Senior Data Engineer

Relias • Morrisville, NC

82d • Remote

About The Position

Are you looking for a high energy, strategic, and fast-paced position as a Data Engineer II? Join Relias, the company changing lives throughout the world by helping healthcare organizations improve their clinical and financial outcomes! For 11,000+ health care and human service organizations, Relias helps clients deliver better clinical and financial outcomes by elevating the performance of teams. We help organizations across the continuum of care get better at maintaining compliance, developing staff and promoting consistent, high-quality care. Our platform employs assessments to reveal specific gaps in skills and addresses them with personalized and engaging learning, choosing from 7,000+ online courses that meet accrediting board, state and federal requirements. We are passionate about our products and our clients; what we deliver and the impact we have on the world is truly something you can be proud to represent. Join us and make a difference.

Requirements

• Proficiency in Azure Synapse, Azure Data Factory, Databricks, and related tools.
• Hands-on experience with streaming data pipelines in Databricks, including the use of Structured Streaming, Delta Live Tables, and event-driven architectures.
• Familiarity with Unity Catalog for centralized data governance, access control, and metadata management across the Databricks Lakehouse platform.
• Strong programming skills in Python, SQL, or Spark SQL.
• Experience designing and optimizing scalable data lake and medallion architectures.
• Knowledge of distributed systems and data processing frameworks (e.g., Spark).
• Experience with source control tools such as Git and CI/CD pipelines.
• Proven ability to design and implement data ingestion pipelines from API sources, including REST and GraphQL endpoints and handling data in various formats like JSON and XML.
• Familiarity designing and deploying Azure Functions for serverless data processing and event-driven workflows.
• Ability to diagnose and resolve complex data-related issues.
• Strong aptitude for performance tuning and optimization of data pipelines.
• Effective at working with cross-functional teams to translate business requirements into technical solutions.
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate complex technical concepts clearly to non-technical stakeholders.
• Experience mentoring junior team members and fostering a culture of collaboration.
• Ability to take ownership of projects and drive them to successful completion.
• Commitment to staying updated on emerging data engineering technologies and best practices.
• 6+ years of relevant work experience in Data Engineering.
• Bachelor's Degree in computer science or related field.

Nice To Haves

• Master's degree in Computer Science or related field.

Responsibilities

• Build, optimize, and maintain scalable ETL/ELT pipelines, including batch and real-time streaming.
• Partner with AI/ML teams and business stakeholders to deliver impactful data solutions.
• Develop and maintain data models, supporting scalable data lake and medallion architectures.
• Ensure accuracy, consistency, and compliance; leverage Unity Catalog for governance.
• Guide junior engineers and promote team learning.

Benefits

• Fantastic health and wellness benefits package, including an outstanding 401k match.
• Flexible PTO program.
• Generous and inclusive parental leave policy.
• Relias pays for the employee portion of the monthly healthcare premium.
• Flexible work environment with onsite and work from home options.
• Active Employee Resource Groups open to all employees.
• Comprehensive onboarding program.
• Growth and career advancement opportunities.
• 20%+ annual employee promotion and transfer rate.
• Multiple development program options - leadership development, professional development curriculums, and Nanodegree options in both technology and data science.
• Professional development gained from conference attendance and participation in organizations like NC Tech.
• Onsite 321 Coffee Shop providing free coffee and pastries to employees.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Industry: Educational Services
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree