Senior PHP Data Engineer - AI Automation - Remote Eligible

Senior PHP Data Engineer - AI & Automation

You'll be one of the founding members of PaceMate's brand-new AI & Automation development team. This isn't just a development role—you'll be a key architect and partner in shaping the technical direction of our data services platform.

As our Senior PHP Data Engineer, you'll design and build the data extraction and processing services that power our platform. You'll work across web scraping, PDF processing, HL7 data feeds, and other healthcare data sources to create robust, scalable data pipelines. You'll also help build internal data tools that enable our product team to make better decisions.

This is a high-impact role where your architectural decisions will influence how we leverage data and AI across the organization.

What Makes This Role Different

You're not just implementing features—you're architecting the future of our data services. Your technical decisions will shape how we extract, process, and utilize data across PaceMate. You'll have significant influence on technology choices, architecture patterns, and team direction.

We integrate AI tools throughout our development lifecycle. You'll use Claude CLI, agentic development frameworks, and modern AI-powered coding tools to move faster and solve harder problems. We expect you to leverage these tools as a core part of your workflow, not as an afterthought.

You'll tackle interesting technical problems:

• HL7 data processing and healthcare data standards
• PDF extraction with complex layouts and medical terminology
• Data pipeline architecture that handles diverse source types
• Performance optimization for large-scale data extraction

Every data service you build directly affects patient care and clinical outcomes. You'll see the real-world impact of your work in cardiac monitoring and patient health.

What You'll Do

Build Data Extraction Services (60%)

• Design and implement PHP services to extract data from web sources, PDFs, and HL7 feeds
• Develop PDF parsing solutions that accurately extract structured data from complex medical documents
• Process and normalize HL7 healthcare data feeds into usable formats
• Create scalable data pipelines that handle high-volume extraction workloads
• Implement error handling, retry logic, and monitoring for production data services

Architect Data Services Platform (20%)

• Design the architecture for our data extraction and processing infrastructure
• Make technology and framework decisions that will scale with the team
• Establish patterns and best practices for data service development
• Evaluate and integrate new tools and technologies
• Document architectural decisions and technical standards
• Partner with leadership on roadmap and technical strategy

Build Internal Data Tools (15%)

• Develop internal tools that enable data-driven decision making
• Create data processing and analysis capabilities
• Build APIs and services that power internal applications
• Support product team needs with custom data solutions

Team Collaboration & Growth (5%)

• Collaborate with the Data Quality Automation Engineer on validation strategies
• Share knowledge about data extraction patterns and architecture decisions
• Help shape team culture and development practices
• Mentor future team members as the team grows