Sr. Data Engineer

Wellvana; Nashville (TN); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Wellvana is seeking a Sr. Data Engineer in Nashville to build scalable data pipelines and real-time data streams. You will work with engineers, analysts, and actuaries to evolve the platform and ensure high data quality across the organization. Expertise in Python, SQL, and modern data tools is essential.

You will design data architectures, optimize pipelines, and contribute to governance, security, and API integrations while collaborating across functions to deliver reliable data products.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of data engineering experience.
• 3+ years of cloud engineering experience.
• 2+ years of senior product management experience.
• 3+ years of Python and SQL experience.
• dbt experience is a plus.
• Health care data experience is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain scalable data pipelines from scratch.
• Optimize existing data pipelines for performance, reliability, and efficiency.
• Architect and manage cloud-based data infrastructure.
• Utilize data orchestration tools to schedule and monitor workflows.
• Develop and optimize complex SQL queries and scripts for data processing.
• Design and implement real-time data streaming solutions.
• Build and maintain API-based data integrations to facilitate seamless data exchange between systems.
• Work with data processing frameworks for efficient data transformations.
• Implement best practices for data modeling, governance, and security.
• Deploy and manage containerized applications using Kubernetes.
• Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines to streamline data deployment and integration processes.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure data availability and quality.
• Stay current with industry trends and emerging technologies to continuously improve data engineering practices.

Job description

About Wellvana

The healthcare system isn’t designed for health. We’re designed to change that. We’re Wellvana, and we help doctors deliver life-changing healthcare. Through our elevated value‑based care programs, we’re revitalizing an antiquated system that has relied too long on misaligned incentives that reward quantity of care rather than the quality of it. Our enlightened approach covers everything from care coordination to clinical documentation education to marketing, tying the healthy outcomes of patients directly to shared savings for primary care providers, health systems and payors. Providers in our curated network keep their independence, reduce their administrative headaches, and spend more time with patients. Patients, in turn, get an elevated experience with coordinated care between appointments that is nothing short of life-changing.

Named a 2024 "Best in Business" and 2023 "Best Place to Work" by Nashville Business Journal, we’re one of the fastest-growing healthcare companies in America because what we do works. This is the way medicine is meant to be.

Role Overview

As a Sr. Data Engineer, you will be a crucial part of the Wellvana technology team responsible for the data platform and pipelines used across the organization. You’ll work closely with our engineers, business analysts, medical economics team, actuaries, and more to help define and evolve our platform to meet the growing and changing needs of the business.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain scalable data pipelines from scratch.
• Optimize existing data pipelines for performance, reliability, and efficiency.
• Architect and manage cloud-based data infrastructure.
• Utilize data orchestration tools to schedule and monitor workflows.
• Develop and optimize complex SQL queries and scripts for data processing.
• Design and implement real-time data streaming solutions.
• Build and maintain API-based data integrations to facilitate seamless data exchange between systems.
• Work with data processing frameworks for efficient data transformations.
• Implement best practices for data modeling, governance, and security.
• Deploy and manage containerized applications using Kubernetes.
• Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines to streamline data deployment and integration processes.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including analytics, product, and engineering, to ensure data availability and quality.
• Stay current with industry trends and emerging technologies to continuously improve data engineering practices.

Requirements

• Integrity: The right way is the only way.
• Dependability: You do what you say you’re going to do.
• Advocacy: You fight for the best possible outcome for providers and their patients.
• Clarity: You make it all understandable.

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Management Information Systems, or a related field, or equivalent experience.

Certifications

• N/A

Years of Related Experience

• 4+ years of data engineering experience
• 3+ years of cloud engineering experience
• 2+ years of senior product management experience
• 3+ years of Python and SQL experience
• dbt experience is a plus
• Health care data experience is a plus

Skills, Competencies, and Behaviors

• Strong expertise in Python, dbt, and SQL for data transformation and manipulation.
• Proficiency in data orchestration tools like Apache Airflow or Dagster.
• Experience working with data warehouses such as Snowflake.
• Proficiency in big data technologies such as Apache Spark.
• Experience with real-time data streaming technologies like Kafka is a plus.
• Strong understanding of API-based data integrations.
• Knowledge of CI/CD practices for data engineering.
• Familiarity with containerization tools like Docker and Kubernetes.
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills with the ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Experience with workflow automation and data governance best practices.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Wellvana is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, or veteran status.