Senior Lead Data Engineer

. Design and provide level-of-effort estimates for changes to Insights applications .

Posted 9/25/2026full-timeRemote • Illinois • United StatesSenior💰 $140,000 - $190,000 per yearWebsite

Tools & technologies

AWSCloudEC2PostgresPythonSQLSubversionUnix

Key responsibilities & impact

Design and provide level-of-effort estimates for changes to Insights applications
Develop high-quality modifications to application source code, processes, and architecture
Deliver fully tested code before production deployment when appropriate
Troubleshoot application bugs and issues
Coordinate with engineers to ensure comprehensive platform changes meet business needs
Recommend and implement enhancements to streamline processes and improve platform performance, availability, and functionality
Assist with project plans and capability roadmaps
Maintain current documentation of system and solution designs
Provide training to internal functional SMEs and stakeholders
Provide technical leadership to engineers working on data solutions
Translate business and analytical requirements into reliable, scalable, production-grade data solutions
Design, build, deploy, and operate data pipelines, services, and applications
Define technical standards, architectural patterns, and operational practices
Design data workflows, APIs, processing logic, and supporting infrastructure at scale
Work closely with a Solution Architect and provide technical mentorship to Data Engineers

What you’ll need

U.S. work authorization is required
A technical (math, engineering, computer science) B.S. degree or equivalent work experience
Strong computer science fundamentals
6+ years of professional software development experience
6+ years of professional Python and SQL experience
6+ years of professional experience with Cloud Technologies, such as Amazon Web Services
Experience working with version control systems (Git, Subversion, etc.)
Excellent written and verbal communication and problem-solving skills
Ability to learn quickly
Ability to work within a highly driven and multi-discipline engineering and product team
Experience in an agile development process and Scrum preferred
Experience with PostgreSQL preferred
Experience with Data Build Tool (DBT) preferred
Experience with infrastructure-as-code, such as CloudFormation, preferred
Experience with UNIX-based operating systems preferred
Experience with Snowflake, CloudFront, API Gateway/Lambda, ECS, Application Load Balancer, EC2, S3, VPC, and related technologies preferred
Experience with Git preferred
Experience with analytics-driven applications preferred
Experience with Healthcare Data EDI/FHIR standards preferred

Comp & perks