{"schemaVersion":"jobsearcher.job.v1","id":"94820de580465436a9423db1","url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/94820de580465436a9423db1","canonicalUrl":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/94820de580465436a9423db1","title":"Lead Analytics Engineer - Data Modeling & Quality","description":"Arcadia is dedicated to happier, healthier days for all. We believe that there is a better healthcare world – one powered by data. Our platform transforms complex, diverse data into a unified foundation for health, helping organizations deliver better care, boost revenue, and lower costs.\nWe’re a team of fiercely driven individuals committed to making healthcare more sustainable—and we’re looking for passionate people to help us get there.\nFor more information, visit arcadia.io.\n\nWhy This Role Is Important to Arcadia\nArcadia's data platform powers population health analytics for health plans, ACOs, and provider groups across the country. As a Lead Analytics Engineer — Data Modeling & Quality, you sit at the intersection of data quality ownership and analytical data modeling. You'll own the SQL and DBT layer that transforms raw clinical and claims data into trusted, production-grade datasets, while also serving as the quality authority for the data those models produce.\n\nThis is a hybrid role — deeper SQL and DBT expertise than a traditional Data Health Professional, with a more analytical and model-focused scope than a Data Engineering role. You're less focused on pipeline infrastructure and more on the logic, shape, and trustworthiness of the data itself.\n\nWhat Success Looks Like\nIn 3 months\nIndependently triage and resolve pipeline data quality issues\nAuthor at least one new DBT model or refactor an existing one to meet current modeling standards\nDesign a DBT test suite for a set of models lacking coverage\nUnderstand the end-to-end pipeline from ingress through silver and gold, and be able to trace a data quality issue to its root layer\nIn 6 months\nBuilding strong working relationships with clients and cross-functional partners (Data Engineering, Customer Success)\nDeeply familiar with Arcadia's full data stack — from ingress through silver, gold, and downstream consumers\nDriving at least one improvement project forward, whether technical (e.g. model refactor, new DQ framework) or process-focused (e.g. promotion playbook, triage workflow)\nIn 12 months\nRecognized as a leader within the department — peers and stakeholders seek out your expertise on data modeling and quality\nOperating independently across the full scope of the role with minimal guidance\nTwo or more improvement projects completed and in production, with measurable impact on data quality or operational efficiency\nWhat You'll Be Doing\nDATA MODELING & DBT DEVELOPMENT\nAuthor, review, and maintain DBT models using Spark/Hudi from ingest through bronze and silver\nHelp clients understand their data model, assumptions, and limitations through intentional validation\nTroubleshoot and fix issues, then write DBT tests to catch issues proactively\nOptimize SQL performance for slow-running jobs\nPartner with Data Engineering on Hudi table design, partition strategy, and incremental patterns\nDATA QUALITY OWNERSHIP\nTriage and classify data quality alerts, distinguishing source-level issues from transform-layer failures\nDesign and maintain volume monitors and DQ monitors (null rate, distribution, future-date checks)\nAuthor and apply clinical DQ rules (entity volume, field coverage, LOINC coverage, referential integrity) and claims validation rules across silver and gold layers\nConduct quality reviews for connector promotions — evaluating silver entity coverage, validation rule pass rates, and bronze-to-silver transformation correctness\nOwn the ticket queue for DQ, attribution, hierarchy, and customer-specific data quality issues, writing clear customer-facing findings\nCROSS-FUNCTIONAL QUALITY COLLABORATION\nLead data quality reviews during connector installation and promotion (UAT\nPRD), including claims validation playbooks and null analysis\nPartner with Data Engineering on root-cause triage for errors, ingress anomalies, and silver table issues surfaced through data quality monitoring\nCoordinate with the Measure Implementation Team (MIT) when data quality issues affect quality measure scores\nContribute to and enforce data modeling standards across teams\nTECHNOLOGIES\nData modeling: DBT-Spark, SQL, Claude\nWarehousing: Amazon Redshift, Apache Hudi, AWS Athena\nData quality: volume/DQ monitors, DBT tests\nOrchestration: Argo Workflows, Airflow\nSource control: Git / GitHub, PR-based review workflows\nObservability: Grafana, Loki, Jira\nHealthcare data: Claims (plan/professional/pharmacy), EHR (clinical entities), MPI\nWhat You'll Bring\nEducation:\nBachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Statistics, Business, Economics, or a related field\nExperience:\nAdvanced SQL: window functions, complex CTEs, aggregation patterns, performance tuning on columnar databases\nDBT: hands-on experience authoring models, tests, macros, and yml documentation; familiarity with incremental strategies\nHealthcare data literacy: working knowledge of claims data (professional, institutional, pharmacy), clinical data (EHR entities), and common quality dimensions (member months, coverage rates, null patterns)\nData quality mindset: ability to differentiate source data issues from transform issues, design systematic validation checks, and communicate data quality findings clearly\nSkills:\nClear communicator — able to translate technical findings for clients and non-technical stakeholders\nStrong analytical judgment — you can look at a distribution and know when something