Data engineer - cloudera & aws lakehouse

Be part of a team that unleashes the power of leading-edge technologies to help improve the health and well-being of those most vulnerable in our country and communities. Working at Gainwell carries its rewards. You’ll have an incredible opportunity to grow your career in a company that values work flexibility, learning, and career development. You’ll add to your technical credentials and certifications while enjoying a generous, flexible vacation policy and educational assistance. We also have comprehensive leadership and technical development academies to help build your skills and capabilities.

Summary

As Data Engineer - Cloudera & AWS Lakehouse at Gainwell, you can contribute your skills as we harness the power of technology to help our clients improve the health and well-being of the members they serve — a community’s most vulnerable. Connect your passion with purpose, teaming with people who thrive on finding innovative solutions to some of healthcare’s biggest challenges. Here are the details on this position.

Your role in our mission

Discover career satisfaction by design in this challenging position, where you will:

• Head up technical teams and workstreams as you design, develop, test and install complex database applications software — with server, client and web components
• Keep the team on the same page by overseeing relationships between application architects and developers to ensure design requirements result in flexible, reusable system components
• Create more satisfied clients by writing highly complex design, coding and testing documentation that yields purpose-built technical products that meet real needs
• Shine as an SME in the areas of development, domain, application design and database methodologies and best practices
• Show your know-how as you provide clients with technical consulting on highly complex projects by refining existing apps and designing new application modules and components
• Exercise your expertise by mentoring and guiding less experienced application designers

What we're looking for

5+ years of hands-on experience Cloudera Data Platform expertise, including data processing, data governance, and cluster management.
5+ years of hands-on experience Advanced PySpark Development skills with experience building, optimizing, and maintaining large scale data pipelines.
5+ years of hands-on experience AWS data engineering experience, including Spark workload management across EMR, Glue, and S3 based data lake environments.
5+ years of hands-on experience Apache Iceberg knowledge, including Lakehouse table management, schema evolution, performance optimization, and Spark integration.
5+ years of hands-on experience Airflow orchestration experience, including DAG development, workflow monitoring, and integration with AWS services such as S3, EMR, Lambda, and CloudWatch.

What you should expect in this role

Remote in Texas (Must be located or close to Irving, Texas) 225 E John W Carpenter Fwy Ste 500, Irving, TX 75062
Opportunities to travel through your work (0-10%)
Willingness to work a flexible schedule to accommodate business needs and travel as required
Video cameras must be used during all interviews, as well as during the initial week of orientation

The deadline to submit applications for this posting is October 30, 2026. The pay range for this position is $90,900.00 - $129,900.00 per year, however, the base pay offered may vary depending on geographic region, internal equity, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience among other factors. Put your passion to work at Gainwell. You’ll have the opportunity to grow your career in a company that values work flexibility, learning, and career development. All salaried, full-time candidates are eligible for our generous, flexible vacation policy, a 401(k) employer match, comprehensive health benefits, and educational assistance. We also have a variety of leadership and technical development academies to help build your skills and capabilities.

We believe nothing is impossible when you bring together people who care deeply about making healthcare work better for everyone. Build your career with Gainwell, an industry leader. You’ll be joining a company where collaboration, innovation, and inclusion fuel our growth. Learn more about Gainwell at our company website and visit our Careers site for all available job role openings.

Gainwell Technologies is committed to a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer, where all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical condition), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. We celebrate diversity and are dedicated to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.