Remote Principal Data Engineer - Analytics & AI Pipelines

Optum; Raleigh (NC); On-site; USD 113,000 - 193,000; Full time

Job summary

Optum is seeking a senior analytics engineering leader to drive design, implementation, and governance of enterprise analytics platforms across the organization. You will design, build, and optimize scalable data pipelines with Databricks, develop BI solutions using Power BI, and partner with product and engineering teams to define metrics that enable data-driven decisions.

This role emphasizes data quality, governance, and collaboration in a global delivery model to accelerate insights and

Qualifications

• Experience leading analytics engineering teams.
• Strong knowledge of modern analytics platforms and BI tooling.
• Ability to translate business needs into data solutions.

Responsibilities

• Lead analytics engineering across enterprise platforms.
• Build scalable data pipelines with Databricks.
• Develop and govern Power BI dashboards and models.
• Partner with product/engineering to define metrics for decisions.
• Apply advanced analytics and AI insights to surface trends.
• Ensure data quality, lineage, and governance across assets.
• Optimize data models, queries, and pipelines.
• Provide guidance to analytics engineers in global delivery.
• Participate in platform partner sessions to stay aligned with best practices.

Skills

Analytics leadership

Data analytics

BI reporting

Stakeholder collaboration

AI insights

Tools

Databricks

Power BI

SQL

Job description

Optum is seeking a senior analytics engineering leader to drive design, implementation, and governance of enterprise analytics platforms across the organization. You will design, build, and optimize scalable data pipelines with Databricks, develop BI solutions using Power BI, and partner with product and engineering teams to define metrics that enable data-driven decisions.

This role emphasizes data quality, governance, and collaboration in a global delivery model to accelerate insights and