Data Engineer - Healthcare Claims

SafeRide Inc; Northern (KY); Remote; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote with flexible hours

Health, dental, and vision insurance

401(k) with company match

Generous PTO and holidays

Job summary

SafeRide Health is seeking a Data Engineer or Senior Data Engineer with Healthcare Claims experience to build the data foundation for our claims capabilities. You will work with the Data and AI teams to create a claims architecture from the ground up while scaling the platform.

You will extract, cleanse, organize, and model claims data, primarily using SQL with Python for automation and validation, and design pipelines to deliver accurate, scalable solutions for healthcare payers and providers.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or related technical field.
• 3+ years professional experience with SQL and data modeling.
• Proficiency with Python for data engineering, automation, and validation.
• Strong data warehousing and data modeling experience, including star‑schema modeling and report design.
• AWS Data Services (Redshift, Athena, S3, DMS, Glue, SageMaker, etc.).
• Experience with workflow orchestration tools like Airflow.
• Experience building data solutions in a high‑scale or high‑expectation engineering environment.
• Demonstrated ownership and ability to design and implement solutions in a rapidly transforming environment.
• Direct healthcare claims, billing, coding, or related data experience.

Responsibilities

• Extract, cleanse, organize, and model claims‑related data for downstream use.
• Use SQL as a primary engineering tool, with Python for automation, validation, and solution development.
• Design and implement the claims data model and supporting pipelines.
• Partner with the AI team to develop an end‑to‑end claims solution using AI‑assisted engineering where appropriate.
• Evaluate upstream and downstream data impacts and improve claims accuracy, quality, and scalability.

Skills

SQL

Python

Data modeling

Star‑schema modeling

Data warehousing

Healthcare claims data

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering/Math

Tools

Airflow

AWS Redshift

AWS Athena

AWS S3

AWS DMS

AWS Glue

AWS SageMaker

Job description

About the Role

SafeRide Health is seeking a Data Engineer or Senior Data Engineer with Healthcare Claims experience to build the data foundation for our claims capabilities.

Currently, we excel at coordinating and completing transportation - this role will strengthen the behind-the-scenes operations that transform healthcare and ride data into accurate, scalable claims solutions.

This role combines immediate hands-on data engineering with longer-term solution design. You’ll work closely with the Data and AI teams to build a claims architecture from the ground up as SafeRide Health continues to scale.

You will

• Extract, cleanse, organize, and model claims‑related data for downstream use
• Use SQL as a primary engineering tool, with Python for automation, validation, and solution development
• Design and implement the claims data model and supporting pipelines
• Partner with the AI team to develop an end‑to‑end claims solution using AI‑assisted engineering where appropriate
• Evaluate upstream and downstream data impacts and improve claims accuracy, quality, and scalability

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or related technical field
• 3+ years professional experience with SQL and data modeling
• Proficiency with Python for data engineering, automation, and validation
• Strong data warehousing and data modeling experience, including star‑schema modeling and report design
• AWS Data Services (Redshift, Athena, S3, DMS, Glue, SageMaker, etc.)
• Experience with workflow orchestration tools like Airflow
• Experience building data solutions in a high‑scale or high‑expectation engineering environment
• Demonstrated ownership and ability to design and implement solutions in a rapidly transforming environment
• Direct healthcare claims, billing, coding, or related data experience

What Success Looks Like

• Develop and own the Claims Data Model
• Design and implement the Claims Solution Architecture
• Achieve and maintain Claims Accuracy

Benefits

• Competitive salary and annual bonus opportunities
• Remote with flexible hours
• Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance
• 401(k) with company match
• Generous PTO, 10 paid company holidays, and paid parental leave
• Career growth opportunities in a mission‑driven organization

About Us

SafeRide Health is a technology and services company committed to eliminating transportation barriers to healthcare. By combining our proprietary tech platform with a nationwide network of vetted transportation providers, we empower payers and health systems to deliver smarter, more reliable non‑emergency medical transportation.

Our platform supports the nation’s largest Medicare Advantage, Medicaid, and provider programs - improving health outcomes and patient experiences at scale.