Lead Data Engineer — Real-Time Pipelines (Remote)

Centene; United States; Hybrid; USD 103,000 - 191,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401K and stock purchase plans

Tuition reimbursement

Paid time off + holidays

Flexible work arrangements

Job summary

Centene is seeking a senior data engineer to lead the design and operation of data pipelines, enabling reports and advanced analytics. You will supervise data engineers and drive real-time data processing, quality assurance, and orchestration across Centene’s environments.

You will develop architectures, optimize data flows, and implement automated solutions while ensuring compliance and high performance in a complex healthcare data landscape.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in quantitative or business field, with 5-7 years of related experience.
• Equivalent experience reflecting the level of this position.

Responsibilities

• Lead development and operationalization of data pipelines for BI and analytics.
• Oversee data ingestion, transformation, validation, and quality.
• Design standardized data management procedures for staging, provisioning and destruction.
• Guide a team of data engineers, ensuring scalable, high-volume data structures.
• Improve data reliability, efficiency and automated tasks.

Skills

Advanced data analysis

Project management

Independent work

Communication to upper management

Analytical skills

Team leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in quantitative or business field

Tools

Snowflake

Databricks

SQL

Solutions Architecture

Job description

Centene is seeking a senior data engineer to lead the design and operation of data pipelines, enabling reports and advanced analytics. You will supervise data engineers and drive real-time data processing, quality assurance, and orchestration across Centene’s environments.

You will develop architectures, optimize data flows, and implement automated solutions while ensuring compliance and high performance in a complex healthcare data landscape.