Data Platform Engineer III (HEDIS Support)

Cambia Health Solutions•Boise, ID

9d•Hybrid

About The Position

Cambia is seeking a Data Platform Engineer III to support technology solutions and data processes for HEDIS and healthcare quality measurement. The role participates in cross-team delivery and maintenance of application systems, including analyzing, programming, debugging, building, deploying, testing, and documenting applications in development and production environments. It also involves database design, system testing, and related documentation, using technical, interpersonal, and administrative skills in day-to-day work. The engineer develops and supports software, data pipelines, integrations, and processes; investigates complex application and data issues; and contributes to reliable, secure, maintainable solutions. The role balances planned engineering work with production support and collaboration across technical and business teams. It is hybrid, with three days per week in the office, at listed Cambia locations. May include on-call duties as defined by management. Cambia describes itself as a purpose-driven organization working toward a person-focused and economically sustainable healthcare system. The company offers competitive compensation and benefits, flexible work-from-home options for most roles subject to internet requirements, and a collaborative, learning-oriented culture. A background check is required. New hires need access to a personal mobile device for multi-factor authentication.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Business Administration, Engineering, or a related field.
At least 5 years of relevant experience in a multi-platform environment.
Experience developing, testing, deploying, and supporting production software or data solutions.
Experience independently troubleshooting complex application and data-processing problems.
Experience working with sensitive, regulated, or business-critical data.
Strong SQL skills and ability to analyze and troubleshoot complex data issues.
Experience with modern data warehouse platforms and with building data pipelines, ETL/ELT processes, data integration, and data quality automation.
Experience using Python for data engineering and application development.
Experience with source control, testing, deployment, CI/CD, and modern software development lifecycle practices.
Ability to independently develop efficient, secure, and maintainable code and technical solutions for complex business problems.
Ability to profile data and assess keys, relationships, cardinality, data types, precision, scale, and quality.
Documentation and communication skills.
Ability to balance planned engineering work with production-support responsibilities and collaborate effectively across technical and business teams.
Ability to take direction in analyzing and solving program and system issues, and to plan and manage one's own work.
Familiarity with Test Driven Development (TDD) and Behavior Driven Development (BDD), including creating unit and behavior tests.
Ability to follow corporate and departmental coding standards and guidelines.
Ability to learn containerization technologies and orchestration tools.
Knowledge of software security best practices, defensive programming, OWASP Top 10 risks including injection vulnerabilities, cross-site scripting (XSS), and server-side request forgery (SSRF), as well as authentication principles, security hygiene, and data stewardship.
Ability to mentor and coach junior team members in technical matters.
Comfort working in a remote and/or distributed team environment and proficiency with asynchronous communication tools such as Microsoft Teams or Slack.

Nice To Haves

Healthcare industry experience.
Experience with HEDIS, healthcare quality measurement, claims, membership, provider, or clinical data.
Experience with Snowflake and SQL/Python stored procedures.
Experience with dbt or comparable ETL/ELT tools.
Experience with orchestration tools such as Airflow.
Experience with production monitoring, logging, or observability tools.
Experience using AI coding assistants such as Claude, GitHub Copilot, or Snowflake Cortex Code.
Familiarity with HEDIS measure specifications, including numerator, denominator, exclusions, and continuous enrollment, and experience interpreting NCQA technical specifications to support accurate measure logic.
Working knowledge of claims, enrollment, pharmacy, and provider data in a quality measurement context, including attribution and claims runout.

Responsibilities

Develop, enhance, test, deploy, and maintain complex software and data solutions supporting business processes and objectives.
Provide engineering and production support for applications, data pipelines, integrations, and processes supporting HEDIS and healthcare quality measurement.
Research, troubleshoot, and perform root-cause analysis of complex application, data, performance, and processing issues; implement sustainable solutions that improve reliability and reduce recurrence.
Develop and execute unit and system test plans, test cases, criteria, and data; document results and validate solutions before production implementation.
Participate in deliverables required by approved Software Development Lifecycles.
Determine program design and prepare work estimates for development or changes for assigned work.
Produce requirement analysis, system analysis and design, data models, program design, source code, unit test cases, unit and system testing, and documentation.
Meet established deadlines while maintaining quality and security; follow coding standards, policies, procedures, technical and architecture standards, and production implementation standards.
Provide regular status reporting, participate in team and one-on-one meetings, provide work estimates, and track time.
Continuously improve job skills, participate in the company's learning environment, and share knowledge and reusable engineering practices.
Take initiative, seek out work, and develop innovative solutions to problems.
May perform on-call duties as defined by management.

Benefits

Competitive base pay and bonus opportunities; bonus target is 10%.
401(k) plan with company match and potential discretionary contribution based on company performance.
Medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees and eligible family members, including mental health benefits.
Annual employer contribution to a health savings account.
Paid time off varying by role and tenure, plus 10 company-paid holidays.
Up to 12 weeks of paid parental time off, subject to eligibility requirements.
Wellness programs that reward participation.
Employee Assistance Fund.
Commute and parking benefits.
Employee resource groups and opportunities to participate in Cambia-supported community outreach programs.
Work-from-home options for most roles, subject to internet connection requirements.