Development Engineer

Attain Talent; United States; Remote; USD 63,000 - 92,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Telehealth

Employee Assistance Program

Paid Time Off 3.5 weeks

11 Holidays

401(k) Retirement Plan

Employer 4% 401k match

Life Insurance

Disability Insurance

Tuition Reimbursement

Job summary

Attain Talent seeks a Development Engineer to support CMS modernization, building scalable data pipelines for analytics and reporting. You will ingest, transform, and process data across AWS and Databricks, emphasizing Delta Lake lakehouse architectures.

The role requires strong Python/SQL/PySpark skills, experience with ETL/ELT, data governance, and collaborating with architects, QA, and business analysts.

Qualifications

• Experience building robust ETL/ELT pipelines for analytics and reporting.
• Proficient Python, SQL, and PySpark in Databricks environments.
• Experience with Delta Lake and data lakehouse architectures.
• Ability to design data models, schemas, and data lineage/documentation.
• Experience implementing CI/CD for data pipelines using GitHub.
• Familiarity with AWS data processing in cloud environments.
• Collaborate with Data Architects and QA Analysts to define transformation logic.
• Strong focus on data quality, governance, and security in healthcare data.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain ETL/ELT pipelines for analytics.
• Develop data processing workflows with Python, SQL, and PySpark.
• Implement scalable lakehouse architectures with Delta Lake on Databricks.
• Collaborate with data teams to define transformation logic and standards.
• Optimize jobs for performance, reliability, and cost in AWS/Databricks.
• Contribute to data governance, metadata management, and lineage.
• Support CI/CD integration of pipelines with GitHub and Databricks.
• Investigate and resolve data issues across environments.

Skills

ETL/ELT pipelines

Python

SQL

PySpark

Data lakehouse

AWS

Data governance

Data lineage

CI/CD

Schema design

Data modeling

Tools

Databricks

Delta Lake

GitHub

Databricks Repos

Job description

Attain Talent seeks a highly skilled Development Engineer to support the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). This role will play a critical part in modernization, building and maintaining scalable, high-performing data pipelines that drive enterprise analytics, reporting, and operational decision-making. The Development Engineer will focus on developing data ingestion, transformation, and processing pipelines across AWS and Databricks-based environments, with an emphasis on Delta Lake lakehouse architectures.

Qualifications

• Design, build, and maintain robust ETL/ELT pipelines that ingest, transform, and curate data for analytics and reporting solutions.
• Develop efficient data processing workflows using Python, SQL, and PySpark within Databricks and Delta Lake environments.
• Implement scalable data lakehouse architectures supporting complex healthcare datasets and enterprise analytics.
• Collaborate with Data Architects, Automation Test Engineers, QA Analysts, and Business Analysts to define data transformation logic and data integration standards.
• Build reusable code and frameworks for data ingestion, data quality validation, and exception handling.
• Optimize data processing jobs for performance, reliability, scalability, and cost efficiency in AWS and Databricks cloud platforms.
• Participate in schema design, data modeling, and version-controlled data pipeline development.
• Contribute to data governance, metadata management, and data lineage documentation to support audit, compliance, and FISMA reporting requirements.
• Partner with DevOps teams to integrate data pipelines into CI/CD workflows using GitHub, Databricks Repos, and related tools.
• Perform root cause analysis and resolution of data issues across staging, integration, and production environments.
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage, plus telehealth services and a confidential Employee Assistance Program.
• Paid time off starting at 3.5 weeks annually, increasing with tenure, plus 11 paid holidays.
• 401(k) retirement plan with an employer match of up to 4% of eligible compensation after six months of employment.
• Company-paid basic life, accidental death and dismemberment, and short- and long-term disability insurance.
• Professional development and tuition reimbursement programs, each offering up to $1,500 annually for eligible employees after six months of service, subject to approval.

Attain Talent is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. The individual base salary for this position is unique to each candidate and will be commensurate with experience, education, and skills.

Interested in this position but the compensation isn’t quite right? Let us know your expectations, and we’ll see if we can make it happen based on your qualifications.

Salary Range

$62,625 - $91,850 USD

Attain Talent is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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