Senior Staff Data Engineer

The Senior Staff Data Engineer plays a critical leadership role in Empower Pharmacy’s data engineering strategy by architecting enterprise-wide solutions, mentoring senior engineering talent, and spearheading initiatives that drive innovation, scalability, and quality. This role bridges technical execution with strategic foresight, guiding cross-functional initiatives that accelerate access to affordable, high-quality medications. This position is ideal for a deeply experienced data engineer with a strong architectural mindset and a desire to grow into a Principal Engineer.

• Design and evolve modern cloud-native data architecture across teams, including data lakes, lakehouses, data mesh domains, and scalable data marts.
• Own and improve shared Extract Load Transform (ELT) frameworks, data contracts, observability systems, and platform components used across engineering and analytics teams.
• Drive data modernization efforts, including the consolidation of data marts into a unified warehouse and adoption of advanced governance practices.
• Evaluate and introduce new technologies and practices – e.g., data build tool (dbt), Iceberg, streaming, machine learning pipelines – where they add value to platform goals. 
• Design secure systems aligned with Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, GxP, and other compliance frameworks, in close collaboration with Governance, Risk, and Compliance and InfoSec teams.

While performing the responsibilities of the job, the employee is required to talk and hear. The employee is often required to remain in a stationary position for a significant amount of the workday and frequently use their hands and fingers to handle or feel in order to access, input, and retrieve information from the computer and other office productivity devices. The employee is regularly required to move about the office and around the corporate campus. The employee is regularly required to stand, walk, reach with arms and hands, climb or balance, and to stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl.

• Expertise in designing and implementing Amazon Web Service (AWS) serverless data platforms such as AWS Glue, Lambda, S3, Redshift, Athena, and Lake Formation, along with mastery in data modeling methodologies including Kimball, Inmon, and Data Vault.
• Advanced proficiency in pipeline development using tools like Fivetran, dbt, and custom ELT frameworks; orchestration tools such as Airflow or Dagster; and modern engineering practices including continuous integration/continuous deployment, infrastructure as code (IaC), and GitOps workflows.

Key Competencies

• Customer Focus: Ability to build strong customer relationships and deliver customer centric solutions.
• Optimizes Work Processes: Know the most effective and efficient processes to get things done, with a focus on continuous improvement.
• Collaborates: Builds partnerships and works collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives.
• Resourcefulness: Secures and deploys resources effectively and efficiently.
• Manages Complexity: Makes sense of complex, high quality, and sometimes contradictory information to effectively solve problems.
• Ensures Accountability: Holds self and others accountable to meet commitments and objectives.
• Situational Adaptability: Adapts approach and demeanor in real time to match shifting demands of different situations.
• Communicates Effectively: Develops and delivers multi-mode communications that convey a clear understanding of the unique needs of different audiences.

Values

• People: Our people define who we are as a company, and we believe that understanding and addressing the needs of our team, clients, and community is fundamental to fostering a culture of support and growth.
• Quality: Quality stands at the core of our mission, reflecting our commitment to excellence in every medication we produce.
• Service: We are here to serve others. Every interaction with our patients, providers, employees and other stakeholders comes from a place of service.
• Innovation: By continuously exploring new methodologies and embracing technology, we ensure that every solution we offer is at the forefront of pharmaceutical care.

• Minimum of 12 years of experience in data engineering, including at least 3 years in senior or staff-level roles with a proven track record of architectural leadership and mentoring senior engineering talent.
• Requires a degree in computer science, engineering, statistics, or related quantitative discipline.
• AWS Certified SysOps Administrator; Certified Kubernetes Administrator or Docker Certified Associate; Apache Airflow Certification.

We offer comprehensive benefits to support your health, well-being, and future, including medical, dental, and vision coverage, paid time off, 401(k) matching, wellness perks, IV therapy, and compounded medications. Learn more: https://careers.empowerpharmacy.com/benefits/