Lead Data Engineer

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 We are looking for a highly skilled and hands‑on Lead Data Engineer to join our Home Health Data Engineering team. In this role, you will serve as a technical leader responsible for designing, building, and optimizing our cloud‑based data platforms. You will play a key role in implementing scalable, secure, and reliable data solutions that support our business strategy and accelerate our cloud modernization efforts. This position requires deep expertise in cloud data engineering—particularly Snowflake and Azure—and a strong ability to guide best practices, influence architectural decisions, and mentor engineers. We are looking for someone who is passionate about engineering excellence, automation, and building robust data systems that scale.

The Lead Data Engineer will design, build, and optimize cloud‑native data pipelines and platform components, ensuring high performance, reliability, and scalability.

On a regular basis, you will perform the following tasks:

• Serve as a technical expert for Snowflake and Azure, leading hands‑on implementation across ingestion, transformation, orchestration, and platform optimization.

• Develop and maintain API‑driven integrations using MuleSoft, enabling secure, scalable connectivity between cloud and on‑prem systems

• Drive the migration from on‑prem SQL Server environments to Snowflake, including re‑architecting pipelines, data models, and workflows for the cloud.

• Implement engineering best practices, including CI/CD for data, infrastructure‑as‑code, version control, testing frameworks, and observability.

• Independently troubleshoot complex data and platform issues, identifying root causes and designing effective long‑term solutions.

• Collaborate with data architects, analysts, and business partners to translate requirements into robust, production‑ready solutions.

• Mentor and support data engineers, providing technical guidance, code reviews, and thought leadership to elevate engineering standards.

• Optimize data models, storage patterns, and compute usage to ensure cost‑efficient and high‑performance operations.

• Partner with IT, security, and governance teams to ensure compliance, data quality, and secure handling of sensitive healthcare data.

• Evaluate and introduce new tools, frameworks, and cloud capabilities that enhance our data platform and engineering productivity.

Use your skills to make an impact
 

Required Qualifications:

• 8+ years' extensive hands‑on experience with Snowflake, including performance tuning, data modeling, RBAC, tasks, streams, and secure data sharing.

• 8 years' strong expertise in Azure cloud services, such as Data Factory, Databricks, Functions, Storage, Key Vault, and Azure DevOps.

• Proficiency in SQL, Python, and modern ETL/ELT frameworks.

• Experience working with MuleSoft for API‑driven integrations, data movement, and connecting cloud and on‑prem systems

• Experience with CI/CD pipelines, Git‑based workflows, and infrastructure‑as‑code (Terraform, Bicep, or similar).

• Strong understanding of data architecture, distributed systems, and cloud platform engineering.

• Ability to work independently, take ownership of complex technical initiatives, and drive them to completion.

• Demonstrated strength as a creative and analytical problem solver, capable of navigating ambiguity and designing effective solutions.

• Ability to lead technical discussions, influence design decisions, and mentor engineers.

• Experience working with healthcare data is a plus.

Technologies You Will Work with Regularly

• Snowflake

• Azure (ADF, Databricks, Functions, Storage, DevOps)

• Python

• Mulesoft

• CI/CD tooling

• Terraform / Infrastructure as Code

Work-At-Home Requirements

To ensure Home or Hybrid Home/Office associates’ ability to work effectively, the self-provided internet service of Home or Hybrid Home/Office associates must meet the following criteria:

• At minimum, a download speed of 25 Mbps and an upload speed of 10 Mbps is recommended; wireless, wired cable or DSL connection is suggested

• Satellite, cellular and microwave connection can be used only if approved by leadership

• Associates who live and work from Home in the state of California, Illinois, Montana, or South Dakota will be provided a bi-weekly payment for their internet expense.

• Humana will provide Home or Hybrid Home/Office associates with telephone equipment appropriate to meet the business requirements for their position/job.

• Work from a dedicated space lacking ongoing interruptions to protect member PHI / HIPAA information

Travel: While this is a remote position, occasional travel to Humana's offices for training or meetings may be required.

Scheduled Weekly Hours

40

Pay Range

The compensation range below reflects a good faith estimate of starting base pay for full time (40 hours per week) employment at the time of posting. The pay range may be higher or lower based on geographic location and individual pay will vary based on demonstrated job related skills, knowledge, experience, education, certifications, etc.

 

$142,300 - $195,700 per year

 

This job is eligible for a bonus incentive plan. This incentive opportunity is based upon company and/or individual performance.

Description of Benefits

Humana, Inc. and its affiliated subsidiaries (collectively, “Humana”) offers competitive benefits that support whole-person well-being. Associate benefits are designed to encourage personal wellness and smart healthcare decisions for you and your family while also knowing your life extends outside of work. Among our benefits, Humana provides medical, dental and vision benefits, 401(k) retirement savings plan, time off (including paid time off, company and personal holidays, volunteer time off, paid parental and caregiver leave), short-term and long-term disability, life insurance and many other opportunities.

Application Deadline: 01-24-2026
About us
 Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM) is committed to putting health first – for our teammates, our customers and our company. Through our Humana insurance services and CenterWell healthcare services, we make it easier for the millions of people we serve to achieve their best health – delivering the care and service they need, when they need it. These efforts are leading to a better quality of life for people with Medicare, Medicaid, families, individuals, military service personnel, and communities at large.

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