is wrong\nAbility to manage several projects simultaneously, leveraging AI tooling to stay organized and efficient\nGenuine desire to learn and apply AI tools for operational efficiency\nWould Love For You To Have\nExperience with Spark SQL and Hudi table format\nFamiliarity with data quality monitoring tools\nComfortable operating in an AI-first environment using Claude to build/verify various day-to-day workflows\nExposure to population health analytics concepts: HEDIS measures, risk adjustment, value-based care metrics\nPython scripting for data investigation and automation\nExperience with Argo Workflows or similar orchestration platforms\nHealthcare data standards: ICD-10, CPT, NDC, LOINC, NPI\nWhat You'll Get\nWork alongside a talented team on some of the most complex and rewarding challenges in healthcare data\nFlexible, fully remote work environment with the resources and support to do your best work\nExposure to senior leaders\nBe on the front lines of AI adoption — use cutting-edge tools to accelerate your work and shape how the team operates in an AI-first environment\nMake a meaningful impact on healthcare data operations by improving the quality, reliability, and trustworthiness of data that drives patient care decisions\nBe a part of a mission driven company that is transforming the healthcare industry\nBecome a member of the talented, energized, diverse and purpose-driven Arcadian Community\n$160,000 - $185,000 a year\nAbout Arcadia\nArcadia.io helps innovative providers and payers across the country transform healthcare to reduce cost while improving patient health. We do this by aggregating large amounts of disparate data, applying algorithms to identify opportunities to provide better patient care, and making those opportunities actionable by physicians at the point of care in near-real time. We are passionate about helping our customers drive meaningful outcomes. We are growing fast and have emerged as a market leader in the highly competitive population health management software market and have been recognized by industry analysts KLAS, IDC, Forrester, and Chilmark for our leadership. For a better sense of our brand and products, please explore our website.\n\nProtect Yourself\nIf you have concerns about the authenticity of a job offer or recruitment-related communication claiming to be from Arcadia, we encourage you to verify by contacting us directly at (781) 202-3600 and select option 3. For more information, visit our website.\n\nThis position is responsible for following all Security policies and procedures in order to protect all PHI under Arcadia's custodianship as well as Arcadia Intellectual Properties. For any security-specific roles, the responsibilities would be further defined by the hiring manager.\nWe may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses and identifying potential inconsistencies or verification signals in application materials based on available information. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. 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We believe that there is a better healthcare world – one powered by data. Our platform transforms complex, diverse data into a unified foundation for health, helping organizations deliver better care, boost revenue, and lower costs.\nWe’re a team of fiercely driven individuals committed to making healthcare more sustainable—and we’re looking for passionate people to help us get there.\nFor more information, visit arcadia.io.\n\nWhy This Role Is Important to Arcadia\nArcadia's data platform powers population health analytics for health plans, ACOs, and provider groups across the country. As a Lead Analytics Engineer — Data Modeling & Quality, you sit at the intersection of data quality ownership and analytical data modeling. You'll own the SQL and DBT layer that transforms raw clinical and claims data into trusted, production-grade datasets, while also serving as the quality authority for the data those models produce.\n\nThis is a hybrid role — deeper SQL and DBT expertise than a traditional Data Health Professional, with a more analytical and model-focused scope than a Data Engineering role. You're less focused on pipeline infrastructure and more on the logic, shape, and trustworthiness of the data itself.\n\nWhat Success Looks Like\nIn 3 months\nIndependently triage and resolve pipeline data quality issues\nAuthor at least one new DBT model or refactor an existing one to meet current modeling standards\nDesign a DBT test suite for a set of models lacking coverage\nUnderstand the end-to-end pipeline from ingress through silver and gold, and be able to trace a data quality issue to its root layer\nIn 6 months\nBuilding strong working relationships with clients and cross-functional partners (Data Engineering, Customer Success)\nDeeply familiar with Arcadia's full data stack — from ingress through silver, gold, and downstream consumers\nDriving at least one improvement project forward, whether technical (e.g. model refactor, new DQ framework) or process-focused (e.g. promotion playbook, triage workflow)\nIn 12 months\nRecognized as a leader within the department — peers and stakeholders seek out your expertise on data modeling and quality\nOperating independently across the full scope of the role with minimal guidance\nTwo or more improvement projects completed and in production, with measurable impact on data quality or operational efficiency\nWhat You'll Be Doing\nDATA MODELING & DBT DEVELOPMENT\nAuthor, review, and maintain DBT models using Spark/Hudi from ingest through bronze and silver\nHelp clients understand their data model, assumptions, and limitations through intentional validation\nTroubleshoot and fix issues, then write DBT tests to catch