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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