Hybrid Data Engineer — Cloud Pipelines & Insights

Optum; Dublin; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Flexible work arrangements

Job summary

Optum in Ireland is seeking a Data Engineer to optimize consumer data flows, build robust ETL pipelines, and deliver actionable insights that reduce costs and improve healthcare decisions. The role emphasizes cloud migration, data quality, and cross-functional collaboration.

The position supports a hybrid work model across Dublin and Letterkenny offices with the option to work remotely from a home-based/telework setup, in line with our flexible arrangements.

Qualifications

• Proven experience building scalable data pipelines using solid software engineering principles.
• Proven experience in data analysis and data mining.
• Proven experience working with cloud platforms and large-scale datasets.
• Proficiency in SQL and at least one programming language (Python, Scala, or Java).
• Familiarity with DevOps tools, Git workflows, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Strong communication and cross-team collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Data Pipeline Development: Build and maintain ETL pipelines to ensure seamless data flow from diverse sources into centralized repositories (e.g., data lakes, data warehouses).
• Data Integration: Consolidate data from databases, APIs, streaming platforms, and external providers to create a unified foundation for analytics and reporting.
• Data Transformation & Processing: Clean, normalize, and aggregate complex datasets to prepare them for analysis, reporting, and machine learning applications.
• Frameworks & Best Practices: Contribute to the development of reusable frameworks and enforce best practices in coding, deployment, and pipeline orchestration.
• Data Governance: Implement governance protocols aligned with company standards to ensure compliance and data security.
• Monitoring & Support: Proactively monitor data systems, develop alerting mechanisms, and resolve issues to maintain system reliability and data integrity.

Skills

Data pipeline development

Cloud platforms experience

SQL proficiency

Programming languages: Python/Java/Sca

DevOps & CI/CD

Communication & collaboration

Snowflake/Databricks

Tools

Snowflake

Databricks

Spark

Hadoop

Kafka

ADF

Airflow

AWS

Azure

GCP

Job description

Optum in Ireland is seeking a Data Engineer to optimize consumer data flows, build robust ETL pipelines, and deliver actionable insights that reduce costs and improve healthcare decisions. The role emphasizes cloud migration, data quality, and cross-functional collaboration.

The position supports a hybrid work model across Dublin and Letterkenny offices with the option to work remotely from a home-based/telework setup, in line with our flexible arrangements.