Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Abacus Insights is transforming healthcare data for health plans by creating trusted, connected data foundations that support better care and cost decisions. The Associate Data QA Engineer will develop foundational skills in data engineering, data quality, and SQL while validating client data outputs, building extract scripts, supporting implementations, and contributing to process improvements.
Responsibilities
- Partner with clients and implementation teams to understand data distribution needs and expected outputs
- Perform data analysis, data mapping, and validation of client deliverables
- Build and maintain data extract scripts with guidance from senior engineers; troubleshoot and improve performance
- Join client and internal team meetings to understand requirements, context, and timelines
- Contribute to process improvements, documentation, and workflow efficiency within a collaborative engineering culture
Skills
- We welcome applications from new graduates, including candidates currently authorized to work in the United States under F-1 Optional Practical Training (OPT)
- Candidates must be authorized to work in the United States at the time of hire
- **Location: Pacific Time Zone preferred. Candidates outside PST must be able to work core hours aligned to Pacific Time.**
- * Interest in healthcare data and curiosity about how data moves through pipelines and platforms
- * Ability to write SQL queries for analysis, profiling, validation, and basic performance tuning
- * Analytical, problem-solving mindset and willingness to learn new tools/approaches
- * Clear communication skills with both technical and non-technical stakeholders
- * Strong organization skills and comfort juggling multiple tasks/priorities
- * Exposure to cloud platforms and modern data engineering tooling (e.g., PySpark/Databricks concepts)
- * Familiarity with Snowflake or cloud data warehouses/services
- * Prior internship/project experience working with large datasets, ETL/ELT, or data quality testing concepts
Benefits
- Unlimited paid time off: recharge when you need it.
- Work from anywhere: flexibility to fit your life.
- Comprehensive health coverage: multiple plan options to choose from.
- Equity for every employee: share in our success.
- Growth-focused environment: your development matters here.
- Home office setup allowance: one-time support to get you started.
- Monthly cell phone allowance: stay connected with ease.
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