Forward Deployed Data Engineer
Abacus Insights
United States Posted October 15, 2026
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Job Description
Join our team as a Forward Deployed Data Engineer, where you will design and implement data models, ETL/ELT pipelines, and integrations to bring client payer data into governed, analytics-ready foundations. You will serve as a trusted technical advisor to client data, IT, and business stakeholders, and communicate technical tradeoffs, risks, and recommendations clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences. You will work closely with core payer datasets and navigate healthcare interoperability standards and exchange patterns.
- Design and implement data models, ETL/ELT pipelines, and integrations that bring client payer data into governed, analytics-ready foundations, with a particular focus on Snowflake.
- Translate business requirements into scalable technical designs, from ingestion and standardization through analytics-ready data products.
- Serve as a trusted technical advisor to client data, IT, and business stakeholders, including senior leaders, and work on-site with clients as engagements require.
- 7+ years of experience in data engineering, analytics engineering, solution engineering, or a related technical role
- Strong expertise in data modeling, ETL/ELT, integration, databases, data pipelines, and analytics solution design
- Proficiency in SQL, Snowflake, Databricks, Spark, cloud data services, APIs, and integration frameworks; hands-on Snowflake experience strongly preferred, as clients build their data foundations there
- Familiarity with healthcare interoperability standards and exchange patterns, including FHIR, HL7, EDI, and APIs
- Experience with healthcare payer, government, claims, eligibility, member, provider, encounter, and care management data
- Strong facilitation, requirements-gathering, communication, and structured problem-solving skills
- Proven ability to work directly with external clients, senior stakeholders, and ambiguous requirements
- T-shaped professional with deep technical expertise, broad systems understanding, and sound business judgment
- Self-starter with strong analytical instincts, pragmatic problem solving, and the ability to work on-site with clients as needed
- Experience in a consulting, professional services, or other client-facing delivery environment
- Snowflake or Databricks certifications
- Experience with data governance, master data management, or data quality frameworks
- Familiarity with CMS, Medicaid, or Medicare data requirements
Required Skills
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