HealthEdge

Data Engineer

Job Locations US-Remote
ID 2024-4955
Category
Engineering
Position Type
Full-Time

Overview

Position Overview:  
In this role you will be an integral part of the Data Engineering team responsible for building high quality, robust and scalable data platform environments and solutions to support our data lake and data warehouse environments.  Our team collaborates closely with other engineering, analytics and data science teams to identify and implement optimal data solutions for the Wellframe platform. 

 

About Wellframe: 
With Wellframe, we reimagine healthcare relationships through a new approach that uses high-tech to deliver the high-touch support people need, when and where they need it. We call it Digital Health Management. Our comprehensive suite of Digital Health Management solutions for care management, advocacy, and navigation help organizations forge more meaningful connections with members, across their healthcare journey. Wellframe was founded to counter a pressing industry problem: the healthcare system has struggled to find ways to support people in between care settings, at scale. We believe health plans are in the best position to advocate for their members as they navigate their health and care, but know that technology alone can’t help us achieve this ambition. That’s why our team of physicians, clinicians, public health experts, data scientists, engineers, and healthcare industry experts ensure our patented technology works in service of the person-to-person connections that make healthcare work best. The complete suite of solutions from HealthEdge delivers a digital foundation for payers specifically designed to fuel a digital transformation, reduce costs, and improve both clinical outcomes and the member experience. 

 

Your Impact: 

  • Translate technical stories into software solutions  
  • Create data processing pipelines and solutions to acquire and transform data from various sources (structured, nonstructured) 
  • Ensure the reliability and efficiency of our data platform, object storage, and data warehouse environments. 
  • Create and refine backlog to translate business requirements into data solutions 
  • Create and validate technical designs with other engineers 
  • Communicate technical decisions effectively with relevant stakeholders 
  • Maintain a high standard for code quality for yourself and others on the team, including automated testing  
  • Take technical ownership in areas of a project where applicable, contributing to technical design, development, testing and on time delivery with high quality 

 

  • Debug and fix challenging production issues to ensure data and platform availability 
  • Participate in on-call rotation to ensure exemplary uptime and reliability 
  • Work with customer support to triage, diagnose, and resolve bugs  
  • Identify and lead process and technology improvements 
  • Identify process, tooling and feature improvements to improve product quality and engineering productivity 
  • Contribute to the team’s roadmap for implementing technical and process improvements  

 

 What You Bring: 

  • BS or MS in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or closely related field 
  • At least 3 years of experience with cloud-based environments like GCP, AWS, Azure 
  • At least 3 years of experience writing object-oriented code with languages like Python 
  • Experience with pipeline orchestration tools like Apache Airflow, Airbyte, Dagster, or AWS Glue. 
  • Experience with cloud data warehouses like BigQuery, Snowflake, or Redshift. 
  • Experience with relational/transactional databases such as PostgreSQL, MongoDB, or MySQL. 
  • Experience with event streaming systems like Kafka, Pub-Sub, or ActiveMQ is preferred 
  • Understanding of large data processing systems like DataBricks, Spark is preferred 
  • Strong communication and collaboration skills, comfortable explaining technical problems to a non-technical audience 
  • Excellent analytical abilities and problem-solving skills, with a strong capacity to translate business requirements into effective data solutions. 
  • Possesses a keen eye for identifying data patterns and a passion for continuous improvement, combined with a love for data and a flair for creativity! 
  • Demonstrates a keen interest in understanding the products that the data supports, ensuring alignment between data insights and business objectives 
  • Accepts feedback graciously 
  • Strives not to commit the same mistake twice 
  • Stays up to date on industry best practices and new technologies 
  • Promotes quality through automated testing and other measures 
  • Strong sense of ownership 
  • Thrives on diverse technical challenges 
  • Passionate about leveraging their technical skills to help improve patient care 
  • Works effectively in a fast-paced, agile startup environment 

HealthEdge commits to building an environment and culture that supports the diverse representation of our teams. We aspire to have an inclusive workplace. We aspire to be a place where all employees have the opportunity to belong, make an impact and deliver excellent software and services to our customers. 

Geographic Responsibility: While HealthEdge is located in Burlington, MA you may live anywhere in the US 
Type of Employment: Full-time, permanent 

Work Environment: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job:  

  • The employee is occasionally required to move around the office. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus. 
  • Work across multiple time zones in a hybrid or remote work environment. 
  • Long periods of time sitting and/or standing in front of a computer using video technology. 
  • May require travel dependent on company needs. 

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of the job being performed by the individual(s) assigned to this position. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities, and skills required. HealthEdge reserves the right to modify, add, or remove duties and to assign other duties as necessary. In addition, reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this position in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. Candidates may be required to go through a pre-employment criminal background check. 
 

HealthEdge is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to workforce diversity and actively encourage all qualified persons to seek employment with us, including, but not limited to, racial and ethnic minorities, women, veterans and persons with disabilities. 

  

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