Senior Data Engineer - Remote Data Pipelines & Analytics

Humana Inc; Boise (ID); Remote; USD 118,000 - 162,000; Full time

Job summary

Humana Inc. is seeking a Senior Data Engineer to design, build, and maintain scalable data pipelines and modern data architectures in a remote-capable environment. You will collaborate with stakeholders to translate requirements into robust data solutions and help advance CenterWell data platforms.

The role emphasizes data quality, governance, and automation, with opportunities to mentor teammates and contribute to engineering excellence across the organization.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related technical field.
• 5+ years of progressive experience in Data Engineering.
• Advanced proficiency in SQL for data modeling, query optimization, and large-scale data processing.
• Strong experience with Python for data engineering, automation, and pipeline development.
• Experience designing and maintaining enterprise-scale ETL/ELT solutions.
• Strong understanding of relational and dimensional data modeling concepts.
• Experience working with cloud-based data platforms and modern data architectures.
• Experience with CI/CD, source control, automated testing, and engineering best practices.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills with both technical and business stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable data pipelines and ETL/ELT processes supporting enterprise data and analytics needs.
• Build and optimize data models, curated datasets, and data products for reporting, operational analytics, and advanced analytical use cases.
• Partner with business stakeholders, analysts, architects, and engineering teams to translate requirements into technical solutions.
• Establish and promote best practices for data quality, testing, monitoring, documentation, lineage, and governance.
• Troubleshoot and resolve production data issues while ensuring reliability, performance, and scalability of data platforms.
• Contribute to data platform modernization initiatives, including cloud-based architectures and engineering automation.
• Participate in code reviews, technical design discussions, and architecture planning.
• Mentor and support other engineers while helping drive engineering excellence and continuous improvement initiatives

Skills

SQL

Python

Data modeling

Cloud data platforms

CI/CD

Data governance

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related technical field

Tools

Databricks

Snowflake

dbt

Job description

Humana Inc. is seeking a Senior Data Engineer to design, build, and maintain scalable data pipelines and modern data architectures in a remote-capable environment. You will collaborate with stakeholders to translate requirements into robust data solutions and help advance CenterWell data platforms.

The role emphasizes data quality, governance, and automation, with opportunities to mentor teammates and contribute to engineering excellence across the organization.