Principal Azure Data Engineer (12 to 15 yrs) (Python / PySpark / SQL/ DataBricks)
Skills
About the role
This is a principal-level data engineering role in India, building large-scale data platforms for healthcare products. It suits a senior engineer with over a decade of experience who can combine hands-on Databricks/Azure engineering with architectural thinking. The work involves turning complex healthcare data from many sources into reliable datasets that support patient outcomes.
What you’ll do
- Develop new Databricks pipelines and enhance existing production pipelines
- Work with business-critical healthcare data in close collaboration with stakeholders
- Apply data engineering best practices to build trusted, highly available data models
- Define and implement new entities within unified data models
- Partner with business customers to translate requirements into datasets and platform capabilities
- Identify and resolve data-quality issues proactively
- Extract, transform and manage data from diverse healthcare sources
- Design platforms enabling ad-hoc access to large-scale datasets
- Develop data and metadata models supporting ML and AI use cases
- Support data integration for acquisitions and other initiatives
What they’re looking for
- A bachelor's degree in computer science, IT, or a related field
- 12-15 years of overall data engineering or related technology experience, including substantial healthcare data experience
- 10+ years working with healthcare datasets such as claims, encounters, ADT, FHIR or EHR
- 8+ years working with cloud services across Azure, AWS or GCP, with strong Azure exposure preferred
- Advanced skills in Python, PySpark/Spark and SQL
- Strong experience with Databricks pipelines in production environments
- Experience with normalized, dimensional, star-schema and snowflake-schema data modelling
Nice to have
- A master's degree in a healthcare-related discipline
- Databricks or Microsoft Azure certification
What’s on offer
- Remote work from India
- Flexible working hours
- Stock options and participation in long-term growth
- Benefits beyond statutory requirements
- Access to mentorship and ongoing learning opportunities
Questions about this role
Is this role remote?
Yes, remote work opportunities from India.
How many years of experience do I need?
The posting asks for 12-15 years of overall data engineering experience, including 10+ years with healthcare data and 8+ years with cloud services.
Do I need a degree?
A bachelor's degree in computer science, IT or a related field is required; a master's in a healthcare-related discipline is preferred.
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