Software Engineer Team Lead, Data Science

Job Description

Job Description

At KLAS, our mission is to improve healthcare by amplifying truth through collaboration, insights, and transparency.

The Software Engineering Team Lead guides a small team building software for data science and AI products. This is a hands-on role combining team development and technical leadership with daily coding, design, and code reviews. You’ll partner with data scientists, product owners, engineers, and business teams to deliver reliable applications and data workflows.

What You’ll Do

• Coach and develop the team, plan workloads, and support career growth.
• Guide projects from requirements and design through development, testing, deployment, and maintenance.
• Set engineering standards for code quality, security, testing, documentation, and production support.
• Contribute directly through coding, technical design, code reviews, and problem solving.
• Build and support applications, APIs, data workflows, and AI or machine learning services using Python, R, SQL, and related tools.
• Partner across teams to integrate data, models, and AI services into reliable products.
• Guide responsible use of AI coding assistants and agentic workflows, including Codex.
• Support production monitoring and improvement, along with dashboards and reporting in Tableau or other BI tools.

What You’ll Bring

• 5+ years leading or managing small software teams while staying hands-on in development.
• Strong experience with Python, R, SQL, APIs, and the software development lifecycle.
• Experience building or supporting AI/ML products, NLP solutions, or data applications.
• Experience with BI tools such as Tableau, Power BI, or Looker.
• Ability to set engineering standards, review code, and collaborate across technical and business teams.
• A degree in computer science, software engineering, data science, or a related field, or equivalent experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience deploying AI/ML services, R/Shiny applications, or NLP solutions in production.
• Familiarity with LLMs, retrieval-augmented generation, AI agents, cloud platforms, CI/CD, application monitoring, and responsible AI practices.

The salary range for this role starts at $150,000 per year . Final compensation will be determined according to the candidate’s relevant experience, skills, and qualifications. We offer exceptional benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, HSA with company match, 401K with company match, PTO, and more. 

All employees undergo a comprehensive internal education program to gain knowledge of the healthcare information technology industry and KLAS' methodology. Learn more about us at 

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Why Join KLAS Research?
At KLAS, we are committed to fostering a supportive and inclusive work environment where every team member can excel. Our culture emphasizes collaboration and continuous learning with a dedication to enhancing global healthcare. Here’s what you can expect:

• Welcoming and Supportive Team: From day one, you'll be valued and supported in your professional development.
• Investment in New Hires: We invest in our new hires through an internal education program designed to get you up to speed with KLAS and Health Information Technology (HIT).
• Career Development: Regular one-on-one meetings, quarterly conversations, and mentoring opportunities to support your growth.
• Hybrid Schedule: Our hybrid work policy allows team members to work both remotely and in the office. This flexible approach provides team members with a balance between in-person collaboration and remote work autonomy. Hybrid work is defined as three (3) full days expected in-office, Monday - Wednesday.
• Enjoyable Work Environment: We strive to make work enjoyable with quarterly team activities, monthly office events such as chili cook-offs and costume contests, catered lunch once a month, snack room, and more.
• Inclusive Culture: We are committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone feels valued and respected. Our employee resource groups, sponsored by our executives, provide additional support and community for our team members.
• Core Values:  Our core values of integrity, passion, accountability, trust, and humility guide everything we do. We believe in upholding these values to create a positive and productive workplace.

KLAS’ mission is to improve the world's healthcare by amplifying the voice of providers and payers. We can only fully live up to that mission when we prioritize inclusion, equity, and diversity. As a company and individuals, we commit to building an atmosphere where we can all thrive and belong—across race and ethnicity, gender identity and expression, sexuality, age, ability, religion, and experience.

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