Data Engineer - Remote-Eligible Health Data Pipelines

UnitedHealth-Grou; Eden Prairie (MN); Hybrid; USD 73,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

UnitedHealth Group is seeking a Data Engineer to design and operate scalable ETL/ELT pipelines and data platforms in a Minnesota-based role with flexible office/remote options. You will partner with analytics teams to deliver trusted data for reporting and decision-making, using Snowflake, Azure Data Factory, ADL and Databricks.

The role emphasizes data governance, reliability, and optimization across enterprise systems, with opportunities for career growth and cross-functional impact.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in a relevant field.
• 3+ years of data engineering/data platform experience.
• 3+ years with SQL/Snowflake, Python, data modeling, ETL/ELT and data integration.
• 1+ years with cloud-based data platforms using Snowflake, ADF, ADL, Databricks.
• 1+ years implementing modern software practices including GitHub CI/CD.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and support scalable data pipelines and data warehouses.
• Establish data governance and quality controls across platforms.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to translate requirements into scalable analytics solutions.

Skills

3+ years data engineering

SQL

Snowflake

Python

Data modeling

ETL/ELT development

Data integration

Performance optimization

Data pipelines orchestration

Azure Data Factory

Azure Data Lake

Databricks

Enterprise data warehousing

GitHub CI/CD

Automated testing

Code reviews

Release management

Infrastructure as code

AI/ML workloads

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Engineering, Analytics, or related field

Tools

Snowflake

Azure Data Factory

Azure Data Lake

Databricks

Job description

UnitedHealth Group is seeking a Data Engineer to design and operate scalable ETL/ELT pipelines and data platforms in a Minnesota-based role with flexible office/remote options. You will partner with analytics teams to deliver trusted data for reporting and decision-making, using Snowflake, Azure Data Factory, ADL and Databricks.

The role emphasizes data governance, reliability, and optimization across enterprise systems, with opportunities for career growth and cross-functional impact.