Principal Data Engineer

Job description

At Trella Health, we are passionate and committed to our mission: empowering meaningful change in healthcare. Since our founding in 2015, we continue to grow our team, enhance our solution and services offerings, accelerate into new markets, and expand our customer base. We are rapidly growing and are looking for new Trellavators to join our team!

“What is a Trellavator?” you ask. Innovate and elevate is the name of our game! We go above and beyond to collaborate with and support each other. We believe that when a colleague or customers succeeds, we succeed. By learning from others, building on our successes, and taking risks, we constantly raise the bar. After all, continuous improvement is in our DNA. Our word is paramount, we keep our commitments, and we always follow through. We have a strong, reliable support system that fuels growth, collaboration, and passion—and together, we create a positive environment where everyone at Trella Health, including the customers we support, can thrive. Are you ready to learn more about the opportunities with our team? Trell-yeah you are!

Position Overview:

We are looking for a Principal Data Engineer to join our Data Engineering team. As the Principal Data Engineer, you will play a critical role in leading the effort to adopt and build out the capabilities of Trella Health’s data platform, providing mentorship to existing team members, and working cross functionally with other teams. Additionally, this role will require hands-on work with existing processes.

Location: This role is remote with a strong preference for candidates within commuting distance of Atlanta, GA; Philadelphia, PA; or Nashville, TN. We will also consider applicants based in other U.S. locations.

Reports to: Manager, Data Engineering

As the Principal Data Engineer at Trella, you will:

• Drive vendor evaluation and adoption of critical data platform tools.
• Architect and lead the implementation of a production-grade, multi-tenant data lake handling PHI at scale.
• Lead cross-functional implementation of new data infrastructure.
• Establish and maintain SLAs for critical data processing and availability.
• Create operational accountability frameworks for entire data pipeline lifecycle.
• Maintain legacy pipelines and processing while helping provide pathways to replace older systems with new tooling.
• Guide architectural decisions such that they balance immediate needs with long-term goals of scalability, compliances, and enhanced capabilities.
• Provide mentorship to existing team members.

This job might be a fit for you if you have:

• Core Competencies: Python, Advanced SQL, Apache Spark (or other big data technologies), & Apache Kafka (or other streaming technologies).
• 8+ years of engineering experience with a minimum of 3+ years demonstrated technical leadership.
• Proven record of building production-grade data infrastructure and platforms from inception.
• Experience with at least one Enterprise Data Platform (Snowflake, Databricks) in highly regulated environments.
• Multi-tenant system architecture experience with complex access and security requirements.
• Understanding of Lambda vs Kappa Architecture patterns.
• Hands-on experience with major cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and their data services.
• Expertise in cloud-native data architectures and optimization.
• Containerization (Docker, Kubernetes) in production environments.
• Prior experience with IAC tools (Terraform preferred).
• Experience with role based access control, audit logging, and data governance.
• Knowledge of data security, encryption at rest/in transit, and tokenization.
• Prior experience working with PHI/PII and working in audited environments.
• HIPAA, SOC2, and HITRUST compliance requirements and implementation.
• Healthcare interoperability standards (FHIR, HL7) experience.
• EHR operational data and claims data processing experience.

Note: Healthcare experience not required if applicant has sufficient experience in other, highly regulated environments, and demonstrates an advanced understanding of data security and governance.

About Trella Health:

Trella Health provides unmatched, actionable market intelligence to post-acute care and value-based care providers of all sizes. Our industry leading analytics paired with CRM and EHR integration workflows positions us as the most advanced sales enablement platform for the post-acute care market. One of only a few companies to be deemed both a Qualified Entity by CMS and an Innovator under its Virtual Research Data Center Program, Trella has elite access to billions of performance metrics and referral data to enable competitive positioning across the market. Its standardized insights, representing 90% of all lives 65+ U.S. population, help customers identify, engage, and manage critical relationships and advance their organizations with certainty.

Since launching our first product in 2016, we have experienced tremendous growth and have highlighted a few key data points to get an at-a-glance view of Trella:

• Over 900 customers including 10 of the top 10 post-acute providers and 4 of the top 10 health systems
• Over 120 team members and growing
• Recognized as one of Modern Healthcare’s “Best Places to Work” in consecutive years and were ranked in the Top 50 startups in the US by LinkedIn
• Headquartered in Atlanta, GA with remote hubs in Nashville, Philadelphia, the Philippines, and Latin America.

The Trellavator Experience:

At Trella Health, you can expect to join a welcoming team that truly embodies our core values. Our collaborative culture is anchored by trust, transparency, and inclusion—and we also have a lot of fun. No matter where you work, at Trella Health you can expect an awesome team, frequent virtual gatherings, engaging events, casual attire, and more.

We offer competitive salaries with a comprehensive benefits package to all employees and provide an environment that fosters work-life harmonization with Flexible Paid Time Off, along with remote-first work arrangements. As we continue to see exponential growth, our goal is to continue to put team members first and strive to offer our team members the best culture and benefits possible. Some of the benefits we provide are:

• Health, Dental, Vision & Voluntary Benefits
• Competitive Salary & Bonus Plans
• 401k Retirement Savings
• Flexible PTO & 10 Paid Holidays
• Flexible Work Hours
• Equity Shares
• Paid Leave Programs
• Marketplace for discounted retail and entertainment

Equal Opportunity Employer

Trella Health is an equal opportunity employer. All persons will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, national origin, marital status, age, disability, handicap, veteran status, genetic information, or any other protected status as recognized by federal, state, or local laws.