Kontakt.io hiring Data Platform Engineer • Remote (Work from Home) | Himalayas
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Data Platform Engineer

Kontakt.io is a leader in Indoor Journey Analytics, optimizing processes and resources using AI, IoT, and RTLS to uncover waste, streamline capacity, and enhance customer and staff experiences across various industries, primarily healthcare and smart buildings.

Kontakt.io

Employee count: 51-200

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Kontakt.io is building the platform that care operations run on. We reduce waste, cut costs, and improve revenue by improving throughout asset utilization and staff productivity. Our platform uses AI, RTLS, and EHR data to enable self-learning agents to automate workflows, adapt in real-time, and orchestrate all of care delivery operations. Easy to deploy and scale, it gives a clear picture of spaces, equipment, and people, eliminating inefficiencies and enhancing the patient experience. With measurable 10X ROI and over 20+ use cases, Kontakt.io is the go-to platform for better and faster care delivery operations.
As a Data Platform Engineer, you will play a crucial role in designing, building, and maintaining scalable, high-performance data infrastructure. You will work with cutting-edge cloud and data technologies to enable real-time analytics, data ingestion, and machine learning applications. Your work will enable AI-powered automation, allowing hospitals and healthcare facilities to improve efficiency, reduce costs, and deliver better, faster care.
If you’re passionate about scalable data systems, AI-driven automation, and transforming care delivery operations, join Kontakt.io and help us redefine the future of healthcare!

Responsibilites

  • Design and build scalable data pipelines (batch streaming) to process RTLS, IoT, and EHR data.
  • Implement real-time event processing architectures using Kafka.
  • Optimize ETL/ELT processes for efficient data ingestion, transformation, and storage.
  • Develop and maintain data lakes and warehouses for analytics and machine learning applications - create scalable data layers—bronze, silver, and gold—that facilitate advanced analytics and machine learning applications.
  • Partner with software engineers and cloud teams to maintain a highly available data platform.
  • Work closely with third-party vendors (e.g., EPIC, Cerner, Meditech) to integrate, standardize, and secure data from EHRs
  • Initiate and participate in architectural decisions to improve scalability, resiliency, and system efficiency.
  • Ensure HIPAA and healthcare compliance standards are met in data storage and transmission.
  • Optimize query performance, indexing, and partitioning for large-scale data processing.
  • Implement role-based access control (RBAC), encryption, and anonymization for sensitive healthcare data.

What You Bring

  • 5+ years of experience as a Data Engineer, Data Platform Engineer, or related role.
  • Proficiency in Python, Scala, or Java for data processing and automation.
  • Hands-on experience with big data frameworks like Apache Spark
  • Experience with streaming and batch processing using Kafka
  • Strong knowledge of cloud platforms (AWS) and their data processing services.
  • Expertise in TimeScale
  • Familiarity with containerization and orchestration tools (Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform)
  • Bonus Skills
  • Previous experience in healthcare, hospital operations, or real-time systems.
  • Experience working with EHR systems (Epic, Cerner, Meditech)

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About Kontakt.io

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We are Kontakt.io, and we're dedicated to transforming how businesses understand and interact with their physical spaces. Since our founding in 2013, we've been at the forefront of indoor location services and Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) beacon technology. Our core mission is to help organizations harness the power of indoor location and sensor data. We believe that by better connecting people, locations, and things, we can unlock meaningful insights, create safer and more productive workplaces, and significantly reduce waste. We empower a wide array of vertical business applications through open standard APIs and AI-driven event streams, enabling enterprises to accelerate their digital transformation journeys.

Our platform is designed to provide inpatient and indoor journey analytics, utilizing a powerful combination of cloud technology, artificial intelligence (AI), and the Internet of Things (IoT), specifically Real-Time Location Systems (RTLS). This allows us to assist businesses in identifying operational inefficiencies, optimizing valuable resources, enhancing workflows, and ultimately fostering a greater sense of recognition and appreciation among both customers and staff. We serve a diverse range of industries, including healthcare, workspaces, transportation and logistics, manufacturing, airports, and public sector organizations. Our solutions are tailored to address over 20 distinct use cases, all managed through a single, unified platform. This comprehensive approach helps build responsive businesses that can anticipate and adapt to evolving operational demands and human needs. We're proud to have served over 32,000 satisfied customers, deploying millions of IoT devices globally. Our commitment is to deliver solutions that are not only technologically advanced but also easy to deploy, use, and scale, ensuring a rapid return on investment and tangible improvements in efficiency and experience.

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Generous PTO

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