Data Engineer
Spectraforce
Matawan, New Jersey
12 days ago
Job Description
Data Engineer
Location: Matawan NJ Onsite, 5 days per week
Duration: Full Time
Benefits: Paid time off, sick time, health insurance (medical, dental, vision, accident, and critical illness), life insurance, 401(k) with Company match, yearly bonus
Role Overview
Define Healthcare is seeking a highly skilled Data Engineer to join our team. This will be the sole role in the organization with this specialized skill set, making it ideal for a self-starter capable of working independently on ground-up projects.
The successful candidate will build and maintain databases, manage data ingestion, develop ETL/ELT pipelines, and perform data analysis and reporting to support enterprise-level initiatives.
Key Responsibilities
Required Experience
Technical Skills
Preferred Qualifications
Why Join Define Healthcare
At SPECTRAFORCE, we are committed to maintaining a workplace that ensures fair compensation and wage transparency in adherence with all applicable state and local laws. This position’s starting pay is: $ 110.00/hr.
Location: Matawan NJ Onsite, 5 days per week
Duration: Full Time
Benefits: Paid time off, sick time, health insurance (medical, dental, vision, accident, and critical illness), life insurance, 401(k) with Company match, yearly bonus
Define Healthcare is seeking a highly skilled Data Engineer to join our team. This will be the sole role in the organization with this specialized skill set, making it ideal for a self-starter capable of working independently on ground-up projects.
The successful candidate will build and maintain databases, manage data ingestion, develop ETL/ELT pipelines, and perform data analysis and reporting to support enterprise-level initiatives.
- Design, build, and maintain internal databases and data warehouses from the ground up
- Develop ETL/ELT pipelines to integrate multiple data sources, including Athena EMR and NetSuite
- Clean, transform, and centralize datasets to ensure reliable reporting and analytics
- Build dashboards, visualizations, and analytical workflows to support business needs
- Perform data analysis to uncover trends, insights, and opportunities
- Work independently, taking ownership of projects from start to finish
- Collaborate with stakeholders to understand reporting requirements and data needs
- 7–8+ years of relevant experience, ideally with healthcare data
- Proven ability to work independently without mentorship or technical oversight
- Strong ownership and confidence in decision-making for standalone projects
- Demonstrated experience building data warehouses, pipelines, and connectors
- Solid understanding of data ingestion, ETL/ELT processes, and reporting workflows
- Excel: Pivot tables, VLOOKUPs
- SQL: Writing queries from scratch
- Python: Proficiency with Pandas and other common libraries; flexibility encouraged
- JSON
- Snowflake: Preferred, but not required; willingness to learn acceptable
- Tableau or similar visualization tools
- Experience integrating data from multiple sources (EMRs, NetSuite, others)
- Prior healthcare experience to reduce onboarding complexity
- Experience working with Athena EMR or similar healthcare platforms
- Knowledge of additional EMRs or financial systems for future integration
- Familiarity with nightly batch data ingestion processes
- Be the sole expert shaping the organization’s data strategy
- Opportunity to build systems from the ground up, shaping the future of data management in the organization
- Exposure to healthcare data and enterprise-level analytics
- Potential for long-term career growth and full-time conversion
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At SPECTRAFORCE, we are committed to maintaining a workplace that ensures fair compensation and wage transparency in adherence with all applicable state and local laws. This position’s starting pay is: $ 110.00/hr.