About the Company The company is a rapidly growing healthcare technology organization focused on large-scale healthcare analytics initiatives. Its work involves modern cloud-based data platforms and data engineering solutions that support healthcare programs and outcomes.
About the Role The company is seeking a Lead Data Engineer to drive the development and modernization of its cloud-based data platform. This is a senior technical leadership position for someone with extensive data engineering experience and a strong understanding of healthcare data.
You will lead complex engineering initiatives, influence architecture and technical strategy, mentor a small team of engineers, and build scalable data solutions. The role also involves improving data quality, optimizing platform performance, and working with business and technical stakeholders to address complex data challenges.
Key Responsibilities
•Design and build scalable ELT pipelines, data models, and cloud-based data solutions for complex healthcare datasets.
•Lead data platform architecture and modernization initiatives, with a focus on scalability, performance, and reliability.
•Develop and improve data quality processes using automated validation, data profiling, monitoring, and observability frameworks.
•Provide technical leadership and mentorship to a small team of data engineers.
•Establish and promote best practices across data engineering.
•Collaborate with business and technical stakeholders to solve complex data challenges and deliver effective solutions.
•Influence architecture decisions and guide the technical direction of data engineering initiatives.
•Identify opportunities to use AI and emerging technologies to improve data engineering processes.
Required Qualifications
•10+ years of experience in data engineering.
•Strong hands-on expertise in SQL and Python.
•Experience building and managing large-scale ELT/ETL pipelines.
•Expertise with modern data orchestration tools such as Airflow, Astronomer, Dagster, dbt, or similar platforms.
•Experience leading architecture decisions, setting technical direction, and providing leadership to engineering teams.
•Required experience working with healthcare data, including claims data, patient data, member data, provider data, and healthcare analytics platforms.
•Experience working in cloud-based and modern data environments.
•Must be a U.S. citizen or Green Card holder.
Preferred Qualifications / Requirements The original job listing does not specify any additional preferred qualifications. Experience with the listed orchestration tools and healthcare data domains is part of the stated requirements.
Salary & Benefits
•Base salary of up to $200,000.
•Comprehensive benefits.
•Fully remote work from anywhere in the United States.
•Opportunity to influence architecture and technical strategy in a leadership-level role.
•Opportunity to work with AI and emerging technologies to improve data engineering processes.
Location & Work Arrangement
•Work arrangement: 100% remote.
•Location: United States.
•Eligibility: U.S. citizens and Green Card holders only.