Data Engineer - Governance and QA

About Lantern

Lantern is the specialty care platform connecting people with the best care when they need it most. By curating a Network of Excellence comprised of the nation's top specialists for surgery, cancer care, infusions and more, Lantern delivers excellent care with significant cost savings to employers and their workforces. Lantern also pairs members with a dedicated care team, including Care Advocates and nurses, for the entirety of their care journey, helping them get back to good health, back to their families and back to work. With convenient access to specialists nationwide, Lantern means quality care is within driving distance for most. Lantern is trusted by the nation's largest employers to deliver care to more than 6 million members across the country. Learn more about us at lanterncare.com. 

About You:

• You use LOGIC in your decision making and understand that progress is critical to making change. You focus on the execution of your content while balancing a fast-paced environment and you take the time to celebrate both the small & big wins. 
• INCLUSION is a core tenant of your personal beliefs. A diverse and inclusive environment is incredibly important to you. You understand and desire to be a part of a diverse team with different experiences and perspectives & you cherish the differences in each individual that you interact with.
• You have the GRIT, drive and ambition to tackle big problems. Big problems require big ideas and a team that supports new ideas. 
• You care deeply for your customers are driven to keep HUMANITY in all decisions. Your customers aren’t just the individuals using your product. They are the driving factor in your motivation to make a change.
• Integrity guides you in life. Focusing on the TRUTH vs. giving people the answers they want to hear. 
• You thrive in a Team Environment. Collaboration is key in innovation and creating change.

These pillars of LIGHT are a reminder to our team that we are making a difference by providing guidance and support in navigating the often complex and confusing landscape of healthcare. We hope that through this LIGHT, individuals can find their way to the best care, resources, and support they need to get back to life. 

If this sounds like you, we would love to connect to speak further about career opportunities at Lantern.

Please apply to our role & someone from our Talent Acquisition Team will reach out to help you navigate our interview process.

Data Engineer - Governance and QA

The Healthcare Data Reporting team delivers high‑quality outbound files and data feeds to clients and exchange partners across claims, utilization, accumulator, and other enterprise health data domains. We are seeking a Data Engineer with deep experience in data governance and QA automation to take ownership of data quality across our reporting pipelines and configuration-based reporting suite.

This role ensures the accuracy, stability, and trustworthiness of our outbound data products by establishing automated data quality frameworks, improving reporting pipelines, and governing data contracts. While a small part of the role involves hands-on manual QA, the majority focuses on building scalable systems, frameworks, and automated testing strategies that ensure our data is trusted, secure, and production-ready.

This is a highly technical role ideal for someone who thrives at the intersection of data engineering, software QA, automation, and quality governance.

Location: Hybrid - Dallas, Texas highly preferred. Hybrid schedule is expected to be in office 3x a week at minimum. 

Responsibilities:

Data Quality & Validation

• Own end‑to‑end data quality, integrity, and reliability across staging, transformation, and outbound reporting layers.
• Ensure deterministic logic, repeatability, and consistent outcomes across reporting pipelines and configuration‑driven reporting assets.
• Implement automated data quality checks using Python‑based frameworks (dbt tests, Pytest, Soda, Great Expectations, or similar).
• Enforce data contracts and validation rules for all outbound files and client deliverables.

Test Strategy & Automation

• Define and execute the overall test strategy for outbound reporting, including unit, integration, regression, and end‑to‑end testing.
• Build and maintain automated test suites to validate field mappings, transformation logic, and reporting configurations.
• Integrate automated QA processes into CI/CD pipelines in partnership with Platform Engineering.
• Ensure all pipelines and data products are testable, observable, and instrumented for automated quality checks.

Cross-functional Collaboration

• Partner with Data Engineering, Platform, and centralized QA teams to align on testing standards, frameworks, and best practices.
• Provide subject matter expertise on data quality, pipeline testing, and reporting logic across the enterprise.
• Influence architectural decisions related to data models, reporting pipelines, and configuration‑driven report generation.

Quality Governance & Standards

• Establish and maintain clear QA documentation, including test plans, cases, validation rules, and data quality SLAs.
• Implement version control, automated validation scripts, and monitoring dashboards to support scalable quality governance.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of data governance, quality controls, and reliability engineering practices.

Targeted Manual Validation (As Needed)

• Perform manual QA for new report configurations, schema changes, mapping logic, and first‑time outbound file launches where automation is insufficient.
• Validate SQL transformations, metadata, and schema consistency across reporting assets.
• Document defects, track resolution, and lead root‑cause analysis for data quality issues.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Engineering, or related field — or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years of experience in QA Engineering, Data Engineering, or Data Quality within data‑intensive or regulated environments (healthcare preferred).
• Python experience for automated testing, data validation, and quality frameworks.
• Hands‑on experience with automated data quality/testing tools (dbt tests, Pytest, Soda, Great Expectations, or similar).
• Experience working within CI/CD environments (GitHub Actions, GitLab, Jenkins, etc.).
• Strong understanding of data modeling and data architecture concepts (dimensional, normalized, and reporting models).
• Excellent analytical, troubleshooting, and root‑cause analysis skills.
• Clear communication skills with the ability to translate technical findings into business context.
• High attention to detail with a strong sense of ownership for data accuracy and reliability.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with healthcare datasets (claims, eligibility, utilization, accumulators).
• Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP) and modern data platform components.
• Experience with Databricks for data processing, testing, and pipeline automation.
• Experience with data quality SLAs, observability tooling, or data reliability engineering.
• Background in configuration‑driven reporting or client‑specific outbound file generation.

Benefits:

Lantern does not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, color, religion, age, national origin, marital status, disability, veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other reason prohibited by law in provision of employment opportunities and benefits.