Job description

Who You Are

You’re a collaborative professional, driven by the potential to make a meaningful impact in healthcare. The challenges of healthcare don’t deter you—instead, you see them as opportunities to find innovative solutions that benefit the partners, people, and communities we serve. Honest Health’s commitment to purpose, innovation, communities, and kindness resonates with you, inspiring you to bring commitment, creativity, and compassion into your work. You’re ready to join a team focused on reimagining primary care for a healthier future that benefits all.

Does this sound like you? If so, we should talk.

Who We Are

At Honest Health, we believe in purpose and partnership to lead the transformation in primary care. Our team of healthcare experts and clinicians collaborates with a range of stakeholders—from health systems, physician organizations, and payers to providers, practices, and patients — to deliver innovative solutions that elevate care, control costs, and support long-term health. Guided by our core values, we’re creating a value-driven model that creates lasting benefits for everyone, now and into the future.

For us, that’s just an Honest day’s work.

Your Role

The Director of Data Engineering will play a pivotal role tasked with shaping and executing the Honest data architecture vision, strategy, and growth trajectory. This position will hold primary responsibility for the seamless acquisition, integration, management, and delivery of diverse healthcare data sources crucial to our operations.

The ideal candidate will bring extensive expertise as a healthcare data architect, with a focus on designing and implementing interoperability, cloud data warehousing, and analytical solutions. This candidate will be instrumental in driving innovation, ensuring scalability, and optimizing the performance of our data infrastructure to meet evolving needs.

The Director of Data Engineering will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to align data initiatives with business objectives. A strong emphasis is placed on fostering a culture of excellence in customer satisfaction, whereby technical solutions not only meet but exceed expectations.

Primary Functions of the Director, Data Engineering Include:

Build the strategy to acquire and maintain data with a high level of fidelity in the enterprise data warehouse while ensuring efficient use of resources to meet organizational service levels.
Own the architecture of data warehouse design along with the overall data integration landscape.
Lead data engineering and other team members in developing applicable methodologies, tools, and approaches for client delivery.
Oversee the day-to-day operations of data warehousing and data management delivery.
Lead the data acquisition and integration of data into the enterprise data lake or warehouse platform from various sources including EMR, HIE, etc.
Develop and implement data lifecycle management strategies, including data governance, data quality, data integration, and data security, to ensure the availability, accuracy, and reliability of data assets.
Coordinate with the data science manager and product managers to deliver cohesive product roadmaps and client implementations.
Own the processes and policies related to data access, data sharing, and data usage, ensuring the integrity and quality of data used for clinical and administrative purposes.
Evolve capabilities to help the business find opportunities to serve more patients through strategic technology investments and the use of data for the generation of meaningful insights.
Leverage your expertise in working with healthcare data and collaborate with customers on data integration processes, project prioritizations, and deadlines while improving quality and efficiency.
Establish standards to ensure that communication to the customers regarding the status of implementation projects occurs in a consistent manner and on a regular basis.
Build and manage a high performing on-shore and off-shore engineering teams from the technical and people perspectives.
Design and develop integrated test plans relevant to interface implementations.
Build the API and electronic data interchange (EDI) technology operations and support client integration and data submission.
Work efficiently and effectively across multiple functional teams and manage multiple priorities.
Determine data and integration priorities in conjunction with enterprise data warehouse governance structure, assisting in developing any plans necessary to resolve resource issues during both project planning and implementation.
Develop and maintain data warehouse documentation, including data dictionaries, database diagrams, analytics diagrams, integrations, and code.
Hire, train, and mentor top talent, while fostering a culture of curiosity where initiative and performance are rewarded.
Perform other related responsibilities as assigned.

How You Qualify

You reviewed the Who You Are section of this job posting and immediately felt the need to read on. This makes you a match for our innovative culture. You accept things change quickly in a startup environment and are willing to pivot quickly on priorities.

