Senior Data Engineer
Humana
- Location
- Remote Nationwide
- Work model
- Remote
- Level
- Senior
- H-1B history
- 130 approvals (FY2023)
- Posted
- Aug 18, 2026
Skills
About this role
Become a part of our caring community The Senior Data Engineer designs, builds, and maintains data processing solutions that enable the efficient transformation of structured and unstructured data into meaningful insights. Working closely with engineers and cross functional partners, this role contributes to data ingestion from internal and external sources using cloud‑native platforms, established engineering best practices, and proven design patterns. This position supports the design, development, and maintenance of scalable data solutions and supporting software applications based on business requirements. The work involves moderately complex to complex problem solving and requires in‑depth analysis of data, systems, and variable factors. The Data Engineer ensures reliable collection, storage, processing, and analysis of large data sets while aligning solutions with enterprise architecture standards. In addition, the Data Engineer contributes to data and software solutions that leverage big data, artificial intelligence, and machine learning techniques to cleanse, organize, and transform data into actionable insights—supporting Humana’s mission to better serve its members. Exceptional outcomes begin with exceptional talent. They begin with you. In addition, the Data Engineer contributes to data and software solutions that leverage big data, artificial intelligence, and machine learning techniques to cleanse, organize, and transform data into actionable insights—supporting Humana’s mission to better serve its members. Exceptional outcomes begin with exceptional talent. They begin with you. We are seeking a talented Senior Da ta Engineer who is passionate about building innovative data solutions and contributing to pioneering work within the space technology domain. This role is well suited for a collaborative team player who thrives in a fast-paced , iterative delivery environment and is motivated by solving complex problems. The Senior Data Engineer will design, build, maintain , and optimize scalable data pipelines and data ‑ driven solutions. This role focuses on developing systems for collecting, storing, processing, and analyzing large volumes of data while ensuring high standards of data quality, reliability, and performance. The successful candidate will evaluate and select appropriate technologies , implement and monitor data workflows, and continuously improve data platform capabilities. This position requires close collaboration with software engineering and analytics teams to integrate data solutions into shared platforms and architectures, applying strong engineering principles to support both business and analytical needs.
Responsibilities
Include Design, develop, and maintain scalable data pipelines and workflows using Azure Databricks Develop and maintain SAS programs and SSIS packages for intermediate and downstream data processing Write, optimize, and maintain complex SQL queries to support data transformation and analytical use cases Design and build ETL/ELT pipelines integrating data from multiple internal and external source systems Select, implement, and support Big Data tools and frameworks for data processing and integration Monitor, troubleshoot, and resolve complex data processing issues , applying root cause analysis and preventative fixes Optimize data pipelines for performance, scalability, reliability, and cost efficiency Recommend and support infrastructure improvements to meet evolving data volume and processing demands Partner with product management and SRE teams to define requirements and translate them into actionable engineering work Collaborate effectively with engineers, stakeholders, and cross functional teams to ensure alignment on data strategy, architecture, and outcomes Use your skills to make an