Remote Senior Data Migrations Leader — ETL, HL7/FHIR

athenahealth; Boston (MA); Remote; USD 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

athenahealth is seeking a senior data engineering leader to oversee the design, development, and support of ETL workflows that bring data into athenahealth systems. The role emphasizes accuracy, transformation, and compliance while collaborating across Sales, Product, Implementation, Operations, and Engineering.

You will guide technical strategy, improve delivery reliability, and enhance performance of data migrations from legacy environments to athenahealth.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 7+ years of experience in data engineering, ETL, data migration, or related technical discipline.
• 2+ years of experience leading engineers, mentoring technical staff, or managing technical projects/teams.
• 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 working with healthcare data, healthcare technology, or implementation-focused teams preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a team of data engineers responsible for ETL workflows that extract, transform, and load data from source systems into athenahealth environments.
• Provide technical direction for Python-based tools, utilities, and automation used to support import, migration, validation, reconciliation, and troubleshooting activities.
• Partner with internal stakeholders to define source-to-target mappings, business rules, migration requirements, and technical approach.
• Review inbound and outbound data flows to identify gaps, defects, transformation issues, and opportunities for improvement.
• Oversee interoperability workflows using HL7 and FHIR standards and ensure data movement approaches align with technical and business requirements.
• Support EHI export-related activities and ensure output is complete, accurate, and compliant with expectations.
• Investigate complex data issues, help remove blockers, and drive resolution across cross-functional teams.
• Establish and maintain technical documentation for processes, dependencies, standards, validation steps, and operational procedures.
• Use AI to improve team productivity in data analysis and development tasks while ensuring human review is used to validate accuracy and appropriateness of outputs.
• Coach, mentor, and support team members through technical guidance, performance feedback, and career development.

Skills

ETL

SQL

Python

Data migration

Education

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

Tools

HL7

FHIR

EHI Export

Job description

athenahealth is seeking a senior data engineering leader to oversee the design, development, and support of ETL workflows that bring data into athenahealth systems. The role emphasizes accuracy, transformation, and compliance while collaborating across Sales, Product, Implementation, Operations, and Engineering.

You will guide technical strategy, improve delivery reliability, and enhance performance of data migrations from legacy environments to athenahealth.