Senior Data Engineer

Source Meridian; Medellín; On-site; COP 120,000,000 - 180,000,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Permanent contract

Growth environment

Health benefits

Competitive salary

Job summary

Source Meridian, a healthcare-focused software development company, seeks a Senior Data Engineer to lead a new data engineering team. You will design and enforce coding standards, mentor engineers, and own end-to-end ETL/ELT pipelines on AWS, using Glue, Python and SQL.

You will ingest data from healthcare partners, deliver curated data via Snowflake, and ensure PHI handling, encryption and audit trails meet HIPAA requirements.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of data engineering experience building and owning production ETL/ELT pipelines.
• Strong SQL and Python.
• Hands-on AWS Glue experience, plus the surrounding AWS data stack (S3, IAM, Step Functions or similar orchestration).
• Working experience with Snowflake.
• Experience working with healthcare data in production.
• Understanding of healthcare data regulation (HIPAA in the US) and how it shapes engineering: PHI handling, minimum-necessary access, de-identification, encryption and audit logging.
• Strong communication skills in English: explains technical decisions to US client stakeholders and documents work clearly.
• Track record of mentoring engineers or setting technical direction on a team.

Responsibilities

• Act as the technical anchor for a new team: set the coding, testing and pipeline standards later hires will follow
• Mentor and onboard the intermediate and junior engineers who join after you
• Build, enhance and maintain ETL pipelines on AWS, primarily with AWS Glue, Python and SQL
• Customize existing pipelines for each new customer implementation
• Ingest and normalize data files from pharmacy and healthcare data partners
• Deliver curated data to customers through Snowflake and Snowflake data sharing
• Design pipelines that handle protected health information safely: access controls, encryption, de-identification and audit trails
• Work with Business Analysts and client stakeholders to turn data specs into working pipelines, and explain technical trade-offs clearly

Skills

SQL

Python

Mentoring

English communication

Tools

AWS Glue

Snowflake

S3

IAM

Step Functions

Job description

We’re looking for a Senior Data Engineer to join Source Meridian.

About Source Meridian

Source Meridian is a development software company that works to solve the industry’s most challenging problems in healthcare practices. We are laser focused on specific technologies in the healthcare and life science industries: Healthcare technology, artificial intelligence, and healthcare interoperability.

About the Role

Our client runs a data platform for the specialty pharmacy market and is standing up a new data engineering team to onboard customers. You'll be the first engineer on that team: the senior anchor who sets the technical standards and guides the intermediate and junior engineers who join after you.

You’ll build and enhance ETL code on AWS that ingests partner data, transforms it reliably, and delivers it to customers, including through Snowflake data sharing

What You’ll Do

Act as the technical anchor for a new team: set the coding, testing and pipeline standards later hires will follow

Mentor and onboard the intermediate and junior engineers who join after you

Build, enhance and maintain ETL pipelines on AWS, primarily with AWS Glue, Python and SQL

Customize existing pipelines for each new customer implementation

Ingest and normalize data files from pharmacy and healthcare data partners

Deliver curated data to customers through Snowflake and Snowflake data sharing

Design pipelines that handle protected health information safely: access controls, encryption, de-identification and audit trails

Work with Business Analysts and client stakeholders to turn data specs into working pipelines, and explain technical trade-offs clearly

Required Qualifications

5+ years of data engineering experience building and owning production ETL/ELT pipelines

Strong SQL and Python

Hands-on AWS Glue experience, plus the surrounding AWS data stack (S3, IAM, Step Functions or similar orchestration)

Working experience with Snowflake

Experience working with healthcare data in production

Understanding of healthcare data regulation (HIPAA in the US) and how it shapes engineering: PHI handling, minimum-necessary access, de-identification, encryption and audit logging

Strong communication skills in English: explains technical decisions to US client stakeholders and documents work clearly

Track record of mentoring engineers or setting technical direction on a team

Nice to Have

Snowflake data sharing (Secure Data Sharing, Snowflake Marketplace) or Delta Sharing

Specialty pharmacy data experience (dispense, patient status, hub and claims data)

Experience with partner file feeds (SFTP, flat files, schema validation)

Experience as the first or founding engineer on a new team

Soft Skills

Strong and empathetic leadership.

Provenclient-facing experience.

Strategic mindset with a solution-oriented approach and strong decision-making skills.

What We Offer

• Permanent contract


• Learning and continuous growth environment


• Benefits package focused on health and well-being


• Competitive salary based on experience

Apply only if you reside in Ecuador or Colombia

AtSource Meridian, you’ll be part of a high-impacttech-healthcompany, building products that truly make a difference.

If you meet the profile — or know someone who might be interested —

We’d love to meet you