Data Engineer: Cloud ETL Pipelines & AI-Driven Analytics

Taleo; Eden Prairie (MN); Remote; USD 73,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits

Incentive programs

Equity stock purchase

401k contribution

Job summary

UnitedHealth Group's Optum Technology team is seeking a Data Engineer to architect, build, and maintain high-performance ETL/ELT data pipelines across on-premises and cloud environments using Snowflake, Airflow, Python, and SQL.

You will implement data quality controls, de-identification, and masking, while automating CI/CD deployments with GitHub Actions and collaborating with Agile teams to deliver scalable data architectures and AI-powered solutions.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience building scalable ETL/ELT pipelines.
• Proficiency with Python for data processing and scripting.
• Experience with data governance, masking, and de-identification.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain enterprise ETL/ELT pipelines using Snowflake and Airflow.
• Develop data transformations with SQL and Python.
• Implement data de-identification, row-level security, and masking.
• Establish automated data quality validation and monitoring.
• Collaborate with Agile teams to translate business needs into scalable data architectures.
• Support CI/CD for data workflows via Git/GitHub Actions.
• Optimize pipeline performance in cloud data platforms.
• Design and deploy AI-powered solutions addressing business challenges.

Skills

ETL/ELT pipelines

Python

SQL

CI/CD

Data governance

Agile/Scrum

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Snowflake

Apache Airflow

Azure

Databricks

Kubernetes

Docker

GitHub Actions

Git

Job description

UnitedHealth Group's Optum Technology team is seeking a Data Engineer to architect, build, and maintain high-performance ETL/ELT data pipelines across on-premises and cloud environments using Snowflake, Airflow, Python, and SQL.

You will implement data quality controls, de-identification, and masking, while automating CI/CD deployments with GitHub Actions and collaborating with Agile teams to deliver scalable data architectures and AI-powered solutions.