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Data Engineer

Sanford Health
Michigan, MI Full Time
POSTED ON 12/15/2025 CLOSED ON 12/17/2025

What are the responsibilities and job description for the Data Engineer position at Sanford Health?

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Sanford Health is one of the largest and fastest-growing not-for-profit health systems in the United States. We're proud to offer many development and advancement opportunities to our nearly 50,000 members of the Sanford Family who are dedicated to the work of health and healing across our broad footprint.

Facility: Remote MI (Central Time)

Location: Remote, MI

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Shift: 8 Hours - Day Shifts

Job Schedule: Full time

Weekly Hours: 40.00

Salary Range: $34.50 - $57.00

Pay Info: Pay starts at $34.50 and increases according to years of applicable experience.

Department Details

The Data Engineering team is a collaborative, fun and dynamic group. We strive to innovate and improve the process to bring quality data to our end users.

Job Summary

The Data Engineer is responsible for providing technical support for Data Pipeline implementation, monitoring and administration. This person will work with all the data environments across the enterprise and will also be responsible for ensuring that the systems are scalable, efficient, and accurate. Assemble and manage large, complex datasets that meet both non-functional and functional business requirements. Identify, design, and implement internal process improvements to enhance scalability, optimize data delivery, and automate manual processes. Build and maintain optimal data pipeline architecture for efficient extraction, transformation, and loading of data from various sources.

Provide technical expertise and support for data-related issues. Partner with data and analytics experts to enhance functionality and performance of data systems. Design and deploy frameworks and microservices to serve data assets to data consumers. Performs root cause analysis on data and processes to identify opportunities for improvement.

Act as a trusted advisor and partner to business leads, understanding their needs, interpreting data drivers, and aligning data strategies with business goals. Evaluate customer requirements and contribute to the development of structural necessities within the data architecture.

Ensure database implementation procedures comply with relevant regulations. Organize data within cloud storage and implement appropriate security measures. Collaborate cross-functionally with multiple teams within the organization.

Works independently and collaboratively in a team environment. Excellent analytical and problem-solving abilities. Strong attention to detail to ensure accuracy and predictability of data pipelines. Effectively communicates with engineers, product managers, and analysts to understand data needs. Commitment to building secure, resilient, and fault-tolerant architectures with clear documentation and support procedures.

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree required in data engineering, data analytics, computer engineering, or a related field.

Minimum of 3 years’ experience in data engineering or database analytics. Must have strong programming skills in Python, Scala, and SQL. Advanced SQL knowledge and experience working with relational databases. Prior work with various data management technologies such as RedShift, Postgres, or Snowflake is preferred.

Benefits

Sanford Health offers an attractive benefits package for qualifying full-time and part-time employees. Depending on eligibility, a variety of benefits include health insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, life insurance, a 401(k) retirement plan, work/life balance benefits, and a generous time off package to maintain a healthy home-work balance. For more information about Total Rewards, visit https://sanfordcareers.com/benefits .

Sanford is an EEO/AA Employer M/F/Disability/Vet. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request an accommodation for help with your online application, please call 1-877-673-0854 or send an email to talent@sanfordhealth.org .

Sanford Health has a Drug Free Workplace Policy. An accepted offer will require a drug screen and pre-employment background screening as a condition of employment.

Req Number: R-0243489

Job Function: Information Technology

Featured: No

Salary : $35 - $57

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