Job#: 3033213 Job Description: Population Health Data Engineer
Location: Remote, with occasional travel to Boston for go-live or training
Employment Type: Contract
Role Overview
We are seeking a skilled Population Health Data Engineer with expertise in Epic data ecosystems and healthcare analytics. This role will focus on designing, building, and optimizing data pipelines and models to support population health, quality of care, and claims analytics.
Key Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and maintain scalable data pipelines supporting population health, claims analytics, and reporting.
- Work extensively with Epic data sources including Registries, Rosters, Chronicles, Clarity, and Caboodle.
- Integrate clinical and claims data to support longitudinal patient views and advanced analytics.
- Develop data models for population health use cases including quality measures, risk stratification, and care management analysis.
- Support development and operationalization of risk scoring data models and analytics.
- Process and transform healthcare claims data (medical and pharmacy) for analytics and reporting.
- Work with Milliman MedInsight data structures to support payer-provider analytics.
- Build and optimize ELT pipelines using modern cloud platforms.
- Collaborate with analytics teams to translate business needs into technical solutions.
- Ensure data quality, governance, and compliance with healthcare regulations.
Required Qualifications
Education: A Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Health Informatics, Data Engineering, or a related field is required.
Experience: A minimum of 6 years of experience in data engineering is required. A strong preference will be given to candidates with experience in healthcare, payer, or population health analytics.
Technical Skills:- Strong hands-on experience with Epic systems, including Registries, Chronicles, Clarity, and Caboodle.
- Experience with modern data engineering tools such as Snowflake and DBT.
- Solid understanding of healthcare domain concepts, including population health and value-based care.
- Experience with healthcare claims processing (medical and pharmacy).
- Hands-on experience with Milliman MedInsight data models and analytics workflows.
- Strong SQL and data modeling expertise.
Compensation & Benefits
The anticipated pay rate for this position is $80-85/hr or so. Please note that this is a contract role and benefits may differ from full-time positions.
This employer is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.
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Everforth Apex is a world-class IT services company that serves thousands of clients across the globe. When you join Everforth Apex, you become part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning. We offer quality career resources, training, certifications, development opportunities, and a comprehensive benefits package. Our commitment to excellence is reflected in many awards, including ClearlyRated's Best of Staffing in Talent Satisfaction in the United States and Great Place to Work in the United Kingdom and Mexico. Everforth Apex uses a virtual recruiter as part of the application process. Click for more details.
Everforth Apex Benefits Overview: Everforth Apex offers a range of supplemental benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans that offer an optional layer of financial protection. We offer an ESPP (employee stock purchase program) and a 401K program which allows you to contribute typically within 30 days of starting, with a company match after 12 months of tenure. Everforth Apex also offers a HSA (Health Savings Account on the HDHP plan), a SupportLinc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions, a corporate discount savings program and other discounts. In terms of professional development, Everforth Apex hosts an on-demand training program, provides access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars once you have 6+ months of tenure, and certification discounts and other perks to associations that include CompTIA and IIBA. Everforth Apex has a dedicated customer service team for our Consultants that can address questions around benefits and other resources, as well as a certified Career Coach. You can access a full list of our benefits, programs, support teams and resources within our 'Welcome Packet' as well, which an Everforth Apex team member can provide.
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