[Hiring] Senior Data Engineer @BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee

Role Description

We are hiring a Senior Data Engineer at BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee! In this role, you’ll lead a small, collaborative reporting and data engineering team responsible for building and maintaining regulated, production‑grade data pipelines that support:

• HEDIS
• CMS
• TennCare
• Other quality and regulatory reporting requirements

Your work directly impacts how we report outcomes to state and federal regulators and how we help internal teams improve those outcomes for the 3.4 million members and communities we serve.

On a day‑to‑day basis, you’ll:

• Design and deploy automated data pipelines using Azure DevOps, Python, and SQL in a cloud environment (preferably GCP).
• Create curated, governed datasets sourced from healthcare claims and related systems, ensuring data is auditable, preserved for retention, and suitable for external review.
• Enable self‑service analytics and AI‑driven exploration, allowing business partners to ask ad‑hoc questions like why certain quality measures were missed and where improvement opportunities exist.
• Partner closely with quality, analytics, data infrastructure, and business teams to translate complex regulatory and operational needs into reliable, scalable data products that advance our mission of peace of mind through better health.

Qualifications

• Experience leading data engineering work in a cloud‑based environment (preferablyGCP).
• Strong hands‑on proficiency in Azure DevOps, Python, and SQL.
• A track record of building and deploying automated, production‑ready data pipelines with an emphasis on governance, reliability, and compliance.
• Experience working with health plan or healthcare claims data, ideally supporting quality, HEDIS, CMS, or regulatory reporting.
• A collaborative leadership mindset, with the ability to mentor team members, set data engineering standards, and partner effectively with quality and business stakeholders.
• Excitement for using AI to drive enterprise transformation, particularly by enabling self‑service analytics and AI‑driven exploration that empower business partners to investigate performance gaps and identify improvement opportunities.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or equivalent work experience required.
• 1 year of experience with information technology concepts, application development methodology, terminology, and standards required.
• 5 years of systems and programming experience required.
• 1 year of expert working knowledge of at least one programming language in use at BCBST.

Benefits

• This is a remote, work‑from‑home position, but the final round of interviews will take place on‑site in our Chattanooga, TN office.
• Sponsorship is unavailable for this role.

Company Description

BCBST will recruit, hire, train and promote individuals in all job classifications without regard to race, religion, color, age, sex, national origin, citizenship, pregnancy, veteran status, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, gender identity, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

Further information regarding BCBST's EEO Policies/Notices may be found by reviewing the following page: BCBST's EEO Policies/Notices.

BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee is not accepting unsolicited assistance from search firms for this employment opportunity.