Remote Senior Data Engineer — Data Pipelines & Governance

Highmark; United States; Remote; USD 103,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

Highmark Inc. is seeking a senior data engineer to join a technical team and drive design, development, and maintenance of the organization's data infrastructure.

You will ensure reliable data movement, transformation, and storage across platforms while collaborating with data professionals, analysts, and engineers to optimize pipelines and ensure data quality and integrity. The role requires leadership, adaptability, and a proactive approach to implementing modern data engineering practices,

Qualifications

• 5 years of experience in algorithm design and data structures for scalable systems.
• 5 years in data engineering, ETL development, or data management.
• 5 years of SQL and experience with MySQL, PostgreSQL, or MongoDB.
• 5 years of data warehousing concepts and Snowflake/Redshift/BigQuery.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain robust data processes and solutions to ensure the efficient movement and transformation of data across multiple systems
• Develop and maintain data models, databases, and data warehouses to support business intelligence and analytics needs
• Collaborate with stakeholders across IT, product, analytics, and business teams to gather requirements and provide data solutions that meet organizational needs
• Monitor work against production schedule, provide progress updates, and report any issues or technical difficulties to lead developers regularly
• Implement and manage data governance practices, ensuring data quality, integrity, and compliance with relevant regulations.
• Collaborate on the design and implementation of data security measures, including access controls, encryption, and data masking
• Mentor other associate and intermediate data engineers as needed
• Perform data analysis and provide insights to support decision-making across various departments
• Stay current with industry trends and emerging technologies in data engineering, recommending new tools and best practices as needed
• Other duties as assigned or requested.

Skills

Algorithms & data structures

Data engineering

ETL development

SQL databases

Data warehousing

Python & Spark

Databricks

Airflow

Cloud data services

Data governance

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IS/DS

Master's degree in CS/IS/DS

Tools

Snowflake

Redshift

BigQuery

Airflow

AWS Glue

Azure Data Factory

Databricks

Job description

Highmark Inc. is seeking a senior data engineer to join a technical team and drive design, development, and maintenance of the organization's data infrastructure.

You will ensure reliable data movement, transformation, and storage across platforms while collaborating with data professionals, analysts, and engineers to optimize pipelines and ensure data quality and integrity. The role requires leadership, adaptability, and a proactive approach to implementing modern data engineering practices,