Senior Data Engineer

Become a part of our caring community and help us put health first
 Do you consider yourself a data connoisseur? Does empowering healthcare consumers and patients to feel confident about how their data is stored, shared, and used sound exciting? Do you want to transform the industry by integrating cutting edge technologies into common business processes? Do you crave new challenges and solving hard customer problems?

As a Senior Data Engineer at Humana, you will merge the latest state, federal, and enterprise policies with the latest technologies to create new, compliance-focused products and processes. Come help us re-imagine our solutions to provide streamlined, world-class solutions to drive data governance and protection.

The Senior Data Engineer designs, builds, and maintains data processing architectures and solutions enabling the efficient conversion of structured and unstructured data to insights at enterprise scale. The Senior Data Engineer's work assignments involve moderately complex to complex issues where the analysis of situations or data requires an in-depth evaluation of variable factors.

The Senior Data Engineer:

• Ingests data from internal, external, structured, and unstructured data sources utilizing cloud native platforms and software development best practices and patterns.

• Develops software tools that leverage artificial intelligence, machine learning, and big-data techniques to cleanse, organize, transform, and track data establishing insights and actions that enable Humana to better serve our members.

• Influences department’s strategy with data driven insights.

• Makes decisions on moderately complex to complex issues regarding technical approach for project components, and work is performed without direction.

• Exercises considerable latitude in determining objectives and approaches to assignments.

Use your skills to make an impact
 

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and 5 or more years of technical experience in data analysis OR Master's degree and 3 or more years of experience

• Advanced in SQL, Python, data science, machine learning, and/or other data systems

• Advanced experience working with big and complex data sets within large organizations

• Experience analyzing data to solve a wide variety of business problems and create data visualizations that drive strategic direction

• Proficiency in understanding Healthcare related data

• Proficiency in verbal and written communication to senior and executive leadership

 

Preferred Qualifications

• Advanced Degree in a quantitative discipline, such as Mathematics, Economics, Finance, Statistics, Computer Science, Engineering or related field

• Expertise in data mining, forecasting, simulation, and/or predictive modeling

• Experience creating analytics solutions for various healthcare sectors

Additional Information

Location/Work Style: Remote US

Why Humana?

At Humana, we know your well-being is important to you, and it’s important to us too.  That’s why we’re committed to making resources available to you that will enable you to become happier, healthier, and more productive in all areas of your life. Just to name a few:

• Work-Life Balance

• Generous PTO package

• Health benefits effective day 1

• Annual Incentive Plan

• 401K - Excellent company match

• Well-being program 

• Paid Volunteer Time Off

If you share our passion for helping people, we likely have the right place for you at Humana.

Work at Home Guidance

To ensure Home or Hybrid Home/Office associates’ ability to work effectively, the self-provided internet service of Home or Hybrid Home/Office associates must meet the following criteria:

• At minimum, a download speed of 25 Mbps and an upload speed of 10 Mbps is recommended; wireless, wired cable or DSL connection is suggested

• Satellite, cellular and microwave connection can be used only if approved by leadership

• Associates who live and work from Home in the state of California, Illinois, Montana, or South Dakota will be provided a bi-weekly payment for their internet expense.

• Humana will provide Home or Hybrid Home/Office associates with telephone equipment appropriate to meet the business requirements for their position/job.

• Work from a dedicated space lacking ongoing interruptions to protect member PHI / HIPAA information

SSN Alert Statement

Humana values personal identity protection. Please be aware that applicants may be asked to provide their Social Security Number, if it is not already on file. When required, an email will be sent from Humana@myworkday.com with instructions on how to add the information into your official application on Humana’s secure website.

Travel: While this is a remote position, occasional travel to Humana's offices for training or meetings may be required.

Scheduled Weekly Hours

40

Pay Range

The compensation range below reflects a good faith estimate of starting base pay for full time (40 hours per week) employment at the time of posting. The pay range may be higher or lower based on geographic location and individual pay will vary based on demonstrated job related skills, knowledge, experience, education, certifications, etc.

 

$106,900 - $147,000 per year

 

This job is eligible for a bonus incentive plan. This incentive opportunity is based upon company and/or individual performance.

Description of Benefits

Humana, Inc. and its affiliated subsidiaries (collectively, “Humana”) offers competitive benefits that support whole-person well-being. Associate benefits are designed to encourage personal wellness and smart healthcare decisions for you and your family while also knowing your life extends outside of work. Among our benefits, Humana provides medical, dental and vision benefits, 401(k) retirement savings plan, time off (including paid time off, company and personal holidays, volunteer time off, paid parental and caregiver leave), short-term and long-term disability, life insurance and many other opportunities.

Application Deadline: 07-31-2025
About us
 Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM) is committed to putting health first – for our teammates, our customers and our company. Through our Humana insurance services and CenterWell healthcare services, we make it easier for the millions of people we serve to achieve their best health – delivering the care and service they need, when they need it. These efforts are leading to a better quality of life for people with Medicare, Medicaid, families, individuals, military service personnel, and communities at large.

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