Data Engineering Intern - 2025 Summer Internship

Healthfirst’s 2025 Summer Trailblazer Internship is a 10-week paid program beginning on June 2, 2025. This is an immersive and interactive learning experience, that lays a foundation for continued leadership development. Interns do impactful work, collaborating with other interns, employees, and business leaders to solve current business problems and deliver solutions.

Who We Are:
For nearly 30 years, Healthfirst has been serving New Yorkers. We helped pioneer the value-based healthcare model—where hospitals and physicians are paid based on patient outcomes—because our company was founded on the belief that insurers need to be true partners in the health system.

Position Summary:
Claims Audit & Extracts is a fast-paced, innovative team supporting our enterprise with claims data and analytics. Our mission is to provide support for our Claims Operations business unit with development insights to our robust claims data. We are looking for a technical business analyst who is curious to learn about a healthcare payer system, business operations and the claims that drive outcomes.

Duties and Responsibilities: 

• Participate in the technical data solution design and development discussion and activities 

• Query and manipulate data (using Tableau /Alteryx/SQL/Python) to identify variance and root cause, analyze trend, summarize findings, and develop recommendations for stakeholders 

• Create and maintain documentation for AWS Data Mart and Data Assets 

• Create documentation on application specification, capabilities, and processes associated with the assigned projects demonstrating efficiency and effectiveness 

• Prepare routine reports (claims, quality, production, operational efficiency, etc.) and other duties as assigned 

• Align with Agile program and business teams on technological roadmap and strategic goals 

• Promote an environment conducive to creativity, info exchange, and change 

• Facilitating analysis sessions and delivering presentations using Tableau and/or Powerpoint 

• Reporting and data analysis using Tableau/DBeaver/Excel 

 

 

 Minimum Qualifications: 

• Undergraduate students must be a junior or senior at an accredited institution or have graduated within 12 months of the program. Graduate students must be enrolled at an accredited institution or have graduated within 12 months of the program.  

• Will not require sponsorship for employment 

• Eligible to work in the U.S. 

• Must have a minimum of a 3.0 GPA from an accredited school 

 

Preferred Qualifications: 

• Experience working with SQL in creating, editing, and executing queries  

• Experience in creating Tableau/Power BI visualizations, dashboard, and presentations 

• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel (Intermediate to Advance) for data analytics 

• Experience in facilitating analysis sessions and delivering presentations 

• Experience in gathering and converting business requirements to data and programming logic 

• Ability to communicate complex technical context to all levels in the organization including business stakeholders and executives 

WE ARE AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER. Applicants and employees are considered for positions and are evaluated without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, age, genetic information, military or veteran status, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other protected Federal, State/Province or Local status unrelated to the performance of the work involved.

If you have a disability under the Americans with Disability Act or a similar law and want a reasonable accommodation to assist with your job search or application for employment, please contact us by sending an email to careers@Healthfirst.org or calling 212-519-1798 . In your email please include a description of the accommodation you are requesting and a description of the position for which you are applying. Only reasonable accommodation requests related to applying for a position within Healthfirst Management Services will be reviewed at the e-mail address and phone number supplied. Thank you for considering a career with Healthfirst Management Services.

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Hiring Range*:

• Greater New York City Area (NY, NJ, CT residents): $39,208 - $52,000

• All Other Locations (within approved locations): $34,091 - $49,920

As a candidate for this position, your salary and related elements of compensation will be contingent upon your work experience, education, licenses and certifications, and any other factors Healthfirst deems pertinent to the hiring decision.

In addition to your salary, Healthfirst offers employees a full range of benefits such as, medical, dental and vision coverage, incentive and recognition programs, life insurance, and 401k contributions (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements). Healthfirst believes in providing a competitive compensation and benefits package wherever its employees work and live.

*The hiring range is defined as the lowest and highest salaries that Healthfirst in “good faith” would pay to a new hire, or for a job promotion, or transfer into this role.