Senior Data Engineer
Top focus
We’re building a world of health around every individual — shaping a more connected, convenient and compassionate health experience. At CVS Health®, you’ll be surrounded by passionate colleagues who care deeply, innovate with purpose, hold ourselves accountable and prioritize safety and quality in everything we do.
Join us and be part of something bigger – helping to simplify health care one person, one family and one community at a time. Position Summary We're seeking a Sr. Data Engineer to design and implement data pipelines that power analytical capabilities.
This hands-on role requires an understanding of data engineering best practices and the ability to translate business requirements into technical solutions. You will be part of a dedicated team creating datasets for financial and analytic workloads
Key Responsibilities
- Data Pipeline Development: Design and build ETL/ELT data pipelines to ingest, process, and transform large datasets from multiple sources.
- Performance Optimization: Implement best practices for performance tuning, partitioning, and clustering to optimize data queries and reduce costs.
- Data Quality & Governance: Establish and enforce data quality standards, data governance frameworks, and security policies for data storage and access.
- Data Modeling & Architecture: Develop and optimize data models and schemas to support analytics, reporting, and machine learning requirements.
- Data Integration & Transformation: Collaborate with data scientists and analysts to design data solutions that integrate with BI tools and machine learning models.
- Documentation & Knowledge Sharing: Create comprehensive documentation for data pipelines, workflows, and processes.
- Share best practices and mentor junior data engineers.
- Design and architect data infrastructure analytical workloads.
- Required Qualifications 5+ years of applicable work experience Proficiency in Python, specifically with ETL pipelines.
- Strong proficiency in SQL and experience in developing complex queries.
- Familiarity with pySpark, DBT, or other similar frameworks.
- Experience deploying data pipelines in a cloud environment (Azure, AWS, GCP).
- Understanding of data warehousing concepts, dimensional modeling, and building data marts.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with data scientists, analysts, and product owners.
- Preferred Qualifications Knowledge of data governance best practices in a cloud environment.
- Experience with data design in BigQuery Experience working with the Epic data model.
- Experience working with healthcare data (Claims and Admissions) Education and Experience Bachelor's degree preferred/specialized training/relevant professional qualification.
- Computer Science or Equivalent Years of Relevant Experience Anticipated Weekly Hours 40 Time Type Full time Pay Range The typical pay range for this role is: $101,970.00 - $203,940.00 This pay range represents the base hourly rate or base annual full-time salary for all positions in the job grade within which this position falls.
- The actual base salary offer will depend on a variety of factors including experience, education, geography and other relevant factors.
- This position is eligible for a CVS Health bonus, commission or short-term incentive program in addition to the base pay range listed above.
- Our people fuel our future.
- Our teams reflect the customers, patients, members and communities we serve and we are committed to fostering a workplace where every colleague feels valued and that they belong.
- Great benefits for great people We take pride in offering a comprehensive and competitive mix of pay and benefits that reflects our commitment to our colleagues and their families.
- This full‑time position is eligible for a comprehensive benefits package designed to support the physical, emotional, and financial well‑being of colleagues and their families.
- The benefits for this position include medical, dental, and vision coverage, paid time off, retirement savings options, wellness programs, and other resources, based on eligibility.
- Additional details about available benefits are provided during the application process and on Benefits Moments .
- We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on: 07/20/2026 Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state and local laws.