Analytics Engineer

Homeward is rearchitecting the delivery of health and care in partnership with communities everywhere, starting in rural America. Today, 60 million Americans living in rural communities are facing a crisis of access to care. In the U.S. healthcare system, rural Americans experience significantly poorer clinical outcomes. This trend is rapidly accelerating as rural hospitals close and physician shortages increase, exacerbating health disparities. In fact, Americans living in rural communities suffer a mortality rate 23 percent higher than those in urban communities, in part because of the lack of access to quality care.

Our vision is care that enables everyone to achieve their best health. So, we’re creating a new healthcare delivery model that is purpose-built for rural America and directly addresses the issues that have historically limited access and quality. Homeward supports Medicare-eligible beneficiaries by partnering with health plans, providers, and communities to align incentives – taking full financial accountability for clinical outcomes and the total cost of care across rural counties.

As a public benefit corporation and Certified B Corp™, Homeward’s mission and business model are aligned to address the healthcare, economic, and demographic challenges that make it challenging for rural Americans to stay healthy. Our Homeward Navigation™ platform uses advanced analytics to connect members to the right care and local resources that address social determinants of health and improve holistic health outcomes. Since many rural communities lack adequate clinical capacity, Homeward also employs care teams that supplement local practices and reach people who cannot otherwise access care.

Homeward is co-founded by a leadership team that defined and delivered Livongo’s products, and backed most recently by a $50 million series B co-led by Arch Ventures and Human Capital, with participation from General Catalyst for a total of $70 million in funding. With this leadership team and funding, Homeward is committed to bringing high-quality healthcare to rural communities in need.

The Opportunity

Join us in tackling healthcare for rural America! We’re seeking an Analytics Engineer who is passionate about having positive societal impact starting at the local level, solving issues of health inequity for communities that have been perennially underserved.

What you’ll do:

• Data Modeling: Develop and maintain dbt models in our medallion layers in Snowflake focusing on datasets optimized for reporting and operational use cases.
• Analytics Support: Provide foundational datasets optimized for visualization tools like Tableau and Metabase, enabling downstream teams to build efficient and insightful reports.
• Reverse ETL: Design and implement DAGs in Airflow for moving transformed data back into operational tools or external business applications to enhance decision-making.
• Provide Expertise: Leverage knowledge of medical and healthcare data (e.g., eligibility, claims, clinical data, risk adjustment) to create meaningful datasets and drive insights.
• Collaboration: Work with analytics, data science, clinical, and operational teams to understand their reporting and data warehousing needs
• Documentation: Develop and maintain clear documentation for data models, processes, and workflows in dbt and Confluence to ensure transparency and ease of use for other teams.
• Ensure Quality: Establish robust data quality checks and monitoring systems to ensure accuracy and reliability of business-ready datasets.
• Maintain Pipelines: Troubleshoot and resolve data discrepancies in collaboration with operational, analytics, or other engineering teams.

What you bring:

• Experience: 3-5 years in data engineering roles, preferably within healthcare technology companies or health tech startups.
• Data Transformations: 1-3 years experience with dbt Cloud (or Core) for building and managing data models preferably in a medallion architecture.
• Healthcare Knowledge: Experience working with medical data (e.g., claims, EHR data, HCCs, or quality measures) preferably in a value-based care setting.
• Data Warehousing: Proficiency in SQL and experience working with Snowflake or other modern cloud data warehouses like Redshift or BigQuery.
• Programming: Proficiency in Python and experience building tools and scripts for data orchestration and transformation
• Data Ingestion: Familiarity with tools like Airbyte, Fivetran, or equivalent for extracting and loading data from a variety of sources
• Data Analytics: Familiarity with BI solutions like Metabase, Tableau, or PowerBI to support our analytics teams
• Communication Skills: Ability to collaborate effectively with everyone from engineers and analysts to marketing and sales stakeholders.
• Passion: A genuine passion for leveraging technology to improve healthcare accessibility, equity, and outcomes.

Bonus Points:

• Data Orchestration: Experience building and maintaining data pipelines using Apache Airflow
• EHR Integration: Experience integrating products with EHR systems, utilizing interoperability standards such as HL7, FHIR, and experience with major EHR platforms like Epic or Cerner.
• Value-Based Care: Familiarity with Medicare Advantage, Medicaid, and experience in value-based care settings.
• High Growth Experience: Previous experience in high-growth startup environments, navigating rapid scaling and change.

What shapes our company:

• Deep commitment to one another, the people and communities we serve, and to care that enables everyone to achieve their best health
• Compassion and empathy
• Curiosity, and an eagerness to listen
• Drive to deliver high-quality experiences, clinical care, and cost-effectiveness
• Strong focus on sustainability of our business and scalability of our services, to maximize our reach and impact
• Nurturing a diverse workforce, with a wide range of backgrounds, experiences, and points of view
• Taking our mission and business seriously, but not taking ourselves too seriously– having fun as we build!

Benefits:

• Competitive salary, equity grant, generous paid time off
• Comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental & vision insurance with 100% of monthly premium covered for employees
• Company-sponsored 401k plan
• Flexible working arrangement

The base salary range for this position is $120,000 - $160,000 annually. Compensation may vary outside of this range depending on a number of factors, including a candidate’s qualifications, skills, location, competencies and experience. Base pay is one part of the total compensation package that is provided to compensate and recognize employees for their work at Homeward Health. This role is eligible for an annual bonus, stock options, as well as a comprehensive benefits package. 

At Homeward, a diverse set of backgrounds and experiences enrich our teams and allow us to achieve above and beyond our goals. If you have yet to gain experience in the areas detailed above, we hope you will share your unique background with us in your application and how it can be additive to our teams.

Homeward is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, or genetic information. Homeward is committed to providing access, equal opportunity, and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities in employment, its services, programs, and activities.