187. Senior Data Engineer

Role overview Serve as the first senior engineer on a new data engineering team supporting a specialty pharmacy data platform. You will build and tailor production pipelines that ingest partner data and deliver curated datasets to customers, while setting technical standards and mentoring engineers as the team grows. The work also requires safeguards for sensitive health information and regular collaboration with business analysts and client stakeholders.

Responsibilities - Establish coding, testing, and pipeline practices for the new team. - Mentor and onboard intermediate and junior engineers as they join. - Build and maintain ETL pipelines using AWS services, Python, and SQL. - Adapt pipelines for customer implementations and ingest and normalize healthcare and pharmacy partner files. - Deliver curated customer data through Snowflake, including data sharing. - Design appropriate controls for protected health information, including access restrictions, encryption, de-identification, and audit trails. - Translate data specifications into working solutions and explain technical trade-offs to stakeholders.

Requirements - At least five years of experience building and owning production ETL or ELT pipelines. - Strong Python and SQL skills. - Hands-on AWS Glue experience and familiarity with related AWS data services such as S3, IAM, and workflow orchestration. - Working experience with Snowflake. - Experience mentoring engineers or setting a team’s technical direction. - Strong English communication skills for client discussions and clear documentation.

Nice to have - Snowflake data sharing or Delta Sharing experience. - Specialty pharmacy data knowledge, such as dispensing, patient status, hub, or claims data. - Experience with partner file feeds, SFTP, flat files, or schema validation. - Experience joining a team as its first or founding engineer.

Benefits and work setup Permanent contract, with eligibility limited to residents of Ecuador or Colombia. The source lists a health and well-being benefits package, learning and growth opportunities, and compensation based on experience.