[Remote] Data Engineer, Synthetic Data Generation

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Humana Inc. is a leading U.S. healthcare company dedicated to improving the health of the communities it serves. The Data Engineer will be responsible for designing and generating synthetic member data to support testing and analytics, ensuring data integrity and alignment with healthcare business rules.


Responsibilities

  • Design and execute test scenarios to generate synthetic member data using GenRocket, aligning with healthcare business rules and domain requirements
  • Leverage knowledge of membership data, enrollment processes, and downstream impacts to ensure artificial data is realistic and fit for purpose
  • Oversee end-to-end synthetic data lifecycle, from initial design through deployment and validation
  • Validate artificial data for completeness, integrity, and alignment with data models and business rules
  • Identify and resolve data anomalies prior to system integration
  • Ensure generated data meets testing, regulatory, and operational requirements
  • Load generated and transformed data into enterprise platforms and data warehouses
  • Monitor ingestion processes and verify successful processing across systems
  • Develop and maintain data pipelines supporting integration, transformation, and delivery of datasets
  • Use SQL to query, analyze, and manipulate data for validation, testing, troubleshooting, and reporting
  • Investigate data discrepancies and perform root cause analysis using SQL and supporting tools
  • Partner with business stakeholders, QA teams, architects, and engineers to ensure data aligns with test case requirements and system needs
  • Translate business requirements into technical data solutions

Skills

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field
  • 3+ years experience with SQL, relational databases, and data modeling
  • Experience working with EDI/X12 healthcare transactions (834, 837 preferred)
  • Experience in healthcare domains, membership, enrollment, claims, dental, or vision data
  • 1 or more years of experience with synthetic data generation tools (e.g., GenRocket) or similar frameworks
  • Hands-on experience with data integration and ETL tools (e.g., Informatica, Spark, and Python)
  • Knowledge of data warehousing and cloud platforms
  • Experience with test data management (TDM) practices
  • Understanding of data governance and security standards

Benefits

  • Health benefits effective day 1
  • Paid time off, holidays, volunteer time and jury duty pay
  • Recognition pay
  • 401(k) retirement savings plan with employer match
  • Tuition assistance
  • Scholarships for eligible dependents
  • Parental and caregiver leave
  • Employee charity matching program
  • Network Resource Groups (NRGs)
  • Career development opportunities
  • This job is eligible for a bonus incentive plan. This incentive opportunity is based upon company and/or individual performance.
  • Associates who live and work from Home in the state of California, Illinois, Montana, or South Dakota will be provided a bi-weekly payment for their internet expense.
  • Humana will provide Home or Hybrid Home/Office associates with telephone equipment appropriate to meet the business requirements for their position/job.
  • Medical, dental and vision benefits
  • 401(k) retirement savings plan
  • Time off (including paid time off, company and personal holidays, volunteer time off, paid parental and caregiver leave)
  • Short-term and long-term disability
  • Life insurance

Company Overview

  • Humana is a health insurance provider for individuals, families, and businesses. It was founded in 1964, and is headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky, USA, with a workforce of 10001+ employees. Its website is

  • Company H1B Sponsorship

  • Humana has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 91 in 2026, 282 in 2025, 246 in 2024, 284 in 2023, 274 in 2022, 212 in 2021, 84 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.

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