Associate Data QA Engineer
About The Position
Abacus Insights is hiring an early-career Associate Data QA Engineer to join its Data Engineering/TechOps organization. The role offers recent graduates the opportunity to learn alongside experienced engineers in a modern healthcare data platform environment while helping validate, analyze, and deliver high-quality client data outputs. The position builds foundational skills in data engineering, data quality, SQL, healthcare data, and client-facing delivery. The engineer will support client adoption of Abacus’s data management offerings and gain hands-on experience in data analysis, mapping, SQL, data quality, and cloud-based data services. Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States at the time of hire. Applications are welcomed from new graduates, including candidates currently authorized to work in the United States under F-1 Optional Practical Training (OPT).
Requirements
- Interest in healthcare data and curiosity about how data moves through pipelines and platforms.
- Ability to write SQL queries for analysis, profiling, validation, and basic performance tuning.
- Analytical and problem-solving mindset, with willingness to learn new tools and approaches.
- Clear communication skills with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Strong organizational skills and comfort juggling multiple tasks and priorities.
- Must be authorized to work in the United States at the time of hire.
Nice To Haves
- Exposure to cloud platforms and modern data engineering tooling, such as PySpark or Databricks concepts.
- Familiarity with Snowflake or cloud data warehouses and services.
- Prior internship or project experience working with large datasets, ETL/ELT, or data quality testing concepts.
Responsibilities
- Partner with clients and implementation teams to understand data distribution needs and expected outputs.
- Perform data analysis, data mapping, and validation of client deliverables.
- Build and maintain data extract scripts with guidance from senior engineers, and troubleshoot and improve their performance.
- Participate in client and internal team meetings to understand requirements, context, and timelines.
- Contribute to process improvements, documentation, and workflow efficiency within a collaborative engineering culture.
Benefits
- Unlimited paid time off.
- Multiple comprehensive health coverage plan options.
- Equity for every employee.
- Growth-focused environment with an emphasis on employee development.
- One-time home office setup allowance.
- Monthly cell phone allowance.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
