Senior Data Engineer, Data Platform - IntelliScript (Remote)

What We Do

Milliman IntelliScript is a group of a few hundred experts in fields ranging from actuarial science to information technology to clinical practice. Together, we develop and deploy category-defining, data-driven, software-as-a-service (SaaS) products for a broad spectrum of insurance, health IT and life sciences clients. We are a business unit within Milliman, Inc., a respected consultancy with offices around the world.

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What This Position Entails

IntelliScript’s Data has been a key part of our success and is critical to our future. In this position as a Senior Data Engineer of IntelliScript’s Data Platform, you will be responsible for designing and implementing robust Data Platform solutions that meet our business objectives while ensuring compliance with industry-leading data privacy standards. You will collaborate closely with cross-functional agile teams to drive data architecture decisions, implement best practices, and contribute to the success of our projects.

What You Will Be Doing

• Data Platform: Creation of a Databricks Data Warehouse(s) and Lakehouse solutions for a healthcare data focused enterprise.

• Data Governance: Configuring and maintaining unity catalog to enable enterprise data lineage and data quality

• Data Security: Building out Data Security protocols and best practices including the management of identified and de-identified (PHI/PII) solutions

• External Data Products: Building data solutions for clients while upholding the best standards for reliability, quality, and performance

• ETL: Building solutions within Delta Live Tables and automation of transformations

• Medallion Architecture: Building out performant enterprise-level medallion architecture(s)

• Streaming and Batch Processing: Building fit-for-purpose near real-time streaming and batch solutions

• Large Data Management: Building out performant and efficient enterprise solutions for internal and external users for both structured and unstructured healthcare data

• Platform Engineering: Building out Infrastructure as Code using Terraform and Asset Bundles

• Costs: Working with the business to build cost effective and cost transparent Data solutions

• Pipeline/ETL Management: You will help architect, build, and maintain robust and scalable data pipelines, monitoring, and optimizing performance

• Experience working with Migration tools i.e., AWS DMS, AWS Glue, Fivetran, integrate.io

• Identify and implement improvements to enhance data processing efficiency

• Experience with building out effective pipeline monitoring solutions

• Build the infrastructure required for optimal extraction, transformation, and loading of data from a wide variety of data sources using SQL, Delta Live Tables, Python, Scala, and cloud-based ‘big data’ technologies.

• Data Modeling: Lead design, implementation, and maintenance of standards based (FHIR, OMOP, etc.) and efficient data models for both structured and unstructured data

• Assemble large, complex data sets that meet functional and non-functional business requirements

• Develop and maintain data models, ensuring they align with business objectives and data privacy regulations

• Collaboration: Partner internally and externally with key stakeholders to ensure we are providing meaningful, functional, and valuable data

• Effectively work with Data, Development, Analysts, Data Science, and Business team members to gather requirements, propose, and build solutions.

• Communicate complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders and provide guidance on best practices.

• Ensure that technology execution aligns with business strategy and provides efficient, secure solutions and systems

• Processes and Tools: Identify, design, and implement internal process improvements: automating manual processes, optimizing data delivery, re-designing infrastructure for greater scalability, etc.

• Build analytics tools that utilize the data pipeline to provide actionable insights into operational efficiency and other key business performance metrics.

• Create data tools for clinical, analytics and data scientist team members that assist them in building and optimizing our product into an innovative industry leader.

What We Need

• 7+ years of relevant experience in design, development, and testing of Data Platform solutions, such as Data Warehouses, Data Lakes, and Data Products
• Expert level experience working in Databricks and AWS
• Expert level experience working in both relational and non-relational databases such as SQL Server, PostgreSQL, and MongoDB
• Experience managing and standardizing clinical data from structured and unstructured sources
• Experience building and managing solutions on AWS
• Expert knowledge in healthcare standards including FHIR, C-CDA, and traditional HL7
• Expert knowledge in clinical standards/ontologies including ICD10/SNOMED/NDC/LOINC/Rx Norm
• Expert in building out data models, data warehouses, designing of data lakes for enterprise (and product use)
• Familiarity with designing and building APIs, ETL and data ingestion processes and utilization of tools to support enterprise solutions.
• Experience in performance tuning, query optimization, security, monitoring, and release management.
• Experience working with and managing large, disparate, identified and de-identified data sets from multiple data sources

What You Bring To The Table

• Demonstrated “let’s find a way to do it” attitude – no task is too big or too small
• Effective collaboration and communication across multiple technical and non-technical disciplines
• Comfortable working through ambiguous situations
• Able to teach & mentor others on new/emerging technologies
• Customer obsessed with a business-centric focus
• Able to understand both strategic and tactical needs and balance appropriately
• Driven, thorough and self-directed
• Able to lead through influence and persuasion

Wish list

• Bachelor's degree or master's degree in computer science, data engineering or related field
• 10+ years of relevant experience in design, development, and testing of Data Platform solutions, such as Data Warehouses, Data Lakes, and Data Products
• Health and Life Insurance business experience
• Associate or Professional level solution architecture certification in Azure and/or AWS
• Experience in Snowflake

Location

The expected application deadline for this job is June 30, 2025. This position is open to remote work. Applicants must be willing to travel to the Milliman office in Brookfield, WI as needed and travel nationwide for meetings, conferences, and team events.

The salary range is $98,000 - $222,000, depending on relevant factors, including but not limited to, education, relevant work experience, qualifications, skills, certifications, location, etc. If relevant experience is less than 10 years the range would be $98,000 - $198,000; for experience of greater than 10 years, the range would be $109,000 - $222,000. In addition, we offer a performance-based bonus plan, profit sharing, and generous benefits.

Milliman Benefits (Full Time U.S. Positions Only)

At Milliman, we focus on creating an environment that recognizes – and meets – the personal and professional needs of the individual and their family. We offer competitive benefits which include the following based on plan eligibility:

• Medical, dental and vision coverage for employees and their dependents, including domestic partners
• A 401(k) plan with matching program, and profit-sharing contribution
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• A discretionary bonus program
• Paid Time Off (PTO) starts accruing on the first day of work and can be used for any reason; full-time employees will accrue 15 days of PTO per year, and employees working less than a full-time schedule will accrue PTO at a prorated amount based on hours worked
• Family building benefits, including adoption and fertility assistance and paid parental leave up to 12 weeks for employees who have worked for Milliman for at least 12 months and have worked at least 1,250 hours in the preceding 12-month period
• Commuter Program, which allows you to use pre-tax dollars to pay for your parking or public transit expenses to get to and from work. You may utilize this benefit any time throughout the year and funds will be available the first of the month following your first contribution
• A minimum of eight paid holidays
• Milliman covers 100% of the premiums for life insurance, AD&D, and both short-term and long-term disability coverage
• Flexible spending accounts allow employees to set aside pre-tax dollars to pay for dependent care, transportation, and applicable medical needs

Equal Opportunity

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.