Senior Data Engineer

Gilder Search Group; Pittsburgh (Allegheny County); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Learning stipends

Professional development support

Flexible remote-work environment

Job summary

Elevated Hires is recruiting a Senior Data Engineer to build a modern healthcare data platform for analytics, care coordination, and value-based care. The role emphasizes independent architectural decisions and secure, scalable data systems, with a preference for Pittsburgh candidates and US-based remote options.

The candidate will own data pipelines, governance, and cloud infrastructure while collaborating with cross-functional teams to enable analytics and clinical operations.

Qualifications

• At least five years of dedicated data engineering experience.
• Hands-on experience with Innovaccer’s Data Activation Platform, including ingestion frameworks, connectors, data models, and interoperability workflows.
• Expert SQL skills and advanced proficiency in Python or Scala.
• Experience with Snowflake, BigQuery, or Redshift.
• Knowledge of data-lake technologies such as Amazon S3 and Delta Lake.
• Experience with Apache Spark or Dask.
• Strong knowledge of AWS services, including S3, Lambda, and RDS.
• Experience with Apache Airflow or AWS Step Functions.
• Understanding of healthcare data, HIPAA, HITRUST, and FHIR.
• Strong background in system architecture, scalability, CI/CD, automated testing, and DevOps.
• Ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment.
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, software engineering, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
• Legal authorization to work in the United States without current or future employer sponsorship.
• Pittsburgh preferred or U.S.-based remote.
• Full-time technical position.
• Competitive compensation based on experience and location.
• Flexible remote-work environment.
• Health benefits, learning stipends, and professional-development support.

Responsibilities

• Architect scalable, secure, and highly reliable data systems.
• Build and maintain production-grade pipelines that ingest, process, and enrich large volumes of healthcare data.
• Establish data-quality, governance, monitoring, and validation standards.
• Optimize system performance through query tuning, indexing, partitioning, and related strategies.
• Design and deploy cloud infrastructure using infrastructure-as-code practices.
• Protect sensitive healthcare information and maintain HIPAA and HITRUST compliance.
• Collaborate with engineering, product, analytics, and clinical operations teams.
• Contribute to system architecture, CI/CD, test automation, and DevOps standards.
• Simplify complex technical problems and make independent architectural decisions.

Skills

SQL

Python/Scala

Spark/Dask

AWS

Cloud data warehousing

Interoperability

Airflow

HIPAA/HITRUST

Innovaccer Data Activation Platform

Healthcare data knowledge

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/SE or related field

Tools

Innovaccer Data Activation Platform

Job description

Senior Data Engineer – Healthcare Technology

Elevated Hires is recruiting a Senior Data Engineer to build and scale a modern healthcare data platform supporting analytics, care coordination, and value-based care. This position is ideal for an experienced engineer who can independently make high-impact architectural decisions and develop secure, reliable data systems.

Candidates located in Pittsburgh are preferred; qualified U.S.-based remote candidates will also be considered.

Key Responsibilities

• Architect scalable, secure, and highly reliable data systems.
• Build and maintain production-grade pipelines that ingest, process, and enrich large volumes of healthcare data.
• Establish data-quality, governance, monitoring, and validation standards.
• Optimize system performance through query tuning, indexing, partitioning, and related strategies.
• Design and deploy cloud infrastructure using infrastructure-as-code practices.
• Protect sensitive healthcare information and maintain HIPAA and HITRUST compliance.
• Collaborate with engineering, product, analytics, and clinical operations teams.
• Contribute to system architecture, CI/CD, test automation, and DevOps standards.
• Simplify complex technical problems and make independent architectural decisions.

Required Qualifications

• At least five years of dedicated data engineering experience.
• Hands-on experience with Innovaccer’s Data Activation Platform, including ingestion frameworks, connectors, data models, and interoperability workflows.
• Expert SQL skills and advanced proficiency in Python or Scala.
• Experience with Snowflake, BigQuery, or Redshift.
• Knowledge of data-lake technologies such as Amazon S3 and Delta Lake.
• Experience with Apache Spark or Dask.
• Strong knowledge of AWS services, including S3, Lambda, and RDS.
• Experience with Apache Airflow or AWS Step Functions.
• Understanding of healthcare data, HIPAA, HITRUST, and FHIR.
• Strong background in system architecture, scalability, CI/CD, automated testing, and DevOps.
• Ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment.
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, software engineering, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
• Legal authorization to work in the United States without current or future employer sponsorship.
• Pittsburgh preferred or U.S.-based remote.
• Full-time technical position.
• Competitive compensation based on experience and location.
• Flexible remote-work environment.
• Health benefits, learning stipends, and professional-development support.

AI Usage & Candidate Authenticity:

AI tools may be used to format resumes or assist with drafting application materials; however, all submitted information must accurately reflect the candidate’s experience. Misrepresentation—including copied job descriptions or unverifiable work history—is not acceptable. Candidates must be prepared to clearly and confidently discuss all experience listed. Elevated Efforts may request work samples, portfolio links, or other forms of validation during the hiring process.

Use of AI tools during interviews or assessments is prohibited unless explicitly permitted and will result in disqualification.

Work Authorization:

Candidates must be U.S. citizens or lawful permanent residents (green card holders) and authorized to work in the United States on a permanent basis. Visa sponsorship, visa transfers, and other employment-based immigration support are not available for this position.