Senior Data Engineer

Position Summary:

MacroHealth has a rare opportunity to play a critical role in optimizing healthcare delivery and payments using applied intelligence at intersection healthcare and technology. MacroHealth’s Data Foundations team is growing and looking for a Senior Data Engineer. 

The Data Foundation team uses Azure, and modern distributed/big data technologies (e.g. Databricks, Hadoop, Hive, Kafka) to create data-driven value-add SaaS and Analytics solutions. The Data Foundation aggregates data across multiple disparate sources; normalizes the data; builds and apply intelligence models including AI/ML to create both large, enterprise, scalable applications and open API-based ecosystems. 

The candidate will be designing and implementing the high quality, innovative and state of the art Data Infrastructure that complies with coding standards and technical design. Utilizes advanced understanding of development best practices to write code and perform programming tasks. Demonstrates full competency and comprehensive knowledge in one or more fields within function. Leads or mentors other team members in designing and developing features or smaller implementations. Contributes to teamwork and the development of a positive work culture. 

Key Relationships: Data Engineer, Data Analyst, Data Scientist, Software Engineer, Product Management 

Key Accountabilities:

Performs advanced programming tasks to satisfy business requirements

• Plans, designs, develops, tests various Data Infrastructure features, enhancements, or bugs to an advanced level
• Utilizes advanced understanding of development best practices to write code and perform programming tasks
• Takes technical leadership on design and development of new features for the MacroHealth platform
• Works with colleagues to define, design, and break complex problems into actionable tasks and drives them to completion with peers on team
• Contributes to new feature development and enhancements to existing features
• Designs more complex implementations, plans, and writes new class objects to satisfy business requirements
• Independently modifies existing functionality and fixes bugs and defects
• Maintains unit/integration tests for all completed coding
• Works independently to plan and write components and shippable code
• Completes more complex assignments

Demonstrates leadership and mentors team

• Demonstrates full competency and comprehensive knowledge in one or more fields within function
• Leads or mentors team in the design and development of smaller implementations
• Provides guidance and mentors junior team members

Contributes to teamwork and the development of a positive work culture

• Collaborates with team to achieve organizational goals
• Contributes to development of a positive work culture by demonstrating teamwork and alignment with core company values
• Shows initiative and offers assistance when needed without being asked
• Constructively escalates problems and issues
• Applies knowledge, skills, and abilities to specialty

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Knowledge of the US healthcare system, ideally with prior experience in a health tech setting
• Ability to thrive in a people-first culture of teamwork and respect
• Self-starting and innovative orientation
• Ability to take ownership, work with tight timelines, and manage various tasks simultaneously
• Personally motivated to exceed performance and functional standards of design and implementation
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to maintain unit/integration tests for code
• Comfort working within an Agile methodology
• Demonstrated ability to learn emerging technologies and work across technologies

Required Education and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent work experience
• 7+ years of professional experience as a data engineer, ideally within the healthcare industry
• Experience with modern big data technologies such as Databricks, Hadoop, Hive, Kafka etc.
• A solid foundation in Python
• Experience designing and building solutions for data infrastructure
• Experience in working with Product Management and other stakeholders to help define product direction and requirements

Preferred Education and Experience:

• Experience with healthcare data (e.g. health payments, authorizations, eligibility, electronic health records)
• Experience with existing and emerging health care interoperability technologies and standards (e.g. X12, NCPDP, FHIR)
• Experience working for or with healthcare providers/plans/payers particularly in data warehousing and business intelligence

Location:Fully remote within the US 

Core Competencies:

One Team:

• Act as one team with fellow MacroMates and customers
• Value humility, low ego, and collaboration  
• Maintain an All for One, One for All attitude

Deliver on Promises:

• Do the right thing
• Do what you say you will do
• Work with a sense of urgency and transparency

Macro Thinking:

• Challenge yourself and others to think boldly, bigger, and into the future
• Lead with a Growth Mindset  
• Act as a thought leader for the healthcare industry

MacroHealth is an equal opportunity employer.