Medicaid Data Engineer
Hybrid - Minneapolis, MN
6 months Contract to Hire
Only local candidates
Should be able to convert to full-time without sponsorship

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE & SKILLS

• Hands-on experience with Terraform for infrastructure provisioning and CI/CD automation.
• Strong background in ETL/ELT pipeline development and data transformation.
• Solid experience with API integrations for ingesting external datasets.
• Proficiency in CosmosDB (or equivalent NoSQL technologies) and PostgreSQL.
• Familiarity with data warehousing concepts and dimensional data modeling.
• Prior experience working with provider or healthcare datasets is highly preferred.
• Proven ability to work independently and navigate ambiguity in a complex data environment.
• Excellent problem-solving abilities and a proactive, self-starter mindset.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to collaborate with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
  Job Types: Full-time, Contract
  Pay: $50.00 - $60.00 per hour

Experience:

• Healthcare Data Management: 3 years (Preferred)

Ability to Commute:

• Minneapolis, MN 55435 (Required)

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Minneapolis, MN 5543

• Design and develop ETL/ELT pipelines for ingesting and transforming provider, clinic, and hospital data from multiple sources.
• Build and maintain scalable data infrastructure using Terraform for infrastructure as code and CI/CD deployments.
• Integrate and consume RESTful APIs for real-time and batch data ingestion.
• Optimize and manage CosmosDB (NoSQL) and PostgreSQL (relational) data storage solutions.
• Analyze and enhance existing data flows and propose improvements for performance and scalability.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including product, data science, and DevOps, to align data initiatives with business goals.
• Contribute to data modeling, warehousing strategies, and metadata management.