--- title: '189. Senior Data Engineer at Source Meridian' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/189-senior-data-engineer-source-meridian-medellin-wcxtd8e41rsd' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-10-31' --- # 189. Senior Data Engineer at Source Meridian - **Company:** Source Meridian - **Location:** Medellín, Colombia / Quito, Ecuador - **Posted:** 2026-10-30 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-31 - **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/sourcemeridian/jobs/5468799008 ## Job description We’re looking for a Senior Data Engineer to join Source Meridian. ## About Source Meridian Source Meridian is a development software company that works to solve the industry’s most challenging problems in healthcare practices. We are laser focused on specific technologies in the healthcare and life science industries: Healthcare technology, artificial intelligence, and healthcare interoperability. ## About the Role We're looking for a Senior Data Engineer to help build and operate an AWS-native data platform processing healthcare claims data and tokenized identifiers. You'll design and implement Spark-based pipelines that transform, intersect, and enrich tokenized datasets stored primarily as Parquet on S3, queried via Athena and related AWS services. This environment intentionally avoids managed lakehouse platforms (e.g., no Databricks and no Snowflake)—you'll be doing "real" data engineering directly on AWS. ## What You’ll Do - Build and maintain Spark pipelines to process large-scale Parquet datasets on S3. - Implement tokenization workflows, including transit token → real token conversion and dataset intersection/join logic. - Process and deliver healthcare claims datasets for matched individuals, ensuring accurate identity mapping and data integrity. - Orchestrate data pipelines using Airflow and/or AWS-native orchestration tools when appropriate. - Develop reliable, testable, and observable ETL/ELT processes (retries, idempotency, monitoring, reprocessing). - Optimize performance and cost across Spark jobs, S3 partitioning/layout, and Athena query patterns. - Contribute to dbt models when applicable (transformations, documentation, data quality checks). - Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders in a healthcare environment, with a strong focus on privacy and secure data handling. Required Qualifications - 5+ years of professional experience in Data Engineering. - Strong experience with Apache Spark (PySpark or Scala), including joins, intersections, partitioning, and performance tuning. - Strong hands-on experience with the AWS data stack, including: - Amazon S3 (Parquet datasets, partition strategies, data layout best practices) - Amazon Athena (SQL, query optimization, managing large datasets) - Familiarity with AWS-native data lake patterns (Glue Catalog, Lake Formation concepts are a plus) - Experience building and operating pipelines using Airflow (DAGs, scheduling, dependencies, backfills). - Excellent SQL skills and solid data modeling fundamentals. - Advanced English level: able to lead technical discussions, write clear documentation, and work directly with US-based stakeholders. ## Nice to Have - Experience with dbt (core, tests, documentation, exposures). - Familiarity with healthcare data (claims data, eligibility, member-level datasets). - Experience with tokenization, identity resolution, or privacy-preserving data workflows. - Knowledge of AWS security concepts such as IAM, KMS, encryption, and secure data handling. - Experience running Spark on AWS (e.g., EMR) or Spark-on-containers architectures. Tech Stack - AWS-native architecture - Amazon S3 + Parquet (core storage layer) - Amazon Athena (query engine) - Apache Spark (no Databricks) - Airflow (orchestration) - dbt (optional, as applicable) Soft Skills - Strong and empathetic leadership. - Proven client-facing experience. - Excellent communication skills. - Strong expectation management abilities. - Strategic mindset with a solution-oriented approach and strong decision-making skills. ## What We Offer ✔ Permanent contract ✔ Learning and continuous growth environment 🚀 ✔ Benefits package focused on health and well-being 🎉 ✔ Competitive salary based on experience 💰 📍 Apply only if you reside in Ecuador or Colombia📍 At Source Meridian, you’ll be part of a high-impact tech-health company, building products that truly make a difference. If you meet the profile — or know someone who might be interested — apply now! We’d love to meet you 💬 ## About Source Meridian ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: Source Meridian is a nearshore software engineering and platform operations firm purpose-built for life sciences, healthcare, and other regulated industries, providing senior, AI-empowered engineering teams across the Americas. - **Entity Type**: Private (Bootstrapped/Organic Growth) - **Headquarters**: Medellín, Antioquia, Colombia (with a development group also located in the United States) - **Founded**: 2016 - **Founders**: Michael Hoey ## Core Business - **Primary Industry**: Software Development & IT Services (specializing in Life Sciences, Health Tech, and Big Data) - **Target Customers**: B2B; Enterprise clients in regulated industries (life sciences, healthcare, clinical trials, healthcare analytics). - **Mission or Purpose**: "Take care of your clients, take care of your people, and the rest will take care of itself." The company aims to provide its people with interesting projects to learn, grow, and provide clients with the best possible software solutions. ## Products & Services - **Nearshore Engineering Teams**: Dedicated, senior engineers (Full-stack, DevOps, QA, Data, SRE, Mobile) embedded into client workflows, aligned with U.S. time zones (Eastern and Central). 