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Sr Data Engineer Consultant - Remote

Posted 6 Days Ago
In-Office or Remote
Hiring Remotely in Minnetonka, MN
Senior level
In-Office or Remote
Hiring Remotely in Minnetonka, MN
Senior level
Design, build, and maintain scalable ETL/ELT data pipelines and architectures across warehouses, lakes, and streaming environments. Ensure data governance, quality, and security. Lead delivery of analytics data products, optimize production systems, collaborate with stakeholders, and mentor junior data engineers.
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Requisition Number: 2381516
At UnitedHealthcare, we're simplifying the health care experience, creating healthier communities and removing barriers to quality care. The work you do here impacts the lives of millions of people for the better. Come build the health care system of tomorrow, making it more responsive, affordable and optimized. Ready to make a difference? Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together.
You'll enjoy the flexibility to work remotely * from anywhere within the U.S. as you take on some tough challenges. For all hires in the Minneapolis or Washington, D.C. area, you will be required to work in the office a minimum of four days per week.
Primary Responsibilities:
  • Design, build, and maintain scalable data pipelines and platforms using advanced programming languages, and cloud data warehouses (e.g., Redshift, Snowflake)
  • Develop resilient data architectures across data warehouses, lakes, and streaming environments to support enterprise analytics and reporting
  • Ensure enterprise data security, governance, quality, and standardization across all data and analytics solutions
  • Lead the end to end delivery of analytics data products, from design and development through production support and optimization
  • Collaborate with business stakeholders and engineering partners to enable business intelligence, advanced analytics, and machine learning solutions
  • Mentor and guide a team of data engineers, driving best practices, technical excellence, and continuous improvement

You'll be rewarded and recognized for your performance in an environment that will challenge you and give you clear direction on what it takes to succeed in your role as well as provide development for other roles you may be interested in.
Required Qualifications:
  • Bachelor's or Master's in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field
  • 8+ years of relevant experience
  • Languages: Solid expertise in Python and/or Scala/Java
  • SQL & Data Modeling: Advanced SQL skills for data manipulation and performance tuning
  • Big Data/Distributed Systems: Experience with Apache Spark, Databricks, Snowflake or Kafka
  • Cloud Platforms: Exhaustive experience of working with Azure cloud services
  • Data Pipelines: Designing, building, and optimizing ETL/ELT pipelines
  • Data Architecture: Experience with data modeling, warehousing (e.g., Snowflake), and ETL/ELT best practices
  • Tools & DevOps: Familiarity with orchestration tools (Airflow), CI/CD, Git, and Linux
  • Soft Skills & Leadership: Solid communication, collaboration, and the ability to mentor junior engineers

*All employees working remotely will be required to adhere to UnitedHealth Group's Telecommuter Policy.
Pay is based on several factors including but not limited to local labor markets, education, work experience, certifications, etc. In addition to your salary, we offer benefits such as, a comprehensive benefits package, incentive and recognition programs, equity stock purchase and 401k contribution (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements). No matter where or when you begin a career with us, you'll find a far-reaching choice of benefits and incentives. The salary for this role will range from $91,700 - $163,700 annually based on full-time employment. We comply with all minimum wage laws as applicable.
Application Deadline: This will be posted for a minimum of 2 business days or until a sufficient candidate pool has been collected. Job posting may come down early due to volume of applicants.
At UnitedHealth Group, our mission is to help people live healthier lives and make the health system work better for everyone. We believe everyone-of every race, gender, sexuality, age, location and income-deserves the opportunity to live their healthiest life. Today, however, there are still far too many barriers to good health which are disproportionately experienced by people of color, historically marginalized groups and those with lower incomes. We are committed to mitigating our impact on the environment and enabling and delivering equitable care that addresses health disparities and improves health outcomes - an enterprise priority reflected in our mission.
UnitedHealth Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer under applicable law and qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, national origin, religion, age, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by local, state, or federal laws, rules, or regulations.
UnitedHealth Group is a drug - free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.

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