Data Engineer – Healthcare Analytics

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Data Engineer involved in building a Contract Performance Analytics platform for healthcare. Focusing on data architecture, pipeline development, and integration of healthcare data.

Responsibilities:

  • Support the design and development of an enterprise Contract Performance Analytics platform for a large healthcare system
  • Focus on data architecture, ELT/ETL pipeline development, and integration of clinical, claims, and operational data into a scalable analytics ecosystem
  • Build a unified data system that enables insights across value-based care contracts (MSSP, Medicare Advantage, Commercial, and Employer Health Plans)
  • Integrate EHR cloud-based data processing and an enterprise data warehouse to support analytics and reporting
  • Design, develop, and maintain robust ETL/ELT pipelines to ingest, transform, and load healthcare data from diverse structured and unstructured sources
  • Develop pipelines to process data from CMS and payer files (CCLF, paid claims, PUG) as well as Epic (Caboodle, Clarity) data models and extracts
  • Build and optimize data models to support analytics, reporting, and operational use cases, including BI and downstream analytics consumption
  • Transform raw data into standardized, analytics-ready canonical data models and curated data marts
  • Build lakehouse/medallion architecture, data ingestion patterns, and orchestration frameworks
  • Implement and maintain CI/CD pipelines for data engineering workflows, including pipelines and scheduled jobs, using version control and automation tools
  • Collaborate with database administrators, analysts, and application teams to integrate data sources, design schemas, and support downstream data consumers
  • Ensure data quality, integrity, and accuracy through validation, monitoring, logging, and alerting
  • Support data migration, integration, and modernization initiatives, including legacy system upgrades, optimization of large-scale ETL pipelines, query performance, and cloud adoption efforts
  • Troubleshoot and resolve issues in development and production environments to maintain stable and reliable data pipelines
  • Document data flows, pipelines, test cases, and technical solutions to support knowledge sharing and compliance requirements
  • Stay current with emerging tools, technologies, and best practices in data engineering and cloud platforms

Requirements:

  • US Citizenship or a Green Card is required
  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Data Analytics, Software Engineering, Information Systems, or related fields
  • A minimum of FIVE (5) years of experience in data engineering, ETL/ELT development, or data platform engineering in a healthcare setting
  • Experience working with healthcare data, including claims, clinical, payer, or population health datasets
  • Experience working with healthcare data interoperability standards (e.g., FHIR, HL7)
  • Proficiency in Python and SQL for data engineering and transformation workloads
  • Hands-on experience designing and building ETL/ELT pipelines and data ingestion frameworks
  • Experience working with modern cloud data platforms or ETL/ELT tools (e.g., Databricks, Azure Data Factory, AWS Glue)
  • Experience working with lakehouse or medallion-style architectures for analytics platforms
  • Strong knowledge of relational database design, data warehouses, and/or data lakes (e.g., star/snowflake schemas)
  • Experience working with relational and/or distributed data systems, including data modeling
  • Experience working in a cloud environment (AWS or Azure) supporting data solutions
  • Experience with CI/CD practices and version control tools (e.g., Git)
  • Experience using monitoring and logging tools to support data pipeline reliability
  • Experience working with PHI and healthcare data privacy/security requirements
  • Ability to work effectively in an Agile development environment
  • Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills, and the ability to communicate technical concepts clearly to clients, engineers, and business stakeholders
  • Ability to work independently in a fast-paced, client-facing environment

Benefits:

  • Medical, Rx, Dental & Vision Insurance
  • Personal and Family Sick Time & Company Paid Holidays
  • Parental Leave and Adoption Assistance
  • 401(k) Retirement Plan
  • Basic Life & Supplemental Life
  • Health Savings Account, Dental/Vision & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
  • Short-Term & Long-Term Disability
  • Student Loan PayDown
  • Tuition Reimbursement, Personal Development & Learning Opportunities
  • Skills Development & Certifications
  • Employee Referral Program
  • Corporate Sponsored Events & Community Outreach
  • Emergency Back-Up Childcare Program
  • Mobility Stipend