Principal Data Engineer New Remote - United States

Trella Health; Orlando (FL); Remote; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Trella Health is seeking a Principal Data Engineer to lead the development of a scalable healthcare data infrastructure. In this remote position, you will design and optimize data pipelines, ensuring compliance with industry standards while collaborating with cross-functional teams. Join a dynamic team focused on innovation and continuous improvement in healthcare data solutions.

Benefits

Health, Dental, Vision & Voluntary Benefits

Competitive Salary & Bonus Plans

401k Retirement Savings

Unlimited PTO & 10 Paid Holidays

Flexible Work Hours

Equity Shares

Paid Leave Programs

Marketplace for discounted retail and entertainment

Qualifications

• Minimum of 8 years of data engineering experience.
• Proven experience in building scalable data architectures.
• Expertise in Python, SQL, and ETL frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Drive best practices in data engineering and governance.
• Optimize data processing workflows for performance.
• Design, build, and maintain scalable data pipelines.

Skills

Data Engineering

Python

SQL

ETL

Data Governance

Problem Solving

Collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Databricks

Snowflake

AWS

Job description

At Trella Health, we are passionate and committed to our mission – empowering meaningful change in healthcare. Since our founding in 2015, we continue to grow our team, enhance our solution and services offerings, accelerate into new markets, and expand our customer base. We are rapidly growing and are looking for new Trellavators to join our team!

“What is a Trellavator?” you ask. Innovate and elevate is the name of our game! We go above and beyond to collaborate with and support each other – we believe that when a colleague or customers succeeds, we succeed. By learning from others, building on our successes, and taking risks, we constantly raise the bar – continuous improvement is in our DNA. Our word is paramount, we keep our commitments, and we always follow through. We have a strong, reliable support system that fuels growth, collaboration, and passion – and together, we create a positive environment where everyone at Trella Health, including the customers we support, can thrive. Are you ready to learn more about the opportunities with our team? Trell-yeah you are!

Position Overview:

We are seeking an experienced and strategic Principal Data Engineer to drive the development of a scalable, high-performance healthcare data infrastructure. This role will be responsible for designing, building, and optimizing data pipelines that support analytics, insights, and business intelligence across a variety of healthcare datasets. The Principal Data Engineer will oversee the implementation of best-in-class data architecture and governance practices while ensuring compliance with industry standards such as HIPAA and SOC2.

This is an exciting opportunity to lead a team working with cutting-edge technologies like Databricks, Snowflake, and cloud-based platforms to solve complex healthcare data challenges.

Location:Remote - US (Preference to applicants located in GA, TN, SC, NC, FL, TX & PA)

Reports to: Director, Data Science & Data Engineering

As a Principal Data Engineer at Trella, you will focus on:

• Drive best practices in data engineering, infrastructure, and governance to improve efficiency and reliability.
• Optimize data processing workflows for performance and cost efficiency within cloud environments.
• Deploy automated monitoring systems to continuously assess data pipelines, proactively identifying and resolving bottlenecks, errors, or failures to maintain optimal performance and reliability.
• Collaborate with data science and product teams define long-term strategy, architecture, and technology choices.
• Define and execute a technical roadmap for data engineering, prioritizing impact-driven projects.
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to cross-functional team members related to data engineering excellence.
• Design, build, and maintain scalable, efficient, and reliable data pipelines for transforming healthcare data such as medical and Rx claims, ACO CCLF and BCDA, EHR, and other healthcare datasets.
• Implement ETL/ELT workflows using Snowflake, Databricks and other modern frameworks.
• Ensure that data pipelines meet performance, reliability, and scalability standards.
• Implement and manage import and export processes.
• Partner with data science to support advanced modeling, reporting, and AI-driven insights.

Collaboration & Stakeholder Support

• Partner with data scientists, analysts, and software engineers to ensure data solutions align with analytical and operational needs.
• Actively participate in cross-functional discussions to drive data-driven decision-making.
• Provide technical observations and recommendations to Data Science & Engineering leadership teams.
• Work with IT, security, and compliance teams to implement best practices for data protection and privacy.

Process Improvement & Documentation

• Develop and maintain clear documentation of data pipelines, workflows, and architecture.
• Identify and implement automation opportunities to enhance data engineering processes.
• Continuously evaluate and integrate emerging technologies to improve data infrastructure.

This job might be a fit for you if you have:

• Minimum of 8 years of data engineering experience with proven experience serving as a technical lead.
• Strong background in healthcare data engineering, working with claims, EHR, or population health datasets.
• Proven experience in building and maintaining scalable data architectures in cloud environments.
• Expertise in Python, SQL, and ETL frameworks for data processing and transformation.
• Hands-on experience with Databricks, Snowflake, and AWS cloud services.
• Familiarity with DevOps, CI/CD pipelines, and infrastructure automation.
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Effective communication and stakeholder engagement.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment and adapt to changing priorities.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Data Engineering, related field, or equivalent years of experience.
• Preferred but not required: Familiarity with healthcare interoperability standards (FHIR, HL7, ICD-10).

Trella Health provides unmatched, actionable market intelligence to post-acute care and value-based care providers of all sizes. Our industry leading analytics paired with CRM and EHR integration workflows positions us as the most advanced sales enablement platform for the post-acute care market. One of only a few companies to be deemed both a Qualified Entity by CMS and an Innovator under its Virtual Research Data Center Program, Trella has elite access to billions of performance metrics and referral data to enable competitive positioning across the market. Its standardized insights, representing 90% of all lives 65+ U.S. population, help customers identify, engage, and manage critical relationships and advance their organizations with certainty.

Since launching our first product in 2016, we have experienced tremendous growth and have highlighted a few key data points to get an at-a-glance view of Trella:

• Over 800 customers including 10 of the top 10 post-acute providers and 4 of the top 10 health systems
• Over 120 team members and growing
• Recognized as one of Modern Healthcare’s “Best Places to Work” in consecutive years and were ranked in the Top 50 startups in the US by LinkedIn
• Headquartered in Atlanta, GA with remote hubs in Nashville, Philadelphia, Raleigh, and the Philippines

The Trellavator Experience:

At Trella Health, you can expect to join a welcoming team that truly embodies our core values. Our collaborative culture is anchored by trust, transparency, and inclusion — and we also have a lot of fun. No matter where you work, at Trella Health you can expect an awesome team, frequent virtual gatherings, engaging events, casual attire, and more.

We offer competitive salaries with a comprehensive benefits package to all employees and provide an environment that fosters work-life harmonization with Flexible Paid Time Off, along with remote-first work arrangements. As we continue to see exponential growth, our goal is to continue to put team members first and strive to offer our team members the best culture and benefits possible. Some of the benefits we provide are:

• Health, Dental, Vision & Voluntary Benefits
• Competitive Salary & Bonus Plans
• 401k Retirement Savings
• Unlimited PTO & 10 Paid Holidays
• Flexible Work Hours
• Equity Shares
• Paid Leave Programs
• Marketplace for discounted retail and entertainment

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Trella Health is an equal opportunity employer. All persons will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, national origin, marital status, age, disability, handicap, veteran status, genetic information, or any other protected status as recognized by federal, state, or local laws.

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