Lead Data Engineer

Opportunity Overview: We are seeking a Lead Data Engineer to drive the design and delivery of our cloud-native healthcare data platform. You will lead the implementation of scalable data solutions built on AWS, Apache Iceberg, Lake Formation, Glue Catalog, Athena, dbt, and modern orchestration frameworks. This role combines deep hands-on engineering with technical leadership and collaboration across platform, analytics, and business teams. What you’ll do: Lead Data Engineering Initiatives Lead delivery of complex data engineering projects across multiple teams Drive technical execution from design through production deployment Establish scalable implementation patterns Build and Optimize Data Platforms Design and implement batch and near-real-time pipelines Build reusable ingestion, transformation, validation, and publishing frameworks Support modernization of legacy workloads Lakehouse Engineering Lead Apache Iceberg implementation and optimization Define standards for schema evolution, partitioning, compaction, and metadata management Ensure efficient storage and query performance Data Quality and Reliability Implement data quality frameworks Drive observability and monitoring practices Improve operational excellence and reliability Technical Leadership Review architecture and design proposals Conduct code reviews and engineering reviews Mentor engineers and establish best pr