Staff Data Engineer: HIPAA Data Pipelines & De-Identification

Walmart; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 143,000 - 286,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock purchase

401(k)

Life insurance

Paid time off (PTO)

Job summary

Walmart seeks a Staff Data Engineer to design scalable data solutions across multiple domains, focusing on de-identification, tokenization, and compliant data pipelines. You will work with stakeholders to translate complex requirements into robust technical solutions while aligning with privacy and regulatory standards.

Role emphasizes data engineering excellence, governance, and operational impact, with collaboration across product, data science, and other data engineers to ensure model quality

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field and 4 years’ software engineering experience; or 6 years’ experience in software engineering; or Master’s degree and 2 years’ experience.
• 3 years’ experience in data engineering, database engineering, BI, or analytics.
• Experience with cloud data platforms, workflow automation, and CI/CD practices.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with stakeholders and translate complex business requirements into scalable data solutions.
• Operate and evolve our de-identification and tokenization pipelines on on-prem vendor platforms via CLI-driven workflows.
• Build transformations and joins that adjust data granularity to meet risk thresholds under Expert Determination methodology.
• Own daily/weekly refresh cycles feeding internal analytics and external pharma partners.
• Translate HIPAA, DGC, and Expert Determination requirements into engineering controls with Legal, Privacy, and Compliance.
• Implement data governance practices ensuring regulatory and ethical standards compliance.
• Automate workflows and optimize ETL processes using modern tools and cloud platforms.
• Conduct data quality assessments and metadata management.

Skills

Python

SQL

ETL

Data Pipelines

Cloud Platforms

CI/CD

REST APIs

Git

Data Governance

HIPAA Compliance

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science

Master’s degree in Computer Science

Tools

Apache Kafka

CLI

Git

Job description

Walmart seeks a Staff Data Engineer to design scalable data solutions across multiple domains, focusing on de-identification, tokenization, and compliant data pipelines. You will work with stakeholders to translate complex requirements into robust technical solutions while aligning with privacy and regulatory standards.

Role emphasizes data engineering excellence, governance, and operational impact, with collaboration across product, data science, and other data engineers to ensure model quality