HCA Healthcare · 23 hours ago
Principal Data Engineer
Nashville, TN
Full-time
Onsite
Lead/Staff
10+ years expHCA Healthcare is committed to caring for patients with purpose and integrity, and they are seeking a Principal Data Engineer to lead development efforts in creating scalable data solutions. This role involves working with Google Cloud Platform to design and implement data architectures that improve patient care and operational efficiency.
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Responsibilities
Responsible for designing, building, and supporting GCP based ecosystems designed for enterprise-wide analysis of structured, semi-structured, and unstructured data
Bring new data sources into GCP, transform and load to databases
Provide technical leadership across Google Cloud Platform (GCP) teams to lead the design and delivery of next-generation GenAI/LLM-based solutions
Identify, design, and implement internal process improvements, automate manual processes, optimize data delivery, and re-design infrastructure for greater scalability
Develop and review data management plans, architecture plans, data transfer plans, and data security and privacy plans, including event monitoring and auditing guidelines, to ensure that systems meet security and technical requirements
Develop and review standard operating procedures to meet high standards for data organization, quality, and security
Provide leadership in developing standards and best practices
Build analytics tools to provide actionable insights into operational efficiency, service delivery, and policy evaluation
Deliver consistent and reliable processes and high-quality output on independent and team projects
Closely collaborates with team members to successfully execute development initiatives using Agile practices and principles
Participates in large-scale development projects involving multiple areas outside of core team
Designs fit-for-purpose products to ensure products align to the customer's strategic plans and technology road maps
Shares knowledge and experience to contribute to growth of overall team capabilities
Participates in the deployment, change, configuration, management, administration and maintenance of deployment process and systems
Work closely with management, architects, and other teams to develop and implement the projects
Actively participate in technical group discussions and adopt any innovative technologies to improve the development and operations
Rapidly prototypes and deliver just-in-time solutions
Gather requirements, designs, constructs, and deliver solutions with minimal team interaction
Works in an environment with rapidly changing business requirements and priorities
Demonstrates deep understanding and acts as a leader in the team’s continuous integration and continuous delivery automation pipeline
Work collaboratively with Data Scientists, business, and IT leaders throughout the company to understand Cloud/Big Data needs and use cases
A technical expert leading a high-performing team to develop, construct, test and maintain sound, secure data architectures that meet business needs
A team-oriented specialist who works collaboratively with business leaders, project managers, and across technical teams to build the right thing
A strategic thinker who improves the functionality and value of the clinical systems
Apply AI-native engineering practices to design, implement, and optimize data and software systems, accelerating time-to-value
Incorporate prompt engineering, RAG pipelines, and automated evaluation techniques into data solutions and workflows
Prototype, test, and iterate rapidly using AI-assisted development approaches, ensuring scalable and reliable production systems
Explore and integrate agentic workflows and emerging AI/ML capabilities to enhance automation and decision-making across platforms
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field required
5+ years of experience in Data Engineering required
10+ years of experience in Information Technology required
Strong understanding of best practices and standards for GCP application design and implementation
Two+ Year of hands-on experience with GCP platform and experience with many of the following components:
GCS, Cloud Run, Cloud Functions
Bigtable, Cloud SQL
Kafka, Pub/Sub
Python, Golang, Spark, Scala or Java
BigQuery, Dataflow, Data Fusion
GKE, CI/CD and Logging & Monitoring
Understanding of Lambda Design Architectures and Real-Time Streaming
Experience with Unstructured Data, Real-Time Streaming with GCP
Ability to multitask and to balance competing priorities
Requires strong practical experience in agile application development, file systems management, and DevOps discipline and practice using short-cycle iterations to deliver continuous business value
Knowledge of all facets of GCP ecosystem development including ideation, design, implementation, tuning, and operational support
Ability to define and utilize best practice techniques and to impose order in a fast-changing environment. Must have strong critical thinking skills
Strong verbal, written, and interpersonal skills, including a desire to work within a highly matrixed, collaborative environment
Preferred
Master's degree in computer science or related field preferred
1+ year(s) of experience in Healthcare preferred
Experience in Healthcare Domain
Experience in Patient Data
Experience with Natural Language Processing (NLP)
Hardware/Operating Systems: Linux, UNIX
GCP
Distributed, highly scalable processing environments
Databases: NoSQL, Hbase, Cassandra, MongoDB, Cosmos, In-memory, Columnar, other emerging technologies
Other Languages – Java, Python, Scala, R
Build Systems – TFS, Github
Ability to integrate tools outside of the core GCP ecosystem
AI-native Workflows
18+ months of hands-on experience with many of the following components:
Hands-on experience with AI-assisted development tools (e.g., Copilot, ChatGPT, or equivalent) to accelerate engineering tasks
Familiarity with modern AI application patterns such as prompting strategies, RAG, evals, and agent-based systems
Demonstrated ability to rapidly prototype and iterate with AI/ML technologies to deliver practical, production-ready solutions
A growth mindset with curiosity to experiment with emerging AI frameworks and incorporate them into engineering practices
Benefits
Comprehensive medical coverage that covers many common services at no cost or for a low copay. Plans include prescription drug and behavioral health coverage as well as free telemedicine services and free AirMed medical transportation.
Additional options for dental and vision benefits, life and disability coverage, flexible spending accounts, supplemental health protection plans (accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity), auto and home insurance, identity theft protection, legal counseling, long-term care coverage, moving assistance, pet insurance and more.
Free counseling services and resources for emotional, physical and financial wellbeing
401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service)
Employee Stock Purchase Plan with 10% off HCA Healthcare stock
Family support through fertility and family building benefits with Progyny and adoption assistance.
Referral services for child, elder and pet care, home and auto repair, event planning and more
Consumer discounts through Abenity and Consumer Discounts
Retirement readiness, rollover assistance services and preferred banking partnerships
Education assistance (tuition, student loan, certification support, dependent scholarships)
Colleague recognition program
Time Away From Work Program (paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence)
Employee Health Assistance Fund that offers free employee-only coverage to full-time and part-time colleagues based on income.
Company
HCA Healthcare
HCA Healthcare provides medical education and healthcare services in locally managed facilities. It is a sub-organization of North Florida Endoscopy Center.
10001+ employees
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Funding
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$8.51B2025-10-31Post Ipo Debt· $3.25B
2025-02-24Post Ipo Debt· $5.25B
2014-06-25Post Ipo Debt· $3.2M
Leadership Team
Nicholas Manning
Chief Executive Officer
Nick Lane
Regional Vice President Human Resources
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