Sr. Data Engineer - India residents

ELLKAY; India; On-site; INR 2,000,000 - 3,500,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

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Job summary

ELLKAY is seeking a Senior ETL / Healthcare Data Engineer to design, build, and support scalable data integration solutions for US healthcare data. You will transform clinical and operational datasets, ensuring accuracy, compliance, and performance.

The ideal candidate brings 5–10 years in ETL and data engineering, strong C#, SQL Server, and Snowflake experience, and familiarity with HL7, CCD, and FHIR. Exposure to cloud platforms (Azure/AWS), Python, and AI-ready analytics is a strong plus.

Qualifications

• 5–10 years of experience in ETL development and data engineering.
• Strong hands-on experience with C#.
• Advanced expertise in SQL Server (T-SQL, performance tuning, stored procedures).
• Solid experience with Snowflake in production environments.
• Strong understanding of data warehousing and ETL best practices.
• Experience working with US healthcare data.
• Familiarity with HL7, CCD, and FHIR.
• Experience with version control, CI/CD, and production support.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain enterprise-grade ETL pipelines for US healthcare data.
• Process and transform healthcare data formats including HL7, CCD, FHIR, and related standards.
• Implement ETL workflows using C#, SQL Server, and Snowflake.
• Build and optimize healthcare-focused data models supporting analytics, reporting, and downstream systems.
• Ensure data quality, validation, normalization, and consistency across clinical and administrative datasets.
• Collaborate with product, clinical, analytics, and compliance teams to translate healthcare requirements into technical solutions.
• Optimize SQL and Snowflake workloads for performance, scalability, and cost efficiency.
• Support cloud-based data platforms using Azure and/or AWS services.
• Leverage Python for data transformation, automation, and orchestration as needed.
• Adhere to HIPAA and healthcare data governance best practices.
• Provide technical leadership and mentor junior engineers on ETL and healthcare data standards.
• Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives, including modernization and AI-ready data pipelines.

Skills

ETL/Data Eng

C#

SQL Server

Snowflake

Data warehousing

US healthcare data

HL7/CCD/FHIR

Version control/CI-CD

Tools

Azure

AWS

Python

Interoperability tools

Agile/Scrum

Job description

ELLKAY started out providing connectivity solutions to laboratories and within a few years, grew to also provide data management solutions to ambulatory organizations. ELLKAY is now a trusted data management partner in five healthcare segments. ELLKAY’s solutions continue to serve laboratories and ambulatory practices and have expanded to empower hospitals and health systems, healthcare IT vendors, ambulatory practices, health plans, and other healthcare organizations with cutting-edge technologies and solutions that drive their growth and interoperability strategies.

Today, ELLKAY remains true to our core values, building strong partner relationships and offering unparalleled service and support while providing innovative, scalable solutions to the challenges our customers face in today’s data-rich world.

ELLKAY's experience, customer-focused approach, and reputation for innovation, speed, and accuracy differentiate ELLKAY as a premier partner for your interoperability needs and data management strategy.

Job Description

We are looking for a highly experienced Senior ETL / Healthcare Data Engineer to build and support scalable data integration solutions for US healthcare data. This role will focus on processing, transforming, and integrating complex clinical and operational datasets while ensuring accuracy, compliance, and performance.

The ideal candidate combines deep ETL expertise using C#, SQL Server, and Snowflake with a working understanding of healthcare interoperability standards such as HL7, CCD, and FHIR. Exposure to cloud platforms, Python, and emerging AI-driven healthcare analytics is a strong plus.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain enterprise-gradeETL pipelinesfor US healthcare data
• Process and transform healthcare data formats includingHL7, CCD, FHIR, and related standards
• Implement ETL workflows usingC#, SQL Server, and Snowflake
• Build and optimize healthcare-focused data models supporting analytics, reporting, and downstream systems
• Ensure data quality, validation, normalization, and consistency across clinical and administrative datasets
• Collaborate with product, clinical, analytics, and compliance teams to translate healthcare requirements into technical solutions
• Optimize SQL and Snowflake workloads for performance, scalability, and cost efficiency
• Support cloud-based data platforms usingAzure and/or AWSservices
• LeveragePythonfor data transformation, automation, and orchestration as needed
• Adhere toHIPAAand healthcare data governance best practices
• Provide technical leadership and mentor junior engineers on ETL and healthcare data standards
• Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives, including modernization and AI-ready data pipelines

Qualifications

• 5–10 years of experience in ETL development and data engineering
• Strong hands-on experience with C#
• Advanced expertise in SQL Server(T-SQL, performance tuning, stored procedures)
• Solid experience with Snowflake in production environments
• Strong understanding of data warehousing and ETL best practices
• Experience working withUS healthcare data
• Familiarity with healthcare interoperability standards such asHL7, CCD, and FHIR
• Experience with version control, CI/CD, and production support

Good-to-Have Skills

• Experience with Azure(ADF, Synapse, Data Lake) and/orAWS(S3, Glue, Redshift)
• Working knowledge ofPythonfor data engineering tasks
• Exposure tohealthcare interoperability tools(interfaces, APIs, message brokers)
• Understanding ofAI/ML conceptsin healthcare analytics (data preparation, feature engineering)
• Knowledge of healthcare coding systems (ICD-10, CPT, LOINC, SNOMED)
• Experience in Agile/Scrum delivery environments

Soft Skills

• Strong communication skills with the ability to work across technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Detail-oriented mindset essential for regulated healthcare environments
• Ownership-driven, reliable, and delivery-focused
• Ability to mentor and guide team members in a senior capacity

Additional Information

ELLKAY is committed to fostering a collaborative and high-performance work environment that supports innovation, teamwork, and professional growth. Most roles are designed to operate from our office locations to encourage effective collaboration and engagement across teams.

Any alternative work arrangements may be considered at the company’s discretion based based on role requirements and business needs.

For more information about our company, please visit www.ELLKAY.com .

ELLKAY is a Smoke-Free Workplace.

ELLKAY, LLC provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.