Data Platform Engineer III (HEDIS Support)

Cambia Health Solutions•Little Rock, AR

10d•$95,000 - $172,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Cambia is hiring a Data Platform Engineer III to support technology solutions and data processes for HEDIS and healthcare quality measurement. The role works in a cross-team environment to deliver and maintain application systems, with responsibilities spanning application development and support, database design, and system testing and documentation. The position involves analyzing, programming, debugging, building, deploying, testing, and documenting applications in development and production environments. The engineer will develop and support software, data pipelines, integrations, and processes; investigate complex application and data issues; and help ensure reliable, secure, high-quality 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, and may include on-call duties as defined by management. The position supports Cambia’s purpose-driven work to make health care easier and lives better. The expected hiring salary depends on work location and candidate qualifications: $112,000–$151,000 per year under the national pay structure, or $100,000–$136,000 per year under the regional pay structure. The respective full salary ranges are $105,000–$172,000 and $95,000–$155,000, with a 10% bonus target for both.

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 building data pipelines, ETL/ELT processes, data integrations, and data quality automation.
Python experience 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 across technical and business teams.
Commitment to continuous learning, knowledge sharing, and reusable engineering practices.
Comfort working in remote and/or distributed teams and proficiency with asynchronous communication tools such as Microsoft Teams or Slack.
Ability to take direction when 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 such as 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.

Nice To Haves

Healthcare industry experience.
Experience with HEDIS, healthcare quality measurement, claims, membership, provider, or clinical data.
Experience with Snowflake and SQL or 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 that support 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, and implement sustainable solutions to improve reliability and prevent recurrence.
Develop and execute unit and system test plans, test cases, test criteria, and test 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 assigned development or changes.
Produce deliverables including requirement analysis, system analysis and design, data models, program design, source code, unit test cases, testing, and documentation.
Meet established deadlines while maintaining quality and security.
Continuously improve job skills and participate in the company’s learning environment.
Take initiative and seek out work; plan and manage assigned work.
Follow software security best practices and Cambia policies, procedures, standards, and engineering practices.
Provide regular status reporting, participate in team and one-on-one meetings, provide work estimates, and track time.
May perform on-call duties as defined by management.

Benefits

Competitive salary and bonus opportunities.
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, in addition to 10 company-paid holidays.
401(k) plan with company match and a potential discretionary contribution based on company performance; no vesting period.
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.
Work-from-home options for most roles, subject to wired internet requirements.
Employee resource groups and opportunities to participate in community outreach programs.