Remote Data Engineer - Pharmacy Analytics & DataOps

Talentify; BLOOMINGTON (MN); Hybrid; USD 88,000 - 162,000; Full time

Job summary

HealthPartners is hiring a Data Engineer to expand and scale data foundations powering pharmacy analytics, reimbursement strategies, and critical business decisions.

You will design, build, and optimize data pipelines transforming pharmacy, claims, pricing, and reimbursement data into trusted analytics assets. Collaborative, Agile team with analytics, informatics, and finance stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a quantitative field with 4 years of experience in analytics, data science, software development, data modeling, or data engineering, or a Master's in a related field.
• Two years in a hands-on data engineering role.
• Two years of experience with SQL and Python.
• Two years with modern big data platforms such as Azure Data Factory, Azure Synapse, PowerBI, Databricks, or similar.
• Knowledge of data modeling (star/snowflake, denormalized models, 3NF).
• Familiarity with Parquet, CSV, JSON formats.
• Experience with data processing: batch, partitioning, distributed processing, streaming.
• Experience with version control and CI/CD; Git preferred.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and optimize data pipelines and products for analytics and decision-making.
• Collaborate with analysts, engineers, and business partners to improve data quality and accessibility.
• Apply modern data engineering practices and cloud-first architecture.
• Support initiatives like prescribing trend analysis, reimbursement analytics, and executive reporting.
• Lead data modeling and governance efforts with cross-functional teams.
• Participate in code reviews and CI/CD improvements.
• Mentor teammates and promote data-driven decision making.

Skills

SQL

Python

Data modeling

Analytical thinking

Communication

Agile/Scrum

Cloud architecture

CI/CD

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Azure Data Factory

Azure Synapse

Databricks

Power BI

Apache Kafka

Job description

HealthPartners is hiring a Data Engineer to expand and scale data foundations powering pharmacy analytics, reimbursement strategies, and critical business decisions.

You will design, build, and optimize data pipelines transforming pharmacy, claims, pricing, and reimbursement data into trusted analytics assets. Collaborative, Agile team with analytics, informatics, and finance stakeholders.