Healthcare.com

Lead Data Engineer

Healthcare.com  •  Onsite  •  5 hours ago
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Job Description

Join Us!HealthCare.com has become one of America’s fastest-growing insurtech companies, revolutionizing how consumers shop for health insurance. Leveraging advanced technology and data science, the company has developed customized proprietary products to better fit consumer requirements, enhance customer satisfaction, and take some of the guesswork and inefficiencies out of buying insurance.
About the Role
We’re hiring a Data Engineer to help own and scale our core data platform. This role is hands-on and production-focused: you’ll design, build, and maintain data pipelines that power analytics, machine learning, and operational systems.We’re especially interested in candidates who combine strong data engineering fundamentals with either analytics depth or DevOps / platform experience
What You’ll DoDesign, build, and maintain production-grade data pipelines using Airflow and AWS services like Lambda, DynamoDBOwn data ingestion from internal systems and third-party integrations (e.g., Google, Bing, external APIs).Manage data storage and movement across S3, Snowflake, Snowpipe, and DynamoDBWrite and maintain custom Python code that runs reliably in production.Work across dev, staging, and production environments with proper deployment and rollback practices.Partner with analytics, data science, and product teams to design reliable, usable data models.Review code, mentor junior engineers, and help establish best practices for data quality, reliability, and observability.Identify and fix performance, cost, or reliability issues in existing pipelines.

What We’re Looking For

  • Core Requirements
  • Strong experience building and maintaining production data pipelines
  • Deep comfort with Python for data engineering (not just scripting).
  • Hands-on experience with Airflow in a real production environment.
  • Experience working in AWS, including S3 and managed services.
  • Solid SQL skills and experience working with analytical warehouses (Snowflake strongly preferred).
  • Experience operating systems across multiple environments (dev / prd).
  • Ability to mentor others through code review, design discussions, and troubleshooting.

  • Bonus Skills
  • Experience with Kubernetes or containerized workloads.
  • DevOps or platform experience (CI/CD, infrastructure-as-code, monitoring).
  • Analytics experience (data modeling, working directly with analysts or stakeholders).
  • Experience integrating with external APIs and managing schema or contract changes.
  • History of improving data reliability, latency, or cost at scale.
  • Experience as a technical mentor—reviewing code, setting standards, and helping the team make better engineering decisions
  • Can explain why a system is built a certain way, not just how
BenefitsOpportunity to work from homeExcellent work environmentMedical, dental, and vision insuranceUp to 15 days of paid time off12 company observed holidays401k plan with company matchLife insuranceProfessional growth opportunityMost importantly, an inclusive company culture established by an incredible team!
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Healthcare.com

About Healthcare.com

Founded by industry experts in 2014, Healthcare.com is a data-driven, intelligence-informed marketplace where millions of consumers have explored, shopped for and enrolled in health insurance and Medicare plans. We put care, data, and a decade of experience into helping you choose the right plan. With us you can easily shop health plans for individuals, for families, for seniors. Trusted by 10 million customers a year, Healthcare.com is the data-driven choice that matches you to the right health insurance plan. We use proprietary data and machine learning technology to match consumers with distributors, ensuring each consumer gets enrolled in the right plan for them and their families.

Healthcare.com also operates Pivot Health, an insurance marketing company and healthcare services provider that offers a variety of coverage options to consumers on behalf of top-ranked insurance carriers and healthcare organizations. We develop custom health insurance programs and coverage solutions in partnership with insurance carriers. In addition to our own solutions, we have put together a portfolio of non-proprietary health insurance and healthcare solutions that we believe meet the needs of our individual members. Our products range from short-term medical insurance, dental and vision, supplemental indemnity, and accident and illness products.

Industry
Finance & Insurance
Company Size
201-500 employees
Headquarters
Miami, FL
Year Founded
2014
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