Data Engineer, Senior
Blue Shield of California1 month ago
Oakland, CA, USASenior
Responsibilities
- Design, build, and maintain complex data pipelines through development and production.
- Develop scalable, efficient, cost-effective implementations using reusable frameworks and patterns.
- Integrate security, automation, testing, validation, and quality controls throughout the SDLC.
- Drive operational excellence through monitoring, incident management, root cause analysis, deployment stability, and configuration management.
- Monitor, tune, and optimize data pipelines for performance, availability, reliability, and resource utilization.
- Coordinate sustaining support for multiple cloud-based data platforms or business processes.
- Translate complex functional requirements into robust technical designs.
- Mentor and support Data Engineers through code reviews, knowledge sharing, and engineering guidance.
- Collaborate in an agile and DevSecOps pod model with technical and business stakeholders.
- Apply healthcare and enterprise IT domain knowledge to solution delivery.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
- At least 5 years of relevant data engineering experience.
- Strong hands-on SQL experience, including scripting and automation.
- Expertise with cloud platforms, preferably Azure, and services including ADLS, Synapse, and Data Factory.
- Hands-on experience with modern data stack tools such as dbt, Snowflake, Databricks, Airflow, or Tidal.
- Strong knowledge of data modeling, including Data Vault 2.0, data integration, data architecture, warehousing, and data quality.
- Experience implementing CI/CD pipelines with tools such as Bitbucket or GitHub.
- Understanding of agile delivery methodologies and enterprise cloud integration.
- Ability to communicate effectively and translate technical solutions for non-technical stakeholders.
- Healthcare or regulated-environment experience is required, with Epic ecosystem exposure preferred.
- Awareness of data governance, security standards, and production certification processes.
About Blue Shield of California
Blue Shield of California is a nonprofit, tax-paying health plan that sells medical, dental, and vision insurance to individuals, employers, and Medicare/Medi-Cal beneficiaries across California. An independent member of the Blue Shield Association, it also administers government program plans. Founded in 1939 and headquartered in Oakland, the company serves nearly 6 million members statewide.