Senior Data Engineer – EDI Claims Processing
NationsBenefits, LLC · Plantation, FL
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Jul 21, 2026
Plantation, FL
Jul 23, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A senior engineering role focused on building and maintaining large-scale data pipelines for healthcare claims processing. Day-to-day work centers on designing ETL/ELT workflows for HIPAA X12 EDI transactions (837, 835, 834, and related formats), managing Medicaid encounter submissions, and ensuring CMS compliance using Databricks, PySpark, Delta Lake, and SQL Server. Best suited to someone with 5–8+ years in healthcare data engineering and deep familiarity with EDI standards and clearinghouse integrations.
Senior level · 5+ years · Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL · Full-time
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Roughly 3 people in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (database architects). range 1–5
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What the occupation pays Median $144,274 (middle half $121,300–$167,841).
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Why we read it this way (10)
The role sits at the boundary between data pipeline/ETL engineering (15-1243 Database Architects) and general software development (15-1252 Software Developers); it is classified as 15-1243 because the primary day-to-day work is designing and building healthcare data pipelines, EDI ingestion/transformation workflows, and data integration architecture rather than shipping a general-purpose application.
Total experience requirement is stated as '5–8+ years'; 5 years is used as the minimum.
Degree requirement is listed as 'Bachelor's degree … or equivalent experience', so no hard degree gate is set.
HIPAA Suite is listed in the required qualifications with 'or similar EDI processing tools'; it is marked required as a capability gate, with the open-ended qualifier noted — no specific named alternative was provided in the posting.
Availity and Change Healthcare are named as examples of clearinghouse integration experience ('such as Availity, Change Healthcare, or similar platforms') under required qualifications; these are examples of a required capability rather than specific named tool gates, so they are not emitted as separate skills.
Azure Databricks and Azure appear under both the Preferred Qualifications section and the Technical Skills list with '(Preferred)' annotations, so they are marked as preferred.
FHIR and HL7 are listed under Preferred Qualifications as interchangeable interoperability standards; emitted as two separate preferred skills since they are distinct standards, with HL7 noted as an alternative for FHIR.
CI/CD is listed under Preferred Qualifications ('Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices').
No compensation figures are provided in the posting.
The role is on-site in Plantation, FL, which falls within the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach CBSA.
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