Senior Data Engineer - Harbor Data Systems (HDS)
full-time•Austin
About this role
COMPANY OVERVIEW
At Harbor Health, we’re transforming healthcare in Texas through collaboration and innovation. We’re seeking passionate individuals to help us create a member-centered experience that connects comprehensive care with a modern payment model.
If you’re ready to make a meaningful impact in a dynamic environment where your contributions are valued, please bring your talents to our team!
POSITION OVERVIEW
Harbor Health is rebuilding the operating system of healthcare. The HDS team contributes to this by building "HarborOS", the central nervous system of our clinical operations, tying together information from different clinical sources to drive optimal outcomes for our members. Data is our product.
We are looking for Analytics Engineers to build and our data ingestion layer to bring in the data that will help us transform healthcare. You will not just move data, you will convert it into actionable insights to help our clinic network change lives. You will take raw chaos (claims, ADT, clinical data) and architect the trusted data marts that power out patient care, risk adjustment, and financial decisions.
WHAT YOU WILL DO
- Build the Semantic Layer: Design and implement production-grade dbt models that transform raw source data into clean, documented, and tested Data Marts.
- Enforce Data Quality: Move beyond basic NOT NULL checks. Implement semantic validation rules (using dbt tests or Great Expectations) that catch business logic failures before they hit the dashboard.
- Own the Pipeline: Manage the lifecycle of your data models from IDE to production, including code review, CI/CD integration, and performance tuning in Snowflake.
- Bridge the Gap: Collaborate with Platform Engineers to understand upstream ingestion patterns (Python/Fivetran) and debug data issues at the source.
- Design the core Star Schemas and data models that define our business. You will decide how we model complex concepts like "Attribution," "Risk," and "Claims Adjudication" to ensure historical accuracy and query performance.
- Act as the primary interface between Clinical Operations and Engineering. You will interview stakeholders to uncover the "Why" behind their requests and translate vague business needs into precise technical specifications.
- Mentorship & Standards: Set the standard for SQL style, dbt macro usage, and testing rigor. Mentor intermediate engineers on healthcare domain nuances (e.g., why a reversal claim behaves differently than a void).
WHAT WE NEED
- SQL Mastery: You can write performant, readable, and complex SQL. You understand window functions, CTEs, and the difference between a LEFT JOIN and a CROSS JOIN intuitively.
- dbt Fluency: You have used dbt in production. You understand incremental models, snapshots, and how to structure a project for scale.
- Python Literacy: You can read and understand Python scripts. You may not build the ingestion framework from scratch, but you can debug a transformation script if needed.
- Data Warehouse Fundamentals: You understand how column-oriented databases (Snowflake) work and how to write queries that prune partitions effectively.
- You bring deep subject matter expertise in healthcare data domains. You are fluent in processing 837 files, modeling the claim lifecycle (Adjudication, Reversal, Denial), and handling provider data nuances (NPI vs. TIN).
- Proven experience designing Dimensional Models (Kimball/Star Schema) from scratch. You know when to denormalize for performance and when to normalize for integrity.
- Transformation: dbt (Core/Cloud)
- Warehouse: Snowflake
- Ingestion: Fivetran, Python (Custom)
- Orchestration: Airflow / Dagster
- BI/Semantic Layer: Omni
WHAT WE OFFER
- Opportunity to shape the financial foundation of an innovative healthcare model
- Collaborative and dynamic work environment
- An organization made of people who are passionate about changing the healthcare landscape
- Competitive salary, company equity and robust benefits package
- Professional development and growth opportunities
- A transparent and unique culture
Harbor Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all clinicians and teammates and actively encourage applications from people of all backgrounds.
What you'll do
- The Senior Data Engineer will design and implement production-grade dbt models to transform raw data into clean Data Marts and manage the lifecycle of data models from development to production. They will also collaborate with various teams to ensure data quality and address business needs.
About Harbor Health
Shouldn’t health coverage… keep people healthy?
At Harbor Health, we think so. But we may be a little biased—because Harbor Health didn’t start out as an insurance company. We started out by delivering 5-star healthcare in our very own Austin-based clinics.
But, like most folks, we felt that traditional health plans got in the way of good health. That’s why we decided to create our own.
Welcome to clinically-driven coverage: a new kind of health plan designed by Austin's leading doctors and innovators to keep our members on the smartest path to health— and save them money. It’s not impossible, it’s Harbor Health.
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