Optum is a global organization that delivers care, aided by technology to help millions of people live healthier lives. The work you do with our team will directly improve health outcomes by connecting people with the care, pharmacy benefits, data and resources they need to feel their best. Here, you will find a culture guided by inclusion, talented peers, comprehensive perks and career development opportunities. Come make an impact on the communities we serve as you help us advance health optimization on a global scale. Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together.

Primary Responsibilities

• Technical Leadership
• Architect, design, and implement scalable data platforms, pipelines, and ETL/ELT workflows
• Lead end to end data engineering efforts, ensuring reliability, performance, and cost efficient data systems
• Mentor and guide junior and senior data engineers, fostering a culture of technical excellence and collaboration
• Collaborate with cross functional teams (analytics, product, engineering, business) to align data solutions with business goals





• Data Engineering & Pipeline Development
• Build, optimize, and maintain robust data pipelines using Python, SQL, and Apache Airflow
• Manage large-scale data ingestion, transformation, and orchestration frameworks
• Optimize database queries, stored procedures, and schema design in MSSQL and other SQL/NoSQL systems

• Cloud & Infrastructure
• Develop and manage cloud native data platforms using AWS services (S3, Glue, Lambda, RDS, Redshift, EC2, Step Functions, etc.)
• Ensure high availability, disaster recovery, and monitoring of critical data workflows
• Implement CI/CD, infrastructure as code, and DevOps practices for data engineering workloads

• Data Warehousing & Modeling
• Design and enhance enterprise data warehouses and data marts following industry best practices
• Drive dimensional modeling, data partitioning, performance tuning, and metadata management
• Ensure consistency and quality acr

📌 Data Engineering Lead (Hyderabad)
🏢 Optum India
📍 Hyderabad