Principal Data Engineer - Remote

Optum is a global leader in health care innovation, seeking a Principal Data Engineer to join their Surest/Optum Data Engineering Enablement organization. This role involves designing, building, and optimizing scalable data solutions across the health plan ecosystem, while providing technical leadership and ensuring high-quality data solutions.

Responsibilities:

• Partner in the design, development and communication of technology patterns and standards needed to manage Surest healthcare data
• Provide technical leadership, guidance and training to team of data engineers on individual and group levels
• Implement data processes and pipelines which incorporate product requirements with data storage, lifecycle, accessibility, performance, and security standards
• Solve complex data development issues within data development software
• Support Agile development practices, including refining user stories and collaborating with product owners and stakeholders
• Develop large scale, flexible data pipelines to efficiently process health care data supporting all aspects of a health plan
• Work with peers across Surest to ensure alignment on data capabilities and software development lifecycle (SDLC)

Requirements:

• Undergraduate degree in engineering, mathematics, computer science, software development, or related technical field, or equivalent experience
• 10+ years of solid SQL or NoSQL query experience
• 5+ years designing and implementing efficient, end-to-end, flexible data pipelines
• 5+ years with both batch and near real-time data architectures
• 3+ years of PySpark & Python data development experience
• Experience implementing parallel processing data strategies
• Experience integrating strategies for data pipeline introspection at scale
• Experience working with Data Lake or Delta Lake architecture
• Proven solid analytical thinking, creativity, and willingness to be hands-on
• Proven solid drive to evolve development efficiency, data quality, and pipeline improvements
• Demonstrated excellent problem-solving, documentation, teamwork, and communication skills
• Proven superior attention to detail
• Experience working in Agile Development Framework
• Post-graduate degree in engineering, mathematics, computer science, software development, or other technical field
• Experience working with healthcare data
• Experience developing and operating Databricks jobs as data pipelines using pyspark
• All employees working remotely will be required to adhere to UnitedHealth Group's Telecommuter Policy