Director of Data Engineering, Healthcare

Wellth

Director of Data Engineering at Wellth, leveraging data to improve health outcomes for underserved populations. Leading a team of data engineers to deliver better health through analytics and reporting.

Posted 6/2/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $190,000 - $230,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AirflowAmazon RedshiftAWSPostgresPythonSDLCSQL

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Leverage your data and healthcare experience to create and communicate the vision and roadmap of Wellth’s data ingestion, warehousing, transformation, analytics, and reporting systems.
Contribute to the design and implementation of Wellth’s data product capabilities (e.g., outcomes reporting, personalization, etc.)
Bring to life our next generation of attributed outcomes reporting that drives customer expansion – these improved member health outcomes are what we sell!
Manage and grow a high-caliber team of data and analytics engineers.
Deliver the vision by defining and driving the execution of data projects that deliver better health outcomes for members and clients.
Collaborate with product team members, technical leaders, and senior executives to understand and serve internal and external stakeholders.
Continuously maintain and improve the data quality bar throughout the data life cycle. You have experience working with data quality challenges that emerge from partner and third-party data.
Protect the privacy of Wellth’s data, its customers, and their patients by following secure SDLC guidelines to maintain our HITRUST certification.

Requirements

What you’ll need

A proven, effective people manager with at least 8 years of experience in a people management role, including 5+ years managing and developing a team of data engineers.
Hands on, rolling up their sleeves when needed and staying connected to the codebase.
Deep healthcare experience, with at least 5 years of experience in the healthcare domain working with data such as PBM data, HEDIS engine exports, Medical Claims / Encounters, Eligibility, and Labs.
Accomplished with delivering production data systems, with 5+ years of professional experience building, operating, and improving them.
Proficient in operational excellence, with 5+ years of experience troubleshooting, remediating, and learning from operational issues with production systems.
Proficient in analytics and reporting, with 5+ years of experience translating complex data into actionable business insights.
Accomplished in data strategy, governance, and operations, with 5+ years of experience delivering solutions in these areas.
An accomplished partner with business leaders, technology leaders, and senior executives with an ability to communicate concisely and clearly to audiences of varying technical levels.
Familiar with our tools, including experience with SQL, Python, dbt, Redshift, Fivetran, Airflow, Postgres, AWS, and more.
Proficient in data privacy and security, with experience working with People, Product, Customer Success, Sales, Legal, Compliance, and Privacy teams to ensure that we enforce best practices and compliance standards for data privacy and security.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Flexible working arrangements, supporting strong remote-first practices and tools with the option to work in our excellent gathering space in Marina Del Rey.
Robust paid time off and generous parental leave program.
Competitive salary & equity structure.
Health, dental, vision insurance, and FSA/HSA plans.
Ability to have a positive impact on people who need it most.
Support of a highly dedicated team focused on building the future of healthcare.

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Hard Skills & Tools

data ingestiondata warehousingdata transformationdata analyticsdata reportingdata qualitydata strategydata governanceoperational excellenceanalytics

Soft Skills

people managementcommunicationcollaborationleadershipproblem-solvingteam developmentstakeholder engagementconcise communicationinterpersonal skillsadaptability

Certifications

HITRUST certification