Remote Senior Data Engineer: Pipelines & Governance

Highmark Health Company; Pennsylvania; Remote; USD 103,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

Highmark Inc. is seeking a Senior Data Engineer to design, build, and operate data pipelines and warehouses. The role focuses on reliable data movement, transformation, and quality across multiple systems, partnering with analytics, IT, and business teams to deliver scalable solutions.

You will mentor junior engineers while implementing governance, security, and best practices. This remote-based role requires strong collaboration across healthcare data initiatives and cloud platforms.

Qualifications

• 5 years in scalable, highly available systems.
• 5 years in data engineering, ETL or data management.
• 5 years SQL and database technologies (MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB).
• 5 years in data warehousing (Snowflake/Redshift/BigQuery).
• Experience with healthcare data systems is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain robust data processes across systems.
• Develop and maintain data models, databases, and warehouses.
• Collaborate with IT, product, analytics, and business teams to gather requirements.
• Monitor production schedule and report issues to leads.
• Implement data governance, quality, and regulatory compliance.
• Collaborate on data security measures including access controls.
• Mentor junior data engineers as needed.
• Analyze data and provide insights for decision-making.
• Stay current with industry trends and emerging data tech.

Skills

SQL proficiency

Python

Spark framework

ETL development

Data warehousing

Cloud platforms

Data governance

Data security

Mentoring

Stakeholder collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

Tools

Databricks

Snowflake

Redshift

BigQuery

Airflow

AWS Glue

Azure Data Factory

Job description

Highmark Inc. is seeking a Senior Data Engineer to design, build, and operate data pipelines and warehouses. The role focuses on reliable data movement, transformation, and quality across multiple systems, partnering with analytics, IT, and business teams to deliver scalable solutions.

You will mentor junior engineers while implementing governance, security, and best practices. This remote-based role requires strong collaboration across healthcare data initiatives and cloud platforms.