Data Engineer II
Description
Job Title: Data Engineer II
Department: Data - Analytics
About the Role:
We are currently seeking a highly motivated Data Engineer II. This role will report to the Manager of Data Integration and work closely with data analysts, data engineers, data scientists, and clinical leaders to produce deliverables for internal and external clients. With over a million managed lives across the country and terabytes of data generated, our teams need to be continuously equipped with the tools and insights to drive strategy and innovation to further our core values of improving patient outcomes and empowering our providers.
You are:
Comfortable with ambiguity and biased towards action. You can identify the 20% of the work that leads to 80% of the result and mobilize and execute the high-impact work consistently. You enjoy thinking about complex and ambiguous problems and can execute consistently and add compounding value.
Relentlessly resourceful. You enjoy taking ownership and can get things done without excuses. You are resilient, detail-oriented, and truly believe that no task is beneath you
Growth-oriented. You are able to evaluate all perspectives, even if uncomfortable, and have the courage to adjust your views if necessary. You have the expertise and communication skills to balance a growth mindset with a bias towards action.
Mission-driven. You are excited by the prospect of diving into complex problems that will drastically improve patient outcomes while lowering the cost of a tremendously inefficient US healthcare system, where waste is over 40% and per-capita healthcare dollars spent are double that of other developed nations.
What You'll Do:
Use data engineering best practices to produce high quality, maximally available data models which are intuitive to data analysts and trusted by stakeholders
Develop deep domain knowledge in healthcare operations, tracking regulatory developments related to analytics products you maintain
Apply quality measures and other metrics to datasets originating from internal and external clients
Build scalable ELT pipelines and business intelligence dashboards as needed, embracing automation wherever possible
Implement data quality checks which proactively identify data issues and distributional shifts to ensure accuracy of downstream analytical products
Qualifications:
Bachelor's degree required in healthcare, analytics, statistics, finance, business, or related field; Master’s degree (MBA, MPH) preferred.
Experience with relational databases.
Strong understanding of database structures, theories, principles, and practices
Working knowledge with programming or scripting languages such as Python, Spark, and SQL.
Knowledge of professional software engineering practices and best practices for the full software development life cycle (SDLC), including documentation, coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations.
Familiarity with normalized, dimensional, star schema and snowflake schematic models
Working experience with Databricks preferred
Familiarity with business intelligence exploratory or visualization tools (e.g., Tableau, PowerBI.) preferred
Strong written and oral communication skills.
Experience with Excel.
You're a great for this role if:
2+ years of experience working in the data and analytics landscape
2+ years of experience using version control to manage code changes
2+ years of experience in managed care or other healthcare data field preferred
1+ years’ using cloud-based services from AWS, GCP, or Azure
Who We Are:
Astrana Health (NASDAQ: ASTH) is a physician-centric, technology-powered healthcare management company. We are building and operating a novel, integrated, value-based healthcare delivery platform to empower our physicians to provide the highest quality of end-to-end care for their patients in a cost-effective manner. Our mission is to combine our clinical experience, best-in-class delivery network, and technological expertise in order to improve patient outcomes, increase access to healthcare, and make the US healthcare system more efficient.
Our platform currently empowers over 10,000 physicians to provide care for ~1 million patients nationwide. Our rapid growth and unique position at the intersection of all major healthcare stakeholders (payer, provider, and patient) gives us an unparalleled opportunity to combine clinical and technological expertise in order to improve patient outcomes, increase access to quality healthcare, and reduce the waste in the US healthcare system.
Our Values:
Patients First
Empowering the Independent Provider
Be Innovative
Operate with Integrity & Deliver Excellence
Team of One
Environmental Job Requirements and Working Conditions:
This position is remotely based in the U.S.
The total compensation target pay range for this role is: $105,000 - $115,000. The salary range represents our national target range for this role.
Astrana Health is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need. If you require assistance in applying for open positions due to a disability, please email us at [email protected] to request an accommodation.
Additional Information:
The job description does not constitute an employment agreement between the employer and employee and is subject to change by the employer as the needs of the employer and requirements of the job change.