Senior Data Engineer - job 1 of 2

We are hiring a Senior Data Engineer to join our team and contribute to a high-impact healthcare transformation initiative. This project is redefining how healthcare is paid for, delivered, and experienced—eliminating surprise bills, improving care quality, and reducing costs.

If you're passionate about solving complex data challenges, enjoy working in fast-paced environments, and want to build scalable data solutions that make a real-world impact, we’d love to hear from you.

Responsibilities: 

• Build and maintain scalable data pipelines and infrastructure to support analytics, reporting, and machine learning across healthcare business units.
• Develop creative solutions for data ingestion, transformation, and modeling of healthcare datasets, including medical claims and insurance eligibility.
• Collaborate with analytics engineers, data scientists, and software developers to deliver reusable, well-documented datasets and infrastructure.
• Participate in the design and implementation of next-generation data infrastructure in Microsoft Azure, including evaluating and upgrading the data warehouse stack.
• Ensure data quality, compliance (including HIPAA), and performance across all systems.
• Support automation initiatives to reduce manual tasks and improve operational efficiency.
• Explore and apply AI productivity tools to enhance data engineering workflows.

• 10+ years of professional experience in data engineering, with a strong grasp of engineering best practices and data product ownership.
• Proficiency in Python (or Ruby), PostgreSQL, Docker, and familiarity with Bash scripting.
• Experience with Microsoft Azure and optionally AWS tools such as Athena, Lambda, and Glue.
• Strong understanding of data architecture principles, data quality, and scalable system design.
• Experience working in healthcare or other highly regulated industries.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills across technical and non-technical teams.
• Intellectual curiosity and a proactive approach to adopting new technologies, especially in the realm of AI and automation.
• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Data Engineering, or a related field. A Master’s Degree is preferred.
• US Citizenship is required for this position.

• Choose your contract: Contract(1099) or B2B/C2C,
• Unlimited working-from-anywhere policy,
• Referral Bonuses,
• Working on international projects
  

Our values
We are a company that seeks the best for both our employees and clients, reaching beyond expectations in turning dreams into reality. Our way of working is rooted in our core values (Integrity, Excellence, Proactivity, Innovation, and People), with an expectation that our future colleagues will make these their second nature in their everyday work and life. We don’t ask for perfection, but we do appreciate people motivated to better themselves in every conceivable aspect.

About IT Labs

Founded in 2005, IT Labs is an international software tech company, specializing in purpose and process-driven teams for high-performance, innovation, transformation, and efficiency. Our HQ is in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, and we have teams and offices around the world - the US, the UK, the Netherlands, Argentina, Brazil, Serbia, and North Macedonia. We are constantly growing, and we would love for you to become part of our team!