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# Data Engineer (Remote)

- **Company:** Quest Diagnostics Incorporated
- **