Sr. Lead Data Engineer roles at Huron Consulting Services LLC focus on building dependable, production-grade data capabilities for the healthcare Insights Platform. This position is designed for technical leadership on AWS, with time to translate business and analytical requirements into scalable data pipelines, services, and applications.
Location: Chicago, IL (remote)
Salary: USD 140,000 - 228,000 per year
Level: Manager
Work authorization: U.S. work authorization required
What you’ll do
- Translate changes to the Insights applications into estimates and delivery plans.
- Develop high-quality updates across application source code, processes, and architecture.
- Deliver fully tested code prior to production deployment when appropriate.
- Troubleshoot bugs and application issues to maintain reliability.
- Coordinate with other engineers to ensure platform changes align with business needs.
- Recommend and implement enhancements that improve process efficiency, platform performance, availability, and functionality.
- Help create project plans and capability roadmaps so technical solutions are properly structured and represented.
- Maintain up-to-date documentation of system and solution designs.
- Provide applicable training to internal functional SMEs and stakeholders.
- Provide technical leadership to engineers supporting data solutions.
What you bring
- B.S. in math, engineering, or computer science (or equivalent work experience).
- 6+ years of professional software development experience.
- 6+ years of professional Python and SQL experience.
- 6+ years of professional experience with cloud technologies, including Amazon Web Services.
- Experience with version control systems (e.g., Git, Subversion).
- Strong computer science fundamentals.
- Excellent written and verbal communication and problem-solving skills.
- Motivated, self-directed approach with the ability to learn quickly.
- Ability to work within a highly driven, multi-discipline engineering and product team.
Technologies you’ll work with
Core: Python, SQL, Amazon Web Services, Git, Subversion, PostgreSQL, Data Build Tool (DBT), CloudFormation, UNIX-based operating systems (Linux, Ubuntu, etc.), Snowflake, CloudFront, API Gateway, Lambda, ECS, Application Load Balancer, EC2, S3, VPC, Terraform, Apache Iceberg, Spark, Athena, Glue, monitoring and observability tools, RDBMS and NoSQL, EDI/FHIR standards.
Preferred qualifications
- Agile development experience with Scrum preferred.
- Experience with Analytics-driven applications.
- Experience with infrastructure-as-code (e.g., CloudFormation).
- Experience with Snowflake and AWS services such as CloudFront, API Gateway, Lambda, ECS, Application Load Balancer, EC2, S3, and VPC.
- Experience with Git.
- Experience with Data Build Tool (DBT).
- Experience with Healthcare Data including EDI/FHIR standards.
Benefits
- Eligible to participate in Huron’s annual incentive compensation program.
- Medical, dental and vision coverage, plus other wellness programs.
Employment: Full-Time Remote (this position can be full-time remote).
