Senior Data Engineer - Build Scalable Pipelines (Remote)

Highmark Health; Olympia (WA); Hybrid; USD 103,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

Highmark Health seeks a senior data engineer to design, build, and maintain data pipelines, models, and warehousing to support analytics and BI. You will collaborate with IT, product, analytics, and business teams to ensure data quality, security, and governance across platforms.

The role emphasizes scalable, fault-tolerant data solutions and mentoring junior engineers while staying current with industry trends and best practices.

Qualifications

• 5+ years designing and analyzing algorithms and data structures for scalable systems.
• Experience in data engineering, ETL design, and data management.
• Strong SQL and database technology experience (MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB).
• Exposure to data warehousing concepts and Snowflake/Redshift/BigQuery.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain robust data processes across systems.
• Build and optimize data models, databases, and warehouses for BI/analytics.
• Collaborate with IT, product, analytics, and business teams to gather data needs.
• Monitor production schedule, report progress, and escalate issues to leads.
• Implement data governance, quality, and security practices.

Skills

Data pipelines

Data governance

SQL & databases

Cloud platforms

ETL development

Data warehousing

Mentoring

Data security

Data quality

Analytical thinking

Education

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

Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Science, Computer Engineering or related field

Tools

Snowflake

Redshift

BigQuery

MySQL

PostgreSQL

MongoDB

AWS/Azure/GCP data services

Job description

Highmark Health seeks a senior data engineer to design, build, and maintain data pipelines, models, and warehousing to support analytics and BI. You will collaborate with IT, product, analytics, and business teams to ensure data quality, security, and governance across platforms.

The role emphasizes scalable, fault-tolerant data solutions and mentoring junior engineers while staying current with industry trends and best practices.