AWS Healthcare Data Engineer

AWS Healthcare Data Engineer (100% Remote)

Role Overview

Design, build, and migrate healthcare data engineering solutions in an AWS + Databricks lakehouse environment, with a strong focus on regulatory compliance (HIPAA) and governed data pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Build and operate data engineering pipelines on AWS and Databricks lakehouse platforms
• Migrate PostgreSQL workloads from AWS to modern lakehouse solutions
• Ingest healthcare data from AWS into Databricks (e.g., S3, Glue, Lambda)
• Transform and manage datasets using PySpark, SQL, and Delta Lake
• Implement and support data masking and governance frameworks for regulated environments
• Apply CI/CD practices to data pipelines in a cloud ecosystem

Requirements

• 8+ years of hands-on data engineering experience with strong focus on AWS + Databricks
• Databricks Certified Data Engineer (Associate or Professional)
• Proven experience migrating PostgreSQL workloads to lakehouse platforms
• Healthcare data experience with regulatory formats such as:
  • X12 837
  • HL7
  • EBCDIC files (and similar)
• Deep expertise in HIPAA-regulated data handling, including data masking and governance
• Proficiency in:
  • PySpark
  • SQL
  • Delta Lake
  • Databricks data transformation
• Experience with cloud ingestion into Databricks from S3/Glue/Lambda

Nice to Have

• Familiarity with healthcare standards such as FHIR and additional X12/HL7 use cases
• Experience with Unity Catalog and lakehouse governance frameworks
• Knowledge of Agile methodologies alongside CI/CD practices
• Prior healthcare domain experience with payers, providers, or healthcare clearinghouses

Remote Policy

• 100% Remote