Remote Lead Data Engineer - Healthcare Data Migrations

Athenahealth India; Massachusetts; Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

athenahealth is seeking a Lead Data Engineer for Data Imports and Migrations. This remote-US role focuses on designing and supporting ETL processes to move legacy EHR data into athenahealth systems, with emphasis on accuracy, consistency, and care.

You will collaborate across sales, product, and operations to ensure reliable data movement, issue resolution, and validation. The role requires 5+ years in data engineering and proficiency in SQL, Python, HL7, and FHIR, with remote-work capability.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in data engineering, ETL, data migration, or a related technical discipline.
• Experience with ETL, SQL, and Python.
• Experience supporting data imports, conversions, migrations, or similar data movement work.
• Familiarity with HL7 and FHIR interoperability standards.
• Experience with EHI Export or related healthcare data export workflows preferred.
• Experience working with healthcare data, healthcare technology, or implementation-focused teams preferred.
• Ability to analyze data, identify issues, and document technical results clearly.
• Ability to work effectively in a remote, cross-functional environment.

Responsibilities

• Develop and support ETL workflows that extract, transform, and load data from legacy EHRs into athenahealth environments.
• Write and maintain functions used for data analysis, validation, reconciliation, and troubleshooting.
• Build Python and SQL scripts and utilities that support import, migration, and automation activities.
• Partner with internal teams to define source-to-target mappings, business rules, and migration requirements.
• Review inbound and outbound data to identify gaps, defects, and transformation issues.
• Support interoperability workflows using HL7 and FHIR standards.
• Perform EHI export-related tasks and validate output for completeness and accuracy.
• Investigate data issues, document findings, and help drive resolution across teams.
• Maintain technical documentation for processes, dependencies, and validation steps.
• Use AI to improve productivity in data analysis and development tasks, while applying human review to confirm accuracy.

Skills

ETL workflows

Python programming

SQL

Data validation

Remote collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or related field

Tools

HL7

FHIR

Job description

athenahealth is seeking a Lead Data Engineer for Data Imports and Migrations. This remote-US role focuses on designing and supporting ETL processes to move legacy EHR data into athenahealth systems, with emphasis on accuracy, consistency, and care.

You will collaborate across sales, product, and operations to ensure reliable data movement, issue resolution, and validation. The role requires 5+ years in data engineering and proficiency in SQL, Python, HL7, and FHIR, with remote-work capability.