Lead Data Engineer
At a glance
AI generatedTL;DR
The Lead Data Engineer in RASA, part of the Quality Cost Strategy Analytics organization at Humana, will work closely with the Part D and PDP teams to build strong relationships and understand business needs, improving data access patterns and pipeline governance while establishing maintainable approaches for Databricks pipelines. This role involves architecting, modernizing, and optimizing complex data platforms to enhance reliability, reduce technical debt, and increase engineering efficiency in a rapidly evolving environment. The ideal candidate has 7+ years of experience in data engineering, with expertise in Databricks, T-SQL, Python, PySpark, and SQL, as well as the ability to design scalable data pipelines and collaborate effectively across multiple teams. Experience with Part D/PDP programs and Humana’s cloud ecosystems is preferred, requiring a deep understanding of star schema, snowflake schema, and data architecture principles.
Skills
What you'll do
- Lead data engineering solutions for Part D/PDP, designing and optimizing data movement and orchestration.
- Design, build, maintain, and support the Databricks data analytics platform for performance optimization.
- Collaborate with BI engineers to apply cloud, warehouse, and BI architecture techniques for solution delivery.
- Create scalable data scale solutions at QCSA/Enterprise level to meet evolving business needs.
- Develop modular, reusable code and tools while thoroughly testing and documenting all work.
What we're looking for
- 7+ years of experience in data engineering with expertise in building scalable data pipelines and architectures.
- Strong proficiency in Databricks, T-SQL, Python, PySpark, and pySQL for designing and implementing data solutions.
- Extensive knowledge of star schema, snowflake schema, and data architecture principles to optimize data platforms.
- Ability to analyze complex business problems and develop appropriate data movement and orchestration tools.
- Experience in creating detailed technical documentation and presenting data/solutions to leadership and stakeholders.
- Proven track record of working collaboratively with cross-functional teams to translate requirements between business and technical projects.
- Expertise in thoroughly testing, documenting, and advocating best practices for code development.
Employer
About Humana
Humana Inc. is a leading American for-profit health insurance company based in Louisville, Kentucky, specializing in Medicare Advantage plans.
Humana currently has 16 open roles on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs $142,300–$195,700 across 16 roles with salary data.
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