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering or a related field
10+ years of experience in information technology with a minimum of 5 years leading a data warehouse and data engineering role or department
10+ years of proven technical skills in Python, developing cloud services in AWS, batch processing, databases, developed scalable data-driven platforms, third-party API integrations (e.g. with EHR systems)
7+ years of leadership/management experience
5+ years of healthcare experience
3+ years of experience in cloud-based data platforms like AWS, Azure & analytical data warehouse like snowflake or redshift
Expertise in healthcare standards like FHIR, HL7, master data management, data warehousing, coding languages and ontologies
Experience with Talend data management preferred
Excellent knowledge of data integration programs involving all components including source systems, ETL, API implementation, data quality/integrity, database and delivery mechanisms, and EDI business processes, practices and procedures within a healthcare environment
Exceptional ability to manage multiple projects across functional teams in a fast-paced environment
Strong communication skills (both verbal and written) and an ability to provide recommendations on data integrations and applications
Strategic, conceptual and analytical thinking and decision-making skills
Ability to advise on complex technical matters to all stakeholders; ability to communicate effectively with senior management and individuals at all levels inside and outside the organization
Ability to build teams and generate a spirit of cooperation while coordinating diverse activities and groups; people management and negotiating skills within a team environment
Ability to negotiate consensus amongst diverse groups and impact the activities of others in a matrixed environment
Works well and is effective in a dynamic, face-paced environment, adaptable to shifting priorities

The base pay range for this role is $179,500.00 - $219,800.00. Compensation takes into account several factors including but not limited to a candidate’s experience, education, skills, licensure and certifications, and organizational needs. Base pay is just one piece of the total rewards program offered by Honest. Eligible roles also qualify for short-term incentives and a comprehensive benefits package.

How You are Supported

Full time team members may be eligible for :

Competitive Compensation

Attractive base salary with performance-based bonuses and rewards
401(k) plan with a generous company match, fully vested from day one

Comprehensive Health and Wellness Benefits

Flexible health, dental, and vision insurance options tailored to your needs
Company contribution towards health savings accounts (HSA) for high-deductible health plan (HDHP) participants
100% company-paid short-term disability, long-term disability, and life insurance
Wellness programs and resources to support your physical and mental health

Work-Life Balance

Generous paid time off, including vacation, sick leave, and 11 paid holidays annually
Two paid volunteer days to support causes you’re passionate about
Flexible work arrangements to accommodate your lifestyle

Professional Development

Robust onboarding program and ongoing training opportunities
Reimbursement for role-related continuing education and certifications

Family-Friendly Policies

Paid parental leave for new parents
Dependent care flexible spending accounts
Support for work-life integration

Collaborative and Purpose-Driven Environment

Work alongside professionals who share your commitment to Honest’s high-quality, value-based care model
Opportunities to contribute to meaningful projects and initiatives

Additional Perks

Team member recognition programs
Team-building events and social activities

Join us and experience a rewarding career where your contributions are valued and your growth is supported.

Honest Health is committed to ensuring fairness, opportunity, strong teams, and full integration of team members into the organization. We take proactive steps to ensure all applicants are considered for employment based on merit, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, Veteran status, or other legally-protected characteristics.

Honest Health is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to job applicants with physical or mental disabilities. Applicants with a disability who require a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process should email [email protected] for assistance. Reasonable accommodation will be determined on a case-by-case basis.

Honest Health values a secure and transparent recruitment process. We contact candidates through our official recruiting platform, email, or text message. When working directly with candidates, Honest Health will always use an HonestHealth.com email address. Our hiring process includes a live phone call or in-person interview before any formal offer is extended.

To safeguard your personal information, Honest Health will never ask for confidential details—such as social security numbers, bank accounts, or routing numbers—before making a formal offer. We will also never request financial transactions, PINs, passwords, or security access details through email, text, Venmo, or any social media platform.

We encourage all candidates to verify the contact information of individuals they interact with during the recruitment process. If you have any questions about the authenticity of a communication, please reach out to our team at [email protected].

Director, Data Engineering