Senior Data Engineer

SmartLight Analytics is a company focused on reducing healthcare costs through proprietary data analysis. They are seeking a Senior Data Engineer to lead the modernization of their data infrastructure by building new data pipelines and warehouse models in Snowflake while collaborating with the existing SQL Server Data Engineering team.

Responsibilities:

• Design, build, and maintain ETL and reverse-ETL pipelines between Snowflake, Azure Data Factory, and legacy SQL Server systems
• Develop and optimize Snowflake data warehouse models, ensuring performance, reliability, and high availability
• Implement and maintain row-level and column-level security policies to protect sensitive healthcare data
• Partner with the existing SQL Server Data Engineering team to plan and execute the migration of legacy ETL processes and warehouse models to Snowflake and the cloud
• Build and maintain data transformations using dbt
• Monitor pipeline health, troubleshoot failures, and ensure uptime and data integrity across all data flows
• Mentor peers and contribute to engineering best practices, code reviews, and documentation
• Learn and adopt Sigma as the organization’s BI and reporting tool

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Data Engineering, or related field, or equivalent experience
• 10+ years of experience in data engineering, ETL development, and data warehouse modeling
• Proven hands-on experience with Snowflake, including architecture, optimization, and security
• Strong proficiency in SQL and Python
• Experience with at least one major BI/visualization platform (e.g., Power BI, Tableau, Looker, Sigma)
• Experience with dbt and Azure Data Factory
• Prior experience working with healthcare data, including familiarity with data sensitivity, HIPAA, and security best practices
• Experience implementing row-level and/or column-level security in a data warehouse environment
• Strong self-management skills with the ability to work independently in a fully remote environment
• Experience with healthcare claims, eligibility, or related payer/TPA data
• Experience migrating data infrastructure from SQL Server to Snowflake or other cloud platforms
• Familiarity with Sigma
• Experience working in Agile development environments with tools such as Jira
• Prior experience in a startup or fast-growing technology company