Cohere Health
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Opportunity Overview: We are seeking a Lead Data Engineer to drive the design and delivery of our cloud-native healthcare data platform.
We are seeking a Lead Data Engineer to drive the design and delivery of our cloud-native healthcare data platform. You will lead the implementation of scalable data solutions built on AWS, Apache Iceberg, Lake Formation, Glue Catalog, Athena, dbt, and modern orchestration frameworks. This role combines deep hands-on engineering with technical leadership and collaboration across platform, analytics, and business teams.
Lead Data Engineering Initiatives
Lead delivery of complex data engineering projects across multiple teams
Drive technical execution from design through production deployment
Establish scalable implementation patterns Build and Optimize Data Platforms
Design and implement batch and near-real-time pipelines
Build reusable ingestion, transformation, validation, and publishing frameworks
Support modernization of legacy workloads Lakehouse Engineering
Lead Apache Iceberg implementation and optimization
Define standards for schema evolution, partitioning, compaction, and metadata management
Ensure efficient storage and query performance Data Quality and Reliability
Implement data quality frameworks
Drive observability and monitoring practices
Improve operational excellence and reliability Technical Leadership
Review architecture and design proposals
Conduct code reviews and engineering reviews
Mentor engineers and establish best practices
Mentor engineers across levels, providing feedback, support, and growth opportunities aligned with career progression frameworks
Collaborate with Staff Engineers and Managers to define and evolve platform architecture, technical strategy, and system reliability goals
Act as a technical liaison between data platform engineering, analytics, and product teams—translating requirements into scalable, maintainable solutions
Good knowledge of Information practices.
Assist the manager in all the information security activities implementation and maintenance process.
Ensuring the team and imparted with Competence related to Information security
Responsible for implementation of security policies and procedures and report any issues to the Information Security Manager.
Must-haves
8–12 years of Data Engineering experience.
Healthcare claims and authorization datasets.(Insurance)
Experience leading enterprise-scale data initiatives Cloud Technologies
AWS S3, Glue, Athena, Lake Formation
IAM and security controls Modern Data Stack
Apache Iceberg (preferred)
Delta Lake / Hudi • dbt • Airflow or Step FunctionsProgramming
Python
SQL
PySpark / Spark
Nice-to-haves
Kafka / AWS MSK
SageMaker
Atlan or similar catalogs
Multi-tenant data platforms
Data contracts and Data Mesh concepts
DBT
Hyderabad, Telangana: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Preferred)
Connect with Talent Acquisition
Meet with the Hiring Manager
Behavioral Interview(s)
Case Study
Interview with Senior Leadership
Subject to change
Cohere Health’s clinical intelligence platform and agentic AI-powered solutions connect health plans’ strategic goals and providers’ needs, optimizing the speed, cost, and quality of care. With an enterprise approach that streamlines payer-provider decision-making across the care continuum–including policy, prior authorization, payment accuracy, and more–the company improves collaboration and reduces burden, resulting in up to 8x ROI and 94% provider satisfaction.
With the acquisition of ZignaAI, we expanded our AI-native platform with a comprehensive Payment Integrity Suite that spans data mining, clinical and coding validation, authorization and claims reconciliation, and end-to-end payment integrity services across pre- and post-pay workflows. By connecting clinical and payment insights, our transparent, AI-powered solutions help health plans proactively improve payment accuracy, reduce waste and vendor dependency, strengthen provider relationships, and build smarter, more efficient payment integrity programs.
Cohere Health’s innovations continue to receive industry-wide recognition. We’ve been recognized on TIME’s World Top HealthTech Companies 2025 list, the 2025 Inc. 5000 list, in the Gartner® Hype Cycle™ for U.S. Healthcare Payers (2022-2025), and ranked as a Top 5 LinkedIn™ Startup for 2023 & 2024.
We can’t wait to learn more about you and meet you at Cohere Health!
Cohere Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to fostering an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all. To us, it’s personal.
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