Senior Forward-Deployed Data Engineer (Remote)

Humana, Inc.; United States; Remote; USD 118,000 - 162,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus incentive plan

Employee benefits package

Matched 401(k)

Job summary

Humana, Inc. seeks a Senior Forward Deployed Engineer to design, build and maintain data & ML solutions at enterprise scale. You will work closely with business and analytics teams to translate real-world problems into scalable Databricks-based workflows for healthcare data.

The role emphasizes collaboration, rapid prototyping, and delivering trusted, governed data in a regulated healthcare environment. Travel to client sites may occur, with a strong focus on data security and HIPAA compliance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• 5+ years of cloud-native Data & ML engineering experience.
• 5+ years of programming experience in Python (PySpark) and SQL.
• 3+ years with Databricks, PostgreSQL, and distributed data processing (Spark).

Responsibilities

• Design and implement scalable data pipelines for healthcare data.
• Lead design discussions for enterprise-scale data & ML solutions.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to translate requirements into technical specs.
• Ensure data quality, governance, and regulatory compliance in analytics.
• Prototype and demonstrate solutions to accelerate time-to-value.

Skills

Python programming

SQL

Databricks

Cloud data platforms

Education

Bachelor's in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Databricks

PostgreSQL

Apache Spark

Databricks ML stack (MLflow)

Delta Lake

Airflow

Azure Data Factory

Kafka / Event Hubs

Job description

Humana, Inc. seeks a Senior Forward Deployed Engineer to design, build and maintain data & ML solutions at enterprise scale. You will work closely with business and analytics teams to translate real-world problems into scalable Databricks-based workflows for healthcare data.

The role emphasizes collaboration, rapid prototyping, and delivering trusted, governed data in a regulated healthcare environment. Travel to client sites may occur, with a strong focus on data security and HIPAA compliance.