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Data Governance Platform Engineer / SDE III (Healthcare)

Data Governance Platform Engineer / SDE III (Healthcare)

Cambia Health Solutions

Renton, WA • Hybrid

$104K - $171K/yr

Full-time

Medical, Dental, Vision, Retirement, PTO

Re-posted 11 days ago


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Job description

Data Governance Platform Engineer / SDE III (Healthcare)

Hybrid (Office 3 days/wk - Onsite-Flex) within Oregon, Washington, Idaho or Utah

Build a career with purpose. Join our Cause to create a person-focused and economically sustainable health care system.

Who We Are Looking For:

Every day, Cambia's Data Governance & Management team is living our mission to make health care easier and lives better. Join our Enterprise Data Governance team as a Data Governance Platform Engineer, serving as a hands-on technical contributor and emerging lead for our Snowflake access and provisioning framework. You will design, build, and maintain governance capabilities within Snowflake that enable secure, compliant, and well-governed data access across the organization. Our environment is built on Snowflake, and this role will be central to enabling capabilities such as automated tagging and classification, role-level access controls, data metric functions, Horizon catalog, and data lineage - all in service of making our members' health journeys easier.

If you're a motivated and experienced Data Engineer with a passion for data governance and a strong Snowflake background, apply for this exciting opportunity today!

What You Bring to Cambia:

Qualifications:

The Data Governance Platform Engineer would have a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Business Administration, Engineering, or a related field and at least 5 years relevant experience in a multi-platform environment.

Preferred Key Experience:Technically proficient data engineer with a strong background in Snowflake platform capabilities, excellent SQL skills, and hands-on experience with data governance frameworks, access and provisioning design, and modern data management practices. Able to take technical ownership of complex governance solutions, collaborate across departments, and contribute to the development of other team members.

Skills and Attributes:

  • Deep expertise withSnowflake, including access controls, role-based security, data classification, and platform governance features

  • Familiarity with metadata management, data cataloging, or semantic layers

  • StrongSQL skillsand experience with stored procedures (SQL/Python), preferably in Snowflake

  • Hands-on experience withSnowflake-native governance capabilitiessuch as automated tagging, data metric functions, Horizon catalog, and data lineage

  • Solid understanding ofdata governance principles, including access and provisioning frameworks, data classification, and compliance

  • Experience withELT/ETL design patternsand data pipeline development

  • Familiarity with orchestration tools such as Airflow, Streamlit or similar

  • Strongcross-functional communication and collaborationskills, with the ability to influence partners across departments

  • Ability to providetechnical direction and mentoringto junior team members

Nice to Have:

  • Experience in healthcare or complex enterprise data environments

  • Python, CI/CD, and version-controlled development workflows (DevOps/DataOps)

  • Experience with dbt or similar transformation tools

What You Will Do at Cambia (Not limited to):

  • Serve as a platform engineer for Cambia's Snowflake access and provisioning framework, maintaining responsibility of its design, operation, and ongoing development

  • Build and enable data governance capabilities within Snowflake, including automated tagging and classification, role-level access controls, data metric functions, Horizon catalog integration, and data lineage

  • Collaborate withdata operations, engineering, analytics, and business teamsacross the organization to deliver secure, compliant, and well-governed data solutions

  • Providetechnical guidance and mentoringto other team members on governance engineering practices

  • Contribute toCommunities of Practiceand help establish engineering standards for data governance within the Snowflake environment

  • Supportcross-departmental stakeholderswho depend on the access and provisioning framework, serving as a key point of contact for governance-related technical questions

The expected hiring range for a Data Governance Platform Engineer is $104K - $135K/year depending on skills, experience, education, and training; relevant licensure / certifications; and performance history. The bonus target for this position is 15%. The current full salary range for this role is $104K - $171K/year.

About Cambia

Working at Cambia means being part of a purpose-driven, award-winning culture built on trust and innovation anchored in our 100+ year history. Our caring and supportive colleagues are some of the best and brightest in the industry, innovating together toward sustainable, person-focused health care. Whether we're helping members, lending a hand to a colleague or volunteering in our communities, our compassion, empathy and team spirit always shine through.

Why Join the Cambia Team?

At Cambia, you can:

  • Work alongside diverse teams building cutting-edge solutions to transform health care.
  • Earn a competitive salary and enjoy generous benefits while doing work that changes lives.
  • Grow your career with a company committed to helping you succeed.
  • Give back to your community by participating in Cambia-supported outreach programs.
  • Connect with colleagues who share similar interests and backgrounds through our employee resource groups.

We believe a career at Cambia is more than just a paycheck - and your compensation should be too. Our compensation package includes competitive base pay as well as a market-leading 401(k) with a significant company match, bonus opportunities and more.

In exchange for helping members live healthy lives, we offer benefits that empower you to do the same. Just a few highlights include:

  • Medical, dental and vision coverage for employees and their eligible family members, including mental health benefits.
  • Annual employer contribution to a health savings account.
  • Generous paid time off varying by role and tenure in addition to 10 company-paid holidays.
  • Market-leading retirement plan including a company match on employee 401(k) contributions, with a potential discretionary contribution based on company performance (no vesting period).
  • Up to 12 weeks of paid parental time off (eligibility requires 12 months of continuous service with Cambia immediately preceding leave).
  • Award-winning wellness programs that reward you for participation.
  • Employee Assistance Fund for those in need.
  • Commute and parking benefits.

Learn more about our benefits.

We are happy to offer work from home options for most of our roles. To take advantage of this flexible option, we require employees to have a wired internet connection that is not satellite or cellular and internet service with a minimum upload speed of 5Mb and a minimum download speed of 10 Mb.

We are an Equal Opportunity employer dedicated to a drug and tobacco-free workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status or any other status protected by law. A background check is required.

If you need accommodation for any part of the application process because of a medical condition or disability, please email CambiaCareers@cambiahealth.com. Information about how Cambia Health Solutions collects, uses, and discloses information is available in our Privacy Policy.


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