Data Engineer

About the role

The Data Engineer is responsible for designing, building, and maintaining scalable data pipelines, infrastructure, and data visualization to support our data-driven decision-making processes. The scope of this job includes collaborating with data scientists, analysts, solutions partners, and other stakeholders to increase data quality, accessibility, and security. This is an entry-level role on-site at WellSky WHQ in Overland Park, KS. In-office attendance is mandatory. We want to bring in someone who is eager to learn – someone who is curious and coachable. There is a clear path to growing into a well-rounded data practitioner.

Responsibilities

• Identify, maintain, and leverage data pipelines, data models, reporting, and dashboards to solve business problems or assigned tasks in coordination with multiple teams
• Build understanding of technical best practices for data integration, data warehousing, and data visualization on cloud-based platforms
• Analyze and document workflows for complex data-related challenges by identifying patterns, trends, and anomalies in the data, and find ways to optimize data processing and storage to ensure data quality
• Contribute to the development and best practices of coding standards
• Adhere to WellSky core values, ensure PHI data security, and adapt to changing BI technologies
• Leverage AI tools and platforms as an integral part of daily responsibilities to enhance decision-making, streamline workflows, and drive data-informed outcomes
• Grow into support rotations and handling deployments
• Perform other job duties as assigned

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent work experience
• 0 - 2 years related work experience
• Working proficiency in SQL

Preferred Qualifications

• Healthcare industry experience
• Exposure to Python
• Exposure to cloud data platforms (Google Cloud / BigQuery)
• Exposure to data transformation tools (dbt / Dataform)
• Exposure to BI tools (Looker / Tableau / Power BI)
• Exposure to Orchestration tools (Airflow / Prefect / Dagster)
• Exposure to infrastructure as code (Terraform)

If you don't have any of these preferred qualifications, that's ok. This is what you'll grow into.

Benefits

• Excellent medical with Rx, dental, and vision benefits
• Mental Health support through EAP
• Generous paid time off, plus 13 paid holidays
• 100% vested 401(K) retirement plans
• Educational assistance up to $2500 per year