Lead Data Engineer

Lead Data Engineer Humana - 3.6 Louisville, KY Job Details Full-time $142,300 - $195,700 a year 19 hours ago Benefits Paid parental leave Caregiver leave Paid holidays Disability insurance Health insurance Dental insurance 401(k) Paid time off Work from home Parental leave Vision insurance Volunteer time off Life insurance Qualifications Data model design Databricks Data modeling Data Integration (Data management) Data lake Data interpretation Project leadership Full Job Description Become a part of our caring community The Lead Data Engineer - Application Health is responsible for designing, building, and maintaining scalable data solutions that enable the continuous measurement, monitoring, and optimization of application health across the enterprise. This role leads the development of data pipelines, analytics platforms, and intelligence solutions that convert structured and unstructured data into actionable insights. By partnering closely with Technology, Architecture, Security, and Engineering teams, the Lead Data Engineer plays a critical role in ensuring application reliability, technical compliance, cost efficiency, and risk reduction at scale. This position will require a presence in or within commutable distance to either Louisville, KY or Dallas, TX. The Lead Data Engineer - Application Health designs and delivers scalable, cloud‑native data solutions that enable enterprise‑wide visibility into application health, risk, and optimization. This role powers the Application Health scorecard by transforming diverse data into actionable insights that reduce technical debt, strengthen compliance, and improve reliability and cost efficiency.

Key Responsibilities:

Design, build, and maintain data architectures and pipelines supporting Application Health reporting and analytics. Ingest and integrate data from multiple internal and external sources using modern cloud‑native technologies. Develop analytics, dashboards, and scorecards across architecture, data quality, security, engineering standards, reliability, and technology stack alignment. Leverage big data and AI/ML‑enabled solutions to cleanse, transform, and enrich enterprise data. Provide technical leadership, set engineering standards, review designs, and mentor team members. Partner with Technology Stewardship, Tech Strategy, EIP, CIO Segment Engineering, and application owners to align solutions with enterprise priorities. Ensure data solutions comply with governance, security, privacy, and regulatory standards. Evaluate emerging technologies to improve scalability, performance, reliability, and cost efficiency.

Required Qualifications:

Bachelor's Degree or equivalent and relevant years of experience in lieu of degree requirement. 5+ years' experience in data engineering within large‑scale enterprise environments. years' experience with Databricks 5+ years' experience and strong knowledge in cloud platforms and data technologies (data lakes, data warehouses, streaming). Proven experience building complex data pipelines and integration frameworks. Hands‑on experience with big data, analytics platforms, and data modeling. Exposure to AI/ML‑driven analytics preferred. Ability to lead complex technical initiatives and translate data insights into business outcomes. Preferred Qualifications Any advanced degree Any data related certifications Work-At-Home Requirements 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

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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. $142,300 - $195,700 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. About us

About Humana:

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HUM) is a leading U.S. healthcare company. Through our Humana insurance services and our 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 and Medicaid, families, individuals, military service personnel, and communities at large. Learn more about what we offer at Humana.com and at CenterWell.com. Equal Opportunity Employer It is the policy of Humana not to discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, disability or protected veteran status. It is also the policy of Humana to take affirmative action, in compliance with Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act and VEVRAA, to employ and to advance in employment individuals with disability or protected veteran status, and to base all employment decisions only on valid job requirements. This policy shall apply to all employment actions, including but not limited to recruitment, hiring, upgrading, promotion, transfer, demotion, layoff, recall, termination, rates of pay or other forms of compensation and selection for training, including apprenticeship, at all levels of employment.