Senior Data Migrations Leader - ETL, HL7/FHIR, Remote

Athenahealth India; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Commuter support

Tuition assistance

Employee resource groups

Flexible work arrangements

Dog-friendly offices

Job summary

athenahealth is seeking a Data Engineering Lead for a remote-US role focused on moving healthcare data into athenahealth systems with precision and reliability. You will design, develop, and support ETL processes to migrate from legacy EHRs, partnering across Sales, Product, Implementation, Operations, and Engineering to align technical strategy with business goals.

You will mentor a team of data engineers, drive data quality, and ensure compliant data movement using HL7 and FHIR standards,

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS/IS/Engineering or related field, 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 staff, or managing 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 with healthcare data, healthcare technology, or implementation-focused teams preferred.
• Strong problem-solving, communication, collaboration, and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a team of data engineers responsible for ETL workflows that extract, transform, and load data 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

Leadership

ETL

Data engineering

Python

SQL

Healthcare data

HL7/FHIR

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Info Systems/Engineering

Tools

ETL tooling

SQL tooling

Job description

athenahealth is seeking a Data Engineering Lead for a remote-US role focused on moving healthcare data into athenahealth systems with precision and reliability. You will design, develop, and support ETL processes to migrate from legacy EHRs, partnering across Sales, Product, Implementation, Operations, and Engineering to align technical strategy with business goals.

You will mentor a team of data engineers, drive data quality, and ensure compliant data movement using HL7 and FHIR standards,