Senior Healthcare Data Engineer New Austin, Texas

ASSYST, Inc.; Austin (TX); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

ASSYST, Inc. in Austin, TX, is seeking a Senior Healthcare Data Engineer to lead system integration, automation, and data modernization initiatives for our client in a hybrid Austin environment.

You will design auto-population mechanisms for registry fields, build automated data pipelines using SAS, Python, R, or SQL, and develop dashboards to monitor ingestion, data quality, and processing bottlenecks. Collaborating with epidemiologists, clinical abstractors, and DB architects, you will ensure

Qualifications

• 8+ Years in Scripting & Statistical Programming using SAS, Python, R, or similar
• 8+ Years in System Integration & Automation
• 8+ Years in Health & Database Systems with relational databases (SQL)
• 8+ Years in System Requirements & Technical Analysis
• 8+ Years in Data Validation & Quality Assurance
• 8+ Years in Technical Documentation & Communication

Responsibilities

• Lead system integration and data modernization initiatives for eICR ingestion and registry field auto-population.
• Design automated data pipelines to extract, ingest, and process high-volume EHR data feeds.
• Create automated rules for deterministic and probabilistic record linkage and data integration across relational databases.
• Automate clinical review workflows to streamline triage and routing of case alerts.
• Build and maintain dashboards tracking ingestion volumes, data completeness, bottlenecks, and transformation errors.
• Develop SRDs and runbooks to ensure long-term solution sustainability.
• Document scripts, schemas, data flows, and ETL procedures end-to-end.

Skills

SAS

Python

R

SQL

System Integration

Automation

Data Validation

Technical Documentation

Tools

EHR Data Feeds

HL7/FHIR

XML/JSON

SQL Databases

Job description

ASSYST is seeking an experienced Senior Healthcare Data Engineer to lead system integration, programming automation, and data modernization initiatives for our Client in Austin TX (Hybrid)

The Senior Healthcare Data Engineer leads the effort to evaluate and specify business requirements for electronic initial case report (eICR) ingestion, design auto-population mechanisms for registry fields, streamline the clinical review triage process, and construct operational dashboards. Shall be working closely with epidemiologists, clinical abstractors, and database architects, the developer will build automated, reliable workflows to extract, validate, and incorporate complex clinical and public health data into active surveillance workflows.

Key Responsibilities.

• Conduct an in-depth needs assessment to determine system and functional requirements for TBIRDS to ingest incoming eICRs and auto-populate designated registry fields.
• Translate epidemiological and clinical surveillance workflows into concrete technical specifications, data dictionaries, and architectural recommendations.
• Produce formal System Requirements Documents (SRD) and comprehensive integration runbooks to ensure long-term solution sustainability
• Design, build, test, and maintain automated data pipelines using SAS, Python, R, or SQL to extract, ingest, and process high-volume electronic health record (EHR) data feeds.
• Create automated rules for deterministic and probabilistic record linkage, entity deduplication, and integration across relational databases.
• Automate the clinical review workflow to triage and route incoming case alerts, minimizing manual abstraction lag.
• Build, configure, and maintain interactive operational dashboards tracking eCR ingestion volumes, data completeness, processing bottlenecks, and transformation error rates.
• Present actionable system and surveillance metrics to branch leadership, epidemiologists, and technical collaborators.
• Establish unit, integration, and regression testing frameworks to validate pipeline reliability, data completeness, and standardization.
• Ensure transformations strictly preserve semantic meaning across clinical terminology sets and interoperability standards.
• Debug script issues, address parsing anomalies, and continuously optimize data ingestion throughput.
• Maintain end-to-end documentation for all scripts, schemas, data flows, and automated ETL procedures.
• Interface between epidemiological researchers, IT infrastructure teams, and external healthcare reporting partners to ensure aligned system modernization.

Qualifications & Skill Requirements

• 8+ Years in Scripting & Statistical Programming, Hands-on development, testing, maintenance, and troubleshooting using SAS, Python, R, or comparable enterprise data languages.
• 8+ Years in System Integration & Automation, Proven track record designing automated interoperability workflows, data exchange routines, and dashboard solutions.
• 8+ Years in Health & Database Systems, Experience querying and managing complex structured or semi-structured healthcare, public health, or administrative datasets using relational databases (SQL).
• 8+ Years in System Requirements & Technical Analysis, Demonstrated ability to evaluate business and programmatic needs and translate them into formal technical specifications and system reports.
• 8+ Years in Data Validation & Quality Assurance, Methodological testing, auditing, and verification of automated data integration pipelines.
• 8+ Years in Technical Documentation & Communication, Strong documentation habits alongside demonstrated ability to explain complex technical concepts to non-technical and clinical staff.

Preferred Qualifications

• 2+ Years in Healthcare Interoperability & Messaging, Direct experience handling electronic case reporting (eCR / eICR), Health Information Exchanges (HIE), Electronic Health Records (EHR), and standards such as HL7 (v2/v3), CDA, HL7 FHIR, XML, or JSON.
• 2+ Years in Clinical Terminology, Familiarity working with standardized clinical classifications such as SNOMED CT, LOINC, and ICD-10.
• 2+ Years in Public Health & Registry Systems, Experience working with state public health registries, disease surveillance systems, data linkage/matching methods, and production-grade ETL pipelines.

ASSYST is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, disability, military status, national origin or any other characteristic protected under federal, state, or applicable local law

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