job titles
DOL LCA filings use specific job titles that may differ from how you describe your work. Align your resume to titles like Data Infrastructure Engineer or Data Platform Engineer to surface in employer H-1B searches and pass specialty occupation review.
Use OFLC Wage Search before negotiating
Pull the prevailing wage for your target SOC code and metro area using the OFLC Wage Search before any offer conversation. Your H-1B petition requires your salary to meet or exceed this figure, so knowing it upfront prevents offer-stage complications.
Filter employers by active LCA filing history
Search Migrate Mate to identify companies with verified LCA filings for data infrastructure roles. This filters out employers who express sponsorship willingness but have no documented filing history, saving you weeks in the interview process.
Verify your role qualifies as specialty occupation
USCIS requires that your position normally requires a bachelor's degree or higher in a directly related field. Review the O*NET profile for your SOC code before accepting an offer to confirm the job zone and education requirements support a specialty occupation determination.
Time your job search around the H-1B cap cycle
H-1B cap-subject petitions must be filed by April 1 for an October 1 start. If you're on OPT, target offers by January so your employer has time to prepare the petition, complete the LCA, and file before the registration window closes in March.
Confirm E-Verify enrollment for STEM OPT bridges
If you're bridging to H-1B on a STEM OPT extension, your employer must be enrolled in E-Verify as a condition of that authorization. Ask HR to confirm enrollment status before your OPT expires, not after an offer is signed.
H-1B Visa Data Infrastructure Engineer: Frequently Asked Questions
Do Data Infrastructure Engineer roles qualify as a specialty occupation for H-1B purposes?
Yes, in most cases. USCIS looks for roles that normally require at least a bachelor's degree in a directly related field such as computer science, information systems, or engineering. Data infrastructure roles typically meet this threshold because the work involves systems architecture and distributed computing that presupposes specialized academic training. Check the O*NET profile for your specific SOC code to confirm the job zone classification before your employer files.
Which industries sponsor H-1B visas most often for data infrastructure roles?
Technology companies, financial services firms, and large e-commerce platforms file the highest volume of H-1B LCAs for data infrastructure positions. Cloud infrastructure providers and data-intensive startups also sponsor regularly. You can browse employers with verified LCA filing history for these roles directly on Migrate Mate, which surfaces DOL disclosure data so you can target companies with a demonstrated sponsorship track record.
Can I switch employers mid-H-1B if I get a better data infrastructure offer?
Yes, H-1B portability under AC21 lets you change employers once your petition has been pending for 180 days or has been approved, as long as the new role is in the same or a similar occupational classification. Your new employer must file an H-1B transfer petition before your current status expires. Data infrastructure roles generally port cleanly as long as the new job duties remain within the same SOC code family.
What does the H-1B employer filing process look like for a data infrastructure role?
Your employer first files a Labor Condition Application with DOL certifying that your wage meets the prevailing rate for your SOC code and work location. Once the LCA is certified, typically within seven business days, they file Form I-129 with USCIS. For cap-subject petitions, the employer must also complete the online H-1B registration in March before filing. Premium processing is available if you need a decision within 15 business days.
How specific should my job title be on an H-1B petition for a data infrastructure role?
The job title on the LCA and I-129 should reflect what you actually do, not an aspirational or simplified label. Titles like Data Infrastructure Engineer, Data Platform Engineer, or Site Reliability Engineer can all support a specialty occupation finding, but the duties described must match the title. Vague titles paired with broad duty descriptions invite Requests for Evidence from USCIS, so precision in both the title and the job description matters.