187. Senior Data Engineer

Source Meridian; United States; Remote; USD 140,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Source Meridian is seeking a Senior Data Engineer to join our data platform team, standing up a new engineering group to onboard customers. You will be the first engineer, setting technical standards and guiding junior engineers as the team grows.

You’ll build ETL pipelines on AWS with Glue, Python and SQL, ingest data from healthcare partners, and enable Snowflake data sharing while ensuring PHI is handled securely.

Qualifications

• 5+ years building and owning production ETL/ELT pipelines.
• Strong SQL and Python proficiency.
• Hands-on AWS Glue experience and AWS data stack (S3, IAM, Step Functions).
• Experience with Snowflake.
• Healthcare data in production experience.
• Understanding of HIPAA and PHI handling, de-identification, encryption, auditing.
• Excellent English communication and ability to document trade-offs.
• Proven track record mentoring engineers or setting technical direction.

Responsibilities

• Act as technical anchor for a new team and set standards.
• Mentor and onboard engineers.
• Build and maintain ETL pipelines on AWS using Glue, Python, SQL.
• Customize pipelines for new customer implementations.
• Ingest and normalize data from pharmacy and healthcare partners.
• Deliver curated data through Snowflake and data sharing.
• Design pipelines with PHI handling, access controls, encryption and audit trails.
• Work with analysts and stakeholders to translate data specs into pipelines.

Skills

SQL

Python

Data engineering

Mentoring

English communication

HIPAA / PHI handling

Security & access controls

Team leadership

Tools

AWS Glue

Snowflake

S3

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.

• Proven client-facing experience.

• Excellent communication skills.

• Strong expectation management abilities.

• 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

At Source Meridian , you’ll be part of a high-impact tech-health company, building products that truly make a difference.