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Lead Software Engineer

Virtusa · New York, United States

Spotted 2d agoFull-time

Job details

Employment
Full-time
Level
Staff / principal
Experience
5+ years
Posted
Oct 29, 2026
Last confirmed open
Oct 29, 2026
Job description

About this role

Senior Data Engineer

Position Summary

The Senior Data Engineer leads complex data engineering projects, working on designing data

architectures that align with business requirements. This role focuses on optimizing data

workflows, managing data pipelines, and ensuring the smooth operation of data systems.

Minimum Qualifications

  • 8+ Years overall IT experience with minimum 5 years of work experience in below tech

Skills

  • Tech Skills:

▪ Strong experience in Python Scripting and PySpark for data processing

▪ Proficiency in SQL, dealing with big data processing

▪ Experience in AWS cloud platform and its data services (S3, Redshift, Lambda,

EMR, Airflow, Glue)

▪ Expertise in BASH/Shell scripting

  • Strong understanding of healthcare insurance domain and experience leading data

engineering teams

  • Experience in Agile environments.
  • Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
  • Effective communication and collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

  • Leads development of data pipelines and architectures that handle large-scale data sets.
  • Designs, constructs, and tests data architecture aligned with business requirements.
  • Provides technical leadership for data projects, ensuring best practices and high-quality

data solutions.

  • Collaborates with product, finance, and other business units to ensure data pipelines

meet business requirements.

  • Oversees development of data solutions that enable predictive and prescriptive

analytics.

  • Ensures the technical quality of solutions, managing data as it moves across

environments.

  • Aligns data architecture to Healthfirst solution architecture.
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