issues proactively\nOptimize SQL performance for slow-running jobs\nPartner with Data Engineering on Hudi table design, partition strategy, and incremental patterns\nDATA QUALITY OWNERSHIP\nTriage and classify data quality alerts, distinguishing source-level issues from transform-layer failures\nDesign and maintain volume monitors and DQ monitors (null rate, distribution, future-date checks)\nAuthor and apply clinical DQ rules (entity volume, field coverage, LOINC coverage, referential integrity) and claims validation rules across silver and gold layers\nConduct quality reviews for connector promotions — evaluating silver entity coverage, validation rule pass rates, and bronze-to-silver transformation correctness\nOwn the ticket queue for DQ, attribution, hierarchy, and customer-specific data quality issues, writing clear customer-facing findings\nCROSS-FUNCTIONAL QUALITY COLLABORATION\nLead data quality reviews during connector installation and promotion (UAT\nPRD), including claims validation playbooks and null analysis\nPartner with Data Engineering on root-cause triage for errors, ingress anomalies, and silver table issues surfaced through data quality monitoring\nCoordinate with the Measure Implementation Team (MIT) when data quality issues affect quality measure scores\nContribute to and enforce data modeling standards across teams\nTECHNOLOGIES\nData modeling: DBT-Spark, SQL, Claude\nWarehousing: Amazon Redshift, Apache Hudi, AWS Athena\nData quality: volume/DQ monitors, DBT tests\nOrchestration: Argo Workflows, Airflow\nSource control: Git / GitHub, PR-based review workflows\nObservability: Grafana, Loki, Jira\nHealthcare data: Claims (plan/professional/pharmacy), EHR (clinical entities), MPI\nWhat You'll Bring\nEducation:\nBachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Statistics, Business, Economics, or a related field\nExperience:\nAdvanced SQL: window functions, complex CTEs, aggregation patterns, performance tuning on columnar databases\nDBT: hands-on experience authoring models, tests, macros, and yml documentation; familiarity with incremental strategies\nHealthcare data literacy: working knowledge of claims data (professional, institutional, pharmacy), clinical data (EHR entities), and common quality dimensions (member months, coverage rates, null patterns)\nData quality mindset: ability to differentiate source data issues from transform issues, design systematic validation checks, and communicate data quality findings clearly\nSkills:\nClear communicator — able to translate technical findings for clients and non-technical stakeholders\nStrong analytical judgment — you can look at a distribution and know when something is wrong\nAbility to manage several projects simultaneously, leveraging AI tooling to stay organized and efficient\nGenuine desire to learn and apply AI tools for operational efficiency\nWould Love For You To Have\nExperience with Spark SQL and Hudi table format\nFamiliarity with data quality monitoring tools\nComfortable operating in an AI-first environment using Claude to build/verify various day-to-day workflows\nExposure to population health analytics concepts: HEDIS measures, risk adjustment, value-based care metrics\nPython scripting for data investigation and automation\nExperience with Argo Workflows or similar orchestration platforms\nHealthcare data standards: ICD-10, CPT, NDC, LOINC, NPI\nWhat You'll Get\nWork alongside a talented team on some of the most complex and rewarding challenges in healthcare data\nFlexible, fully remote work environment with the resources and support to do your best work\nExposure to senior leaders\nBe on the front lines of AI adoption — use cutting-edge tools to accelerate your work and shape how the team operates in an AI-first environment\nMake a meaningful impact on healthcare data operations by improving the quality, reliability, and trustworthiness of data that drives patient care decisions\nBe a part of a mission driven company that is transforming the healthcare industry\nBecome a member of the talented, energized, diverse and purpose-driven Arcadian Community\n$160,000 - $185,000 a year\nAbout Arcadia\nArcadia.io helps innovative providers and payers across the country transform healthcare to reduce cost while improving patient health. We do this by aggregating large amounts of disparate data, applying algorithms to identify opportunities to provide better patient care, and making those opportunities actionable by physicians at the point of care in near-real time. We are passionate about helping our customers drive meaningful outcomes. We are growing fast and have emerged as a market leader in the highly competitive population health management software market and have been recognized by industry analysts KLAS, IDC, Forrester, and Chilmark for our leadership. For a better sense of our brand and products, please explore our website.\n\nProtect Yourself\nIf you have concerns about the authenticity of a job offer or recruitment-related communication claiming to be from Arcadia, we encourage you to verify by contacting us directly at (781) 202-3600 and select option 3. For more information, visit our website.\n\nThis position is responsible for following all Security policies and procedures in order to protect all PHI under Arcadia's custodianship as well as Arcadia Intellectual Properties. For any security-specific roles, the responsibilities would be further defined by the hiring manager.\nWe may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses and identifying potential inconsistencies or verification signals in application materials based on available information. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. 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