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Cambia Health Solutions · 1 day ago

Semantic Data Engineer

Portland, OR

Full-time

Hybrid

Mid Level

$115K/yr - $135K/yr

3+ years exp

Cambia Health Solutions is dedicated to creating a person-focused and economically sustainable health care system. They are seeking a Semantic Data Engineer to design and enhance their semantic layer on the Snowflake data platform, enabling advanced analytics and AI-driven insights for their health insurance payer organization.

BiotechnologyHealth CareInformation Technology

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Implement Enterprise Semantic Models: Build and maintain semantic data models on Snowflake based on specifications from the Semantic Data Architect and Data Product Owner, ensuring alignment with business, analysis, and AI requirements

Data Pipeline Development: When necessary, develop and optimize ETL/ELT pipelines to populate the semantic layer, integrating data from diverse sources (e.g., claims, member data, third-party feeds) using Snowflake’s capabilities

Analytics and AI Integration: Enable analytics and AI workflows by preparing and transforming data in the semantic layer for use in predictive models, natural language processing, and other analytics and AI applications

Performance Tuning: Optimize Snowflake queries and data structures (e.g., tables, views, materialized views) to ensure high performance for semantic data access

Data Quality and Validation: Implement data quality checks and validation processes to ensure the accuracy and reliability of the semantic layer

Collaboration: Work with data product owners, business analysts, the semantic data architect, data modelers, and data engineers to create and refine data models and troubleshoot issues in production environments

Automation and Monitoring: Automate semantic layer maintenance tasks and set up monitoring to ensure system reliability and performance

Qualification

SnowflakeSemantic data modelsSQLData pipeline toolsHealthcare data standardsData governancePythonCommunication skillsProblem-solving skills

Required

Bachelor's degree in computer science, Mathematics, Business Administration, Engineering, or a related field

3+ years relevant experience in a multi-platform environment, including, but not limited to application development or database development

At least 1 year working with Snowflake or similar cloud data platforms

Equivalent combination of education and experience

Proficiency in SQL, Python, or other scripting languages for data processing and pipeline development

Experience using code repositories such as GitLab or GitHub and CI/CD-based deployment

Experience with semantic technologies, including Snowflake semantic views, MicroStrategy, AtScale, or Business Objects universes and healthcare data standards (e.g., FHIR, HL7, ICD-10)

Strong understanding of analytics workflows and their data requirements

Experience with data governance, metadata management, and compliance in healthcare

Strong problem-solving skills and experience with data pipeline tools (e.g., dbt, Snowflake's OpenFlow, Airflow)

Knowledge of healthcare regulations (e.g., HIPAA) and data security best practices

Experience in dimensional data modeling

Excellent communication skills to bridge technical and business teams

Preferred

Experience with Snowflake features like Streams, Tasks, or data sharing; familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP)

Benefits

Medical, dental and vision coverage for employees and their eligible family members, including mental health benefits.

Annual employer contribution to a health savings account.

Generous paid time off varying by role and tenure in addition to 10 company-paid holidays.

Market-leading retirement plan including a company match on employee 401(k) contributions, with a potential discretionary contribution based on company performance (no vesting period).

Up to 12 weeks of paid parental time off (eligibility requires 12 months of continuous service with Cambia immediately preceding leave).

Award-winning wellness programs that reward you for participation.

Employee Assistance Fund for those in need.

Commute and parking benefits.

Company

Cambia Health Solutions

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Cambia Health Solutions is a nonprofit total health solutions company based in the Pacific Northwest/Intermountain region, serving

Founded in 1996

Portland, Oregon, USA

5001-10000 employees

http://www.cambiahealth.com

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