Lead Data Engineer

OneOncology; United States; Presencial; USD 120.000 - 180.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

OneOncology is seeking a Lead Data Engineer for a full-time role based in Austin, TX, Nashville, TN, or remote. The Lead Data Engineer is a hands‑on technical leader who designs, builds, and operates the data pipelines and platform components that power advanced analytics, AI/ML initiatives, and critical business operations.

Working closely with data analysts and engineering teams, you will translate business and technical requirements into reliable, scalable data solutions on our Databricks

Formación

• Bachelor-level degree not required; however, strong data engineering fundamentals and hands-on experience are essential.
• 7+ years of hands-on data engineering experience in Big Data.
• 2+ years of leading or mentoring engineers in a technical lead or senior role.
• Experience with Databricks, Snowflake, or Fabric in cloud data platforms.
• Proficiency in SQL and Python; familiarity with data modeling and governance.

Responsabilidades

• Design, build, and maintain scalable data pipelines (batch and streaming).
• Lead and mentor a team of data engineers, including task planning and code reviews.
• Own Databricks Cloud Data Warehouse operations and optimizations.
• Implement data governance, security, and compliance requirements.
• Collaborate with analysts and stakeholders to translate needs into data solutions.
• Build data quality checks and metadata practices from the ground up.

Conocimientos

SQL

Python

Leadership

Data modeling

Data governance

Educación

High school diploma or GED

Herramientas

Databricks

Snowflake

Fabric

Azure

Airflow

Azure Data Factory

Descripción del empleo

Why join us?

OneOncology is positioning community oncologists to drive the future of medical care through a patient-centric, physician-driven, and technology-powered model to help improve the lives of everyone living with cancer and other diseases. Our team is bringing together leaders to the market place to help drive OneOncology’s mission and vision. This is an exciting time to join OneOncology. Our values-driven culture reflects our startup enthusiasm supported by industry leaders in oncology, urology, technology, and finance. We are looking for talented and highly-motivated individuals who demonstrate a natural desire to improve and build new processes that support the meaningful work of independent physicians and the patients they serve.

Job Description

OneOncology is seeking a Lead Data Engineer for a full-time role based in Austin, TX, Nashville, TN, or remote. The Lead Data Engineer is a hands‑on technical leader who designs, builds, and operates the data pipelines and platform components that power advanced analytics, AI/ML initiatives, and critical business operations. Working closely with data analysts and engineering teams, you will translate business and technical requirements into reliable, scalable, high‑performance data solutions on our Databricks platform. You will work alongside a small team of engineers through code reviews, design discussions, and delivery, while remaining deeply involved in the coding and implementation yourself. Your work will balance performance, cost, maintainability, scalability, and observability.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain scalable batch and streaming data pipelines that feed our data warehouse and data lake
• Understand the advantages and disadvantages of existing and proposed design solutions
• Provide day-to-day technical leadership to a team of data engineers, including story definition, task planning, code review, and delivery oversight
• Implement and follow data modeling, integration, and lifecycle standards established by the team, and contribute to refining them
• Own the implementation and ongoing operation of our Databricks Cloud Data Warehouse, optimizing for performance, cost, scalability, and maintainability
• Build data quality checks, lineage tracking, and metadata practices into pipelines from the start
• Implement data governance controls (access, retention, accuracy, and integrity) in partnership with the governance and security teams
• Apply security and privacy requirements, such as HIPAA and SOX, in pipeline and platform design as appropriate
• Partner with data analysts and business stakeholders to understand data needs and explain technical tradeoffs clearly
• Monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize data workflows, and lead root-cause analysis on production issues
• Mentor and coach data engineers on engineering best practices, testing, CI/CD, and emerging tools
• Additional responsibilities as assigned to help drive our mission of improving the lives of everyone living with cancer.

Qualifications

• Required Highschool diploma or GED
• 7+ years of hands-on experience in data engineering or the Big Data domain
• 2+ years leading or mentoring engineers in a technical lead or senior engineer role
• Strong hands-on experience with modern Big Data technologies and cloud data warehouses such as Databricks, Snowflake, or Fabric
• Solid experience building scalable data solutions on a leading cloud platform (Azure preferred)
• Proficiency in SQL and Python (or another OO Language)
• Preferred Experience in orchestration and transformation tools (e.g., Airflow, Azure Data Factory)
• Working knowledge of data modeling methodologies (Dimensional, 3NF, Data Vault) and experience applying them in warehouse and data lake implementations
• Experience implementing data governance, security, and compliance requirements in data pipelines

Essential Competencies

• Strong communication skills, with the ability to explain technical challenges and solutions clearly to varied stakeholders
• Proactive, productive, and analytical problem solver with a track record of troubleshooting and optimizing complex data workflows
• Ability to break down projects into discrete tasks/components and create user stories for them

Attendance is an essential job function

About OneOncology

OneOncology was founded by community physicians, for community physicians, with the mission of improving the lives of everyone living with cancer and other diseases. Our goal is to enable community medical practices to remain independent and to improve patient access to care in their communities, all at a lower cost than in the hospital setting. OneOncology supports our platform of community medical practices through group purchasing, operational optimization, practice growth, and clinical innovation. Our partner practices comprise approximately 2,300+ providers who care for approximately 1.5 million patients across 20 states.