Lead Data Engineer

About Employer Direct Healthcare

Employer Direct Healthcare (EDH) is dedicated to revolutionizing access to top-tier healthcare for critical moments. As the premier provider of surgical benefits for self-insured employers, we ensure that employers, their employees, and family members receive guided access to high-quality, cost-effective care. Having faced the complexities of specialized healthcare ourselves, we are committed to making a significant impact.

EDH leads the market in Independent Centers of Excellence (CoE). We have redefined the healthcare landscape by making top-quality surgeons accessible to all. Our surgeon-first model is not only the largest and most inclusive network—3 to 4 times larger than our peers—but has also achieved a return on investment 3 times greater than industry standards. Serving hundreds of self-funded plan sponsors across over 1,000 employers, we impact more than 4 million individuals nationwide. Since our inception, we've saved our clients over $700 million!

The U.S. healthcare system faces significant challenges, with rising costs and stagnant life expectancy. We are actively addressing these issues by enhancing surgery outcomes—improving health and reducing healthcare costs simultaneously.

About You

You are driven and ambitious, ready to tackle significant problems with innovative ideas and a supportive team. You deeply care about your customers, seeing them as the motivating force behind your efforts to make a change. You thrive in a team environment, where collaboration fuels innovation and progress. Diversity matters to you; you value different experiences and perspectives and cherish individual differences. You are detail-oriented, focusing on content execution while managing a dynamic environment. You understand the importance of progress and celebrate both small and major achievements, knowing that each step brings us closer to broader change. Integrity guides your actions, prioritizing the truth over simply telling people what they want to hear.

If this resonates with you, we would love to connect and discuss career opportunities at Employer Direct Healthcare. Please apply, and our HR team will guide you through our interview process.

Lead Data Engineer Position

Location: Dallas, TX Preferred

EDH seeks a motivated Lead Data Engineer to join our Data Engineering team. In this role, you will lead Data Engineers in developing and building scalable data pipelines and systems. The ideal candidate will possess advanced knowledge of Data Architecture, batch processing frameworks, and Data Modeling techniques to facilitate seamless data ingestion and exports. Intellectual acuity and an engineering mindset are essential, along with an interest in developing enterprise-scale solutions using recognized cloud platforms, databases, data integration/orchestration tools, and big data technologies. Success in this role requires ownership of deliverables, team management, and the ability to drive impactful outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a team of Data Engineers to design, develop, and deploy scalable solutions.
• Collaborate with product and business stakeholders to deliver data solutions that meet user needs.
• Architect, build, and maintain data infrastructure, ensuring reliability, scalability, and performance across various data sources and platforms.
• Implement Data Ingestion, transformation, and Data Quality features to support Application Engineering, Analytics, and various Business Verticals within the organization.
• Collaborate with Data Architects and Business Analysts to build data models that enhance the reliability and interpretability of data for analytical and business needs.
• Define and enforce coding standards and document best practices within the team.
• Actively contribute to creating design documents, assessing technologies, and conducting Proof of Concepts (PoCs).
• Experience supporting production jobs and mitigating issues promptly.
• Partner with senior leadership to define Data Strategy, Roadmap, and future hiring needs.
• Foster a positive attitude and a culture that embraces continuous learning and innovation.

Experience and Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• 7+ years of experience as a Lead Engineer, focusing on building enterprise data solutions.
• 4+ years of Cloud Experience: Azure (preferred)/AWS/GCP.
• Previous experience leading a team and delivering projects—examples of successful project deliveries and development methodologies will be discussed during the interview.
• Proficiency in programming languages such as Python, with experience in modern data technologies like Spark, Databricks, and Kafka.
• Expertise with Microsoft SQL Server (preferred) or other relational databases.
• Strong experience in Microsoft ETL stack,