Northwell Health

Lead Data Engineer - Data Platform Engineering (Hybrid)

Northwell Health  •  Suffolk, VA / Melville, NY (Remote)  •  4 days ago
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Job Description

We're looking for a hands-on Lead Data Engineer to architect and build the data pipelines and infrastructure that power our analytics, ML, and business intelligence capabilities. You'll design greenfield data solutions while modernizing our existing systems to create a scalable, reliable, and performant data platform. Leads the implementation of information systems to manage financial functions for Patient Financial Services/Accounts. Oversees projects and initiatives to meet user requirements. Serves as a liaison between department (user) and vendors. Ensures systems compliance to applicable laws, regulatory standards and policies. This is a unique opportunity to own critical data infrastructure from the ground up. You'll spend your time building robust ETL/ELT pipelines, optimizing data models, building reusable and extensible frameworks, and mentoring the team all while solving complex challenges around data ingestion, transformation, and orchestration at scale.

Job Responsibility

  • Coordinates implementation of information system initiatives to meet user requirements.
  • Communicates with user departments and project teams regarding implementation activities and system changes to ensure feasibility.
  • Develops system specifications that appropriately meet department requirements.
  • Develops systems to track data in comprehensive and innovative ways.
  • Collaborates with hospital departments and outside vendors to facilitate managed care contract implementation.
  • Coordinates and maintains communication between the hospital and vendor(s) regarding system applications.
  • Performs periodic post-installation reviews of system initiatives.
  • Conducts system-wide in-services with managers and staff, as necessary.
  • Ensures systems compliance to applicable laws, regulatory standards and policies.
  • Uses knowledge and skills to contribute to the development of functional objectives and principles to achieve goals in innovative ways. Problems addressed are of diverse scope and complexity ranging from moderate to substantial.
  • Performs related duties as required. All responsibilities noted here are considered essential functions of the job under the Americans with Disabilities Act. Duties not mentioned here, but considered related are not essential functions.

Job Qualification

  • Bachelor's Degree required, or equivalent combination of education and related experience.
  • 5-7 years of relevant experience including technical experience with Apache Hadoop, NoSQL, setting up cloud clusters, Apache Spark, and other advanced data science and big data technologies, required.

HIGHLY PREFERRED

  • Extensive Google Cloud Platform (GCP) experience
  • Previous experience as a Data Platform Engineer/ Data Engineer/ Analytics Engineer for a large organization
  • Experience in/ with Python (FastAPI, Pandas, Polars, etc.)
  • Experience with infrastructure as code, specifically Terraform
  • Extensive experience with Airflow, DBT, and/ or Dataform
  • Experience with OpenLineage, OpenMetadata and data contracts
  • Extensive experience with BigQuery, CloudSQL, Pub/ Sub, Dataflow, Cloud Storage, etc.
  • Experience with the Cloud Healthcare API/ FHIR/ HL7


*Additional Salary Detail

The salary range and/or hourly rate listed is a good faith determination of potential base compensation that may be offered to a successful applicant for this position at the time of this job advertisement and may be modified in the future.When determining a team member's base salary and/or rate, several factors may be considered as applicable (e.g., location, specialty, service line, years of relevant experience, education, credentials, negotiated contracts, budget and internal equity).

Northwell Health

About Northwell Health

Northwell Health is New York State’s largest health care provider and private employer, with 28 hospitals, about 1,000+ outpatient facilities and more than 16,000 affiliated physicians.

At Northwell, we focus on cultivating an environment that inspires growth, empowers leadership, and encourages breakthroughs, not just in the communities we serve but in the careers of those who make an impact in the lives of so many. We are committed to our mission and our core values – including being Truly Inclusive. We value everyone’s perspectives, backgrounds and experiences. This is demonstrated in the work we do together, and how we care for each other, our patients, their families and the communities we serve.

We care for over two million people annually in the New York metro area and beyond, thanks to philanthropic support from our communities. Our 100,000+ employees – 19,000+ nurses and 5,000+ employed doctors, including members of Northwell Health Physician Partners – are working to change health care for the better. 

We’re making breakthroughs in medicine at The Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research. We're training the next generation of medical professionals at the visionary Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell and the Hofstra Northwell School of Nursing and Physician Assistant Studies.

For information on our more than 100 medical specialties, visit Northwell.edu and follow us @NorthwellHealth on Facebook, X, Instagram and LinkedIn.

Interested in a career at Northwell Health? Visit Jobs.Northwell.edu and explore our many opportunities.

Industry
Healthcare & Social Services
Company Size
10,000+ employees
Headquarters
Lake Success, NY
Year Founded
1997
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