As a Senior Data Engineer, you will design and maintain data pipelines and models, ensuring data quality and performance while collaborating with analytics teams and adhering to healthcare regulations.
Hi, we’re Gravie. Our mission is to improve the way people purchase and access healthcare through innovative, consumer-centric health benefit solutions that people can actually use. Our industry-changing products and services are developed and delivered by a diverse group of unique people. We encourage you to be your authentic self - we like you that way.
A Little More About The role:
We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Senior Data Engineer to join our growing data team within the healthcare insurer industry. In this critical role, you will be instrumental in designing, building, and maintaining robust and scalable data pipelines, data models, and data solutions that power our analytics, reporting, and operational systems. You will leverage your expertise in data engineering best practices, cloud technologies (AWS), orchestration tools (Airflow), and visualization platforms (Tableau) to deliver high-quality, reliable, and performant data assets. Your deep understanding of healthcare data and the insurance landscape will be key to your success.
You will:
· Lead the design and implementation of efficient, scalable, and well-documented data models (dimensional, relational, and potentially NoSQL) for various analytical and reporting needs within a healthcare insurance context.
· Develop, optimize, and maintain complex data pipelines using various tools and technologies, ensuring data quality, integrity, and timely delivery.
· Implement and enforce data governance best practices, including data lineage, metadata management, data quality checks, and data security protocols specific to healthcare regulations (e.g., HIPAA).
· Design, build, and optimize data solutions within the AWS ecosystem (e.g., S3, Redshift, Glue, EMR, Athena, Lambda, Kinesis), ensuring cost-effectiveness and performance.
· Develop, manage, and monitor data workflows using Apache Airflow to automate data ingestion, transformation, and loading processes.
· Collaborate closely with data analysts, business intelligence developers, and business stakeholders to understand reporting and analytical requirements and provide robust data foundations.
· Identify and resolve data performance bottlenecks, ensuring efficient query execution and data retrieval for various use cases.
· Promote and enforce best practices in data engineering, including version control, testing, documentation, and code reviews.
· Troubleshoot complex data-related issues, identify root causes, and implement sustainable solutions.
You bring:
· Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Data Engineering, Information Systems, or a related quantitative field.
· 5+ years of progressive experience as a Data Engineer, with a strong focus on data modeling, data pipeline development, and data management.
· Minimum 2+ years of experience working specifically within the healthcare insurer industry, with a solid understanding of claims data, enrollment data, provider data, clinical data, and related healthcare datasets.
· Proficiency in designing and implementing data models (e.g., star schemas, snowflake schemas, 3NF).
· Extensive experience with AWS data services (e.g., S3, Redshift, Glue, EMR, Athena, Lambda, Kinesis, Lake Formation).
· Strong experience with Apache Airflow for workflow orchestration, scheduling, and monitoring.
· Proficient in SQL for complex data manipulation, querying, and optimization.
· Experience with at least one scripting/programming language for data engineering tasks (e.g., Python, Scala).
· Hands-on experience supporting reporting and analytics teams with data preparation and optimization for tools like Tableau. (Direct Tableau development experience is a plus, but primarily focus on data enablement).
· Experience with data warehousing concepts and technologies.
· Familiarity with data governance principles and healthcare data privacy regulations (e.g., HIPAA).
· Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
· Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to translate technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
· You must be eligible to work in the United States without need of sponsorship now or in the future.
Extra credit:
· Experience with other BI tools or data visualization platforms.
· Knowledge of Big Data technologies beyond AWS native services (e.g., Spark, Hadoop).
· Experience with real-time data streaming technologies.
· Familiarity with CI/CD practices for data pipelines.
· Relevant AWS certifications (e.g., AWS Certified Data Analytics – Specialty, AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate).
Gravie:
In order to transform health insurance and build a health plan everyone can love, we need talented people doing amazing work. In exchange, we offer a great overall employee experience with opportunities for career growth, meaningful mission-driven work, and an above average total rewards package.
The salary range for this position is $123,300 - $205,500 annually. Numerous factors including, but not limited to, educations, skills, work experience, certifications, etc. will be considered when determining compensation.
Our unique benefits program is the gravy, i.e., the special sauce that sets our compensation package apart. In addition to standard health and wellness benefits, Gravie’s package includes alternative medicine coverage, flexible PTO, up to 16 weeks paid parental leave, paid holidays, a 401k program, cell phone reimbursement, transportation perks, education reimbursement, and 1 week of paid paw-ternity leave.
A Little More About Us:
· We know healthcare. Our company was founded and is still led by industry veterans who have started and grown several market-leading companies in the space.
· We have raised money from top tier investors who share the same long-term vision as we do of building an industry defining company that will endure over the long run. We are well capitalized.
· Our customers like us. Our revenue churn is in the low single digits, in an industry where greater than 20% churn is common.
· Our culture is unique. We tend to be non-hierarchical, merit-driven, opinionated but kind people who thrive working in a high-performance, fast-paced environment. People at Gravie care deeply about making a positive impact in the lives of the people we serve. We may not be the right place for everybody, but if you get energized by doing work every day that focuses on putting consumers at the front of the line, we could be a great place for you. It takes unique people and diverse perspectives to deliver our results. We encourage you to be your authentic self – we like you that way.
Top Skills
Apache Airflow
AWS
Python
Scala
SQL
Tableau
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