2–3 week average ramp time; scales from 3 to 100+ engineers per account. - **Platform Operations**: Comprehensive management of client platforms including cloud migration, infrastructure modernization, 24/7 monitoring and incident response, CI/CD pipeline design, and security/compliance automation. - **Specialized Industry Solutions**: Development for healthcare analytics (petabyte-scale data warehouses), clinical trials (patient recruitment and site engagement platforms), life sciences SaaS, remote patient monitoring, and medical knowledge/AI platforms. ## Market Standing - **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly available (private company). - **Key Metric**: Processes over 1 petabyte (PB) of data in production. The company is one of the largest software development companies in Colombia. - **Notable Investors/Partners**: Cloud & Data Partnerships with Databricks, AWS, Google Cloud, and Snowflake. Also has a partnership with Greenhouse for hiring. - **Growth Signals**: The company has grown every year since its founding in 2016. It currently has 200 total employees and is actively hiring for senior technical roles (AI Engineer, Tech Lead, SRE, Data Engineer). It operates with a remote-first culture across the Americas (Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, and the United States). ## Competitive Advantages - **Regulatory Compliance as a Foundation**: HITRUST Certified, SOC 2 Compliant, HIPAA Compliant, and CCPA compliant. They not only hold these certifications themselves but also help clients obtain their SOC 2 and HITRUST certifications. - **Specialized Niche Focus**: Deep expertise in life sciences, healthcare, and big data, making them a specialized partner rather than a generalist outsourcing firm. - **Senior, AI-Empowered Talent**: Emphasizes hiring "senior" engineers and integrates AI tools into their workflow to enhance productivity. - **Nearshore Advantage**: U.S.-aligned time zones (Eastern/Central), strong English skills, and a cultural fit that allows for seamless integration with U.S.-based product management teams. ## Strategic Focus - **Deepening Regulated Industry Expertise**: Continuing to build solutions for compliance-heavy sectors like healthcare analytics, clinical trials, and life sciences SaaS. - **AI and Data Leadership**: Actively hiring a Senior AI Engineer for LLM and Agent Systems, indicating a push towards AI-powered solutions and agent-based architectures. - **Scaling the "Rocketeer" Crew**: Expanding its remote-first team across the Americas to scale delivery capacity from small teams to 100+ engineers on a single account. ## Why Work Here - **Culture**: Describes itself as "People first. All In. Built by us." The company prides itself on having no rigid hierarchies or labels, offering real ownership over technical decisions. Employees are called "Rocketeers." - **Remote/Hybrid Policy**: Remote-first across the Americas with a flexible work schedule. Has offices in Medellín, Colombia and Quito, Ecuador. - **Notable Perks & Benefits**: - Healthcare plan and life insurance - Generous parental leave - Workout bonus - Bonus for building your home office - English lessons - Bonus for learning platforms (e.g., Udemy) - Internet & foodie cart bonus - Streaming subscription (e.g., Netflix) - Flexible schedule - **Engineering Culture**: Focus on interesting, challenging projects with high-tech tools (Databricks, Snowflake, AWS, GCP). Developers work directly with U.S.-based product management, offering exposure to cutting-edge problems in life sciences and healthcare. ## Sources 1. [sourcemeridian.com](https://sourcemeridian.com/) 2. [sourcemeridian.com/about-us](https://sourcemeridian.com/about-us/) 3. [sourcemeridian.com/careers](https://sourcemeridian.com/careers/) 4. [job-boards.greenhouse.io/sourcemeridian](http://job-boards.greenhouse.io/sourcemeridian) 5. [builtin.com/company/source-meridian](https://builtin.com/company/source-meridian) ## Other roles at Source Meridian - [188. Senior Data Engineer](https://feeny.ai/job/188-senior-data-engineer-source-meridian-medellin-nh2xzgqc41zw) — Medellín, Colombia / Quito, Ecuador - [187. Senior Data Engineer](https://feeny.ai/job/187-senior-data-engineer-source-meridian-medellin-1xxza6grvj4q) — Medellín, Colombia / Quito, Ecuador - [186. Data Architect (Snowflake Solutions Architect)](https://feeny.ai/job/186-data-architect-snowflake-solutions-architect-source-meridian-medellin-c8684bjc8kkj) — Medellín, Colombia / Quito, Ecuador - [1. Referrals](https://feeny.ai/job/1-referrals-source-meridian-medellin-gk7kvjhe5hd8) — Medellín, Colombia / Quito, Ecuador