Senior Data Engineer — Remote, Scalable Data Pipelines

humana; United States; Remote; USD 118,000 - 162,000; Full time

Job summary

Humana is seeking a Senior Data Engineer to design, build, and maintain enterprise-scale data pipelines and data products. You will collaborate with analysts, architects, and engineering teams to translate requirements into scalable technical solutions, with a focus on data quality and governance.

The role requires 5+ years of data engineering experience, strong SQL and Python skills, and prior work with cloud data platforms and ETL/ELT processes.

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable data pipelines and ETL/ELT processes.
• Build and optimize data models, datasets, and data products for reporting and analytics.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to translate requirements into technical solutions.
• Promote data quality, testing, monitoring, lineage, and governance.
• Troubleshoot production data issues ensuring reliability and performance.
• Contribute to data platform modernization and cloud-based initiatives.
• Participate in code reviews and architecture planning.
• Mentor and support other engineers to drive engineering excellence.

Skills

SQL

Python

ETL/ELT

Data modeling

Cloud data platforms

CI/CD

Testing

Stakeholder collaboration

Education

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

Tools

Databricks

Snowflake

dbt (Data Build Tool)

Job description

Humana is seeking a Senior Data Engineer to design, build, and maintain enterprise-scale data pipelines and data products. You will collaborate with analysts, architects, and engineering teams to translate requirements into scalable technical solutions, with a focus on data quality and governance.

The role requires 5+ years of data engineering experience, strong SQL and Python skills, and prior work with cloud data platforms and ETL/ELT processes.