Senior Data Engineer

Rosemont, IL
Operations – Terminology Data Engineering /
Full-Time /
Hybrid
At IMO Health, we are a team of dedicated clinical terminologists, data scientists, industry subject matter experts, and informaticists who helped facilitate the evolution from analogue to digital capture of clinical events, the precise code-mapping that simplifies complex workflows, and the translation of unstructured into structured data. We “wrote the digital dictionary” used in every major EHR, and we are leveraging clinical AI to generate insights that expand and deepen our impact across the healthcare ecosystem.   

We are currently in need of a Senior Data Engineer to join this team! The hire will be responsible for expanding and optimizing our data and data pipeline architecture, as well as optimizing data flow and collection for cross-functional teams. The ideal candidate is an experienced data pipeline builder and data wrangler who enjoys optimizing data systems and building them from the ground up.

The Senior Data Engineer will support our software developers, database architects, data analysts, and data scientists on data initiatives and will ensure optimal data delivery architecture is consistent throughout ongoing projects. They must be self-directed and comfortable supporting the data needs of multiple teams, systems and products. The right candidate will be excited by the prospect of optimizing or even re-designing our company’s data architecture to support our next generation of products and data initiatives. Join our growing Software Engineering department as a Data Engineer to help design, create, and support high quality solutions that support 80% of US clinicians and build the application of Data Engineering within IMO Health!

What you'll do

    • Create and maintain optimal data pipeline architecture
    • Assemble large, complex data sets that meet functional / non-functional business requirements
    • Identify, design, and implement internal process improvements: automating manual processes, optimizing data delivery, re-designing infrastructure for greater scalability, etc
    • Build the infrastructure required for optimal extraction, transformation, and loading of data from a wide variety of data sources using SQL and AWS ‘big data’ technologies
    • Build analytics tools that utilize the data pipeline to provide actionable insights into customer acquisition, operational efficiency, and other key business performance metrics
    • Work with stakeholders including the Executive, Product, Data, and Design teams to assist with data-related technical issues and support their data infrastructure needs
    • Keep our data separated and secure across national boundaries through multiple data centers and AWS regions
    • Create data tools for analytics and data scientist team members that assist them in building and optimizing our product into an innovative industry leader
    • Work with data and analytics experts to strive for greater functionality in our data systems

What you'll need

    • Degree in Computer Science, Statistics, Informatics, Information Systems, or another quantitative field
    • Advanced working SQL knowledge and experience working with relational databases, query authoring (SQL) as well as working familiarity with a variety of databases
    • Experience building and optimizing ‘big data’ data pipelines, architectures and data sets
    • Experience performing root cause analysis on internal and external data and processes to answer specific business questions and identify opportunities for improvement
    • Strong analytic skills related to working with unstructured datasets
    • Build processes supporting data transformation, data structures, metadata, dependency, and workload management
    • A successful history of manipulating, processing and extracting value from large disconnected datasets
    • Working knowledge of message queuing, stream processing, and highly scalable ‘big data’ data stores
    • Experience supporting and working with cross-functional teams in a dynamic environment
    • Experience with big data tools: Spark, Kafka, etc
    • Experience with relational SQL and NoSQL databases, including PostgreSQL and ElasticSearch
    • Experience with data pipeline and workflow management tools: Azkaban, Luigi, Airflow, etc
    • Experience with AWS cloud services: EC2, EMR, RDS, Redshift
    • Experience with stream-processing systems: Storm, Spark-Streaming, etc
    • Experience with object-oriented/object function scripting languages: Python, Java, C++, Scala, etc

What we'll give you

    • The space to be innovative and collaborative with your peers and team members. 
    • Training from the best. Collectively, we’ve got years of expertise in Healthcare and IT. 
    • Part of a tight-knit team that supports each other, challenges each other, and is looking to make a significant impact in the industry. 
    • Excellent benefits package, including competitive benefits through multiple health, dental, and vision plans, 100% company match up to 5% contribution on your 401(k), flexible PTO and hours, peak performance club trips, and more!