Linkwell Health, the premier consumer experience company serving health plans and health services organizations, seeks a Data Engineering Manager to guide our healthcare data initiatives. This individual will balance strategy with execution, providing architectural direction while remaining deeply engaged in design and implementation. The role requires experience building secure, scalable solutions in a regulated environment, and supporting member engagement through personalized outbound marketing.
In this role your Key Performance Areas (KPAs) will be:
System design and implementation
•Lead the design and operation of large-scale data pipelines and analytics on Databricks
•Architect and manage Azure infrastructure using Terraform/Terragrunt
•Build and maintain backend services, APIs, and monitoring systems
Innovation and product support
•Drive adoption of AI, including LLMs, RAG, and agentic systems, in production use cases
•Support outbound marketing and personalization through data integration and advanced analytics (e.g., Braze, Mailchimp, Twilio)
Compliance and security
•Ensure compliance with HIPAA and best practices for handling PHI/PII
•Support ongoing security initiatives through sound design and scalable architecture.
Required Skills
•Databricks (Delta Lake, Spark, Auto Loader, Change Data Feed, Unity Catalog)
•Azure (AKS, Event Hub/Service Bus, Blob Storage)
•Data engineering at scale: ETL design, schema evolution, partitioning, CDC
•AI fluency: LLMs, agent frameworks, production deployments
•Python backend development (Flask, Poetry, Prometheus, structured logging)
•Kubernetes (deployments, Gateway API, Envoy/Contour, observability)
•Security & compliance mindset (HIPAA, sensitive data management)
•Experience with outbound marketing platforms and personalization workflows (Braze, Mailchimp, Twilio)
Preferred Skills
•Experience with Grafana/Prometheus for monitoring
•Prior work in healthcare or other regulated industries
•Demonstrated leadership in mentoring engineers and shaping technical strategy
ABOUT US:
Linkwell Health is the premier consumer experience company serving health plans and health services organizations. Our team of content strategists, health and wellness journalists, and social media experts—enabled by our Healthy Living Engine technology platform—helps healthcare brands to connect with consumers and empower them to take actionable control of their health. Linkwell creates transformative content that rapidly enables health services organizations to engage consumers in real-world health conversations, while also accelerating brand awareness, acquisition, retention, and business outcomes. For more information, visit www.linkwellhealth.com.
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What We Do
Linkwell is a leading consumer experience company in healthcare. Linkwell has a proven and robust mix of content, technology, and talent that consistently connects with consumers and empowers them to take actionable control of their health. Linkwell creates transformative content that rapidly enables health services organizations to engage consumers in real-world health conversations, while also positioning our clients as thought leaders and authorities on health and wellness advice and information—content that actually means something to their target audience.
