Development Engineer

Attain Talent
United States
Remote

Who this role is best for

Geared toward candidates comfortable with building scalable data pipelines in healthcare environments, working remotely with a focus on collaboration across technical and analytical teams.

Best fit for

  • Candidates with experience in ETL/ELT pipeline development and healthcare data integration
    — “building and maintaining scalable, high-performing data pipelines that drive enterprise analytics, reporting, and operational decision-making”
  • Individuals familiar with Delta Lake and Databricks-based cloud architectures
    — “developing data ingestion, transformation, and processing pipelines across AWS and Databricks-based environments”
  • Professionals who can work collaboratively in cross-functional data teams
    — “Collaborate with Data Architects, Automation Test Engineers, QA Analysts, and Business Analysts”

Things to consider

  • Compensation is negotiable based on individual qualifications and experience
    — “the individual base salary for this position is unique to each candidate and will be commensurate with experience, education, and skills”
  • The role involves contributing to data governance and compliance documentation
    — “Contribute to data governance, metadata management, and data lineage documentation to support audit, compliance, and FISMA reporting requirements”

How to stand out

  • Emphasize experience with Delta Lake and cloud-native data processing tools
    — “data ingestion, transformation, and processing pipelines across AWS and Databricks-based environments”
  • Highlight prior work on data quality validation frameworks and exception handling
    — “Build reusable code and frameworks for data ingestion, data quality validation, and exception handling”
  • Showcase your ability to optimize data jobs for cost and performance
    — “Optimize data processing jobs for performance, reliability, scalability, and cost efficiency”
  • Demonstrate experience with CI/CD pipeline integration in cloud environments
    — “integrate data pipelines into CI/CD workflows using GitHub, Databricks Repos, and related tools”
  • Demonstrate your ability to resolve complex data issues across environments
    — “Perform root cause analysis and resolution of data issues across staging, integration, and production environments”
Pace · SteadyCollaboration · HighAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · Team

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What success looks like

  • developing robust ETL/ELT pipelines
  • building scalable data lakehouse architectures
  • contributing to data governance
Typical background
data engineeringdata science

Skills & requirements

Required

Etl/elt PipelinesData Processing WorkflowsData Lakehouse ArchitecturesData GovernanceData Lineage Documentation

Preferred

DevOpsCi/cd Workflows

Stack & domain

Etl/elt PipelinesPythonSQLPysparkAWSDatabricksDelta LakeData IngestionData Quality ValidationException HandlingSchema DesignData ModelingVersion-controlled Data Pipeline DevelopmentData GovernanceMetadata ManagementData LineageDevOpsCi/cd WorkflowsGitHubDatabricks ReposCollaborationRoot Cause AnalysisResolutionEtl/eltData PipelinesCI/CD

About the role

Original posting from Attain Talent via Greenhouse

Attain Talent seeks a highly skilled Development Engineer to support the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). This role will play a critical part in modernization, building and maintaining scalable, high-performing data pipelines that drive enterprise analytics, reporting, and operational decision-making. The Development Engineer will focus on developing data ingestion, transformation, and processing pipelines across AWS and Databricks-based environments, with an emphasis on Delta Lake lakehouse architectures.

Qualifications

Design, build, and maintain robust ETL/ELT pipelines that ingest, transform, and curate data for analytics and reporting solutions.

Develop efficient data processing workflows using Python, SQL, and PySpark within Databricks and Delta Lake environments.

Implement scalable data lakehouse architectures supporting complex healthcare datasets and enterprise analytics.

Collaborate with Data Architects, Automation Test Engineers, QA Analysts, and Business Analysts to define data transformation logic and data integration standards.

Build reusable code and frameworks for data ingestion, data quality validation, and exception handling.

Optimize data processing jobs for performance, reliability, scalability, and cost efficiency in AWS and Databricks cloud platforms.

Participate in schema design, data modeling, and version-controlled data pipeline development.

Contribute to data governance, metadata management, and data lineage documentation to support audit, compliance, and FISMA reporting requirements.

Partner with DevOps teams to integrate data pipelines into CI/CD workflows using GitHub, Databricks Repos, and related tools.

Perform root cause analysis and resolution of data issues across staging, integration, and production environments.

Benefits

Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage, plus telehealth services and a confidential Employee Assistance Program.

Paid time off starting at 3.5 weeks annually, increasing with tenure, plus 11 paid holidays.

401(k) retirement plan with an employer match of up to 4% of eligible compensation after six months of employment.

Company-paid basic life, accidental death and dismemberment, and short- and long-term disability insurance.

Professional development and tuition reimbursement programs, each offering up to $1,500 annually for eligible employees after six months of service, subject to approval.

Attain Talent is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. The individual base salary for this position is unique to each candidate and will be commensurate with experience, education, and skills.

Interested in this position but the compensation isn’t quite right? Let us know your expectations, and we’ll see if we can make it happen based on your qualifications.

Salary Range$62,625—$91,850 USD

Attain Talent is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law. 

Applicants have rights under Federal Employment Laws. For more Information visit EEO, EEO Poster Supplement, Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), and Employee Polygraph Protection Act (EPPA). 

If you are unable to complete this application due to a disability, contact this employer to ask for an accommodation or an alternative application process. 

Source: Attain Talent careers (Greenhouse)

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