Lead Data Engineer

Humana

Lead Data Engineer designing and maintaining data solutions for enterprise application health. Engaging with cross-functional teams for scalable analytics and data insights.

Posted 5/6/2026full-timeLouisville • Kentucky, Texas • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $142,300 - $195,700 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Cloud

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

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.

Requirements

What you’ll need

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.
5+ 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.

Benefits

Comp & perks

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
many other opportunities.

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Hard Skills & Tools

data architecturedata pipelinesdata integrationbig dataAI/MLdata modelinganalyticscloud platformsdata lakesdata warehouses

Soft Skills

technical leadershipmentoringcollaborationcommunicationproblem-solvinginitiativetranslating data insightssetting engineering standardsreviewing designsaligning solutions