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Sr Data Engineer

Healthfirst
Connecticut, CT Full Time
POSTED ON 4/8/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 5/6/2026
The Senior Data Engineer leads and implements best-in-class data management strategies and practices through various forms of integration, data acquisition/ingestion, data cleansing/refinements, data transformations/conversions, data migrations, data purging, and back-ups. The incumbent works with a variety of users and stakeholders to understand data requirements and supports the data architecture to translate into the data management practice at Healthfirst. The Sr. Data Engineer authors artifacts defining standards and definitions for storing, processing, and moving data including associated processes and business rules. Additionally, the Sr. Data Engineer maps the details within these artifacts to business processes, non-functional characteristics, qualitative criteria, and technical enablement. He/she must constantly think through the needs of the business to support efficient and error-free processes. The Sr. Data Engineer finds trends in datasets and develops workflows and algorithms to highlight strategic raw data as useful to the enterprise. The Sr. Data Engineer creates data acquisition strategy and develops dataset processes in a robust manner according to best practices of standardization.

Minimum Qualifications


  • 8 Years overall IT experience
  • Enterprise experience in scripting languages primarily Python and Pyspark building enterprise frameworks
  • Enterprise experience in data ingestion methodologies using different etl tools(Glue,DBT or any other)
  • Enterprise experience in data warehousing concepts and big data technologies like EMR, Hadoop
  • Enterprise experience in any cloud infrastructure like AWS,GCP,Azure
  • Strong SQL expertise across different relational and NoSQL Databases.

Preferred Qualifications


  • Strong knowledge of data security, encryption, and compliance standards.
  • Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices in a data engineering environment.
  • Experience in API building
  • Experience building stream platforms

Compliance and Regulatory Responsibilities: N/A

License/Certification: N/A



Hiring Range*:



  • Greater New York City Area (NY, NJ, CT residents): $134,600 - $194,480
  • All Other Locations (within approved locations): $119,600 - $177,905

As a candidate for this position, your salary and related elements of compensation will be contingent upon your work experience, education, licenses and certifications, and any other factors Healthfirst deems pertinent to the hiring decision.

In addition to your salary, Healthfirst offers employees a full range of benefits such as, medical, dental and vision coverage, incentive and recognition programs, life insurance, and 401k contributions (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements). Healthfirst believes in providing a competitive compensation and benefits package wherever its employees work and live.

  • The hiring range is defined as the lowest and highest salaries that Healthfirst in “good faith” would pay to a new hire, or for a job promotion, or transfer into this role.

Salary : $119,600 - $177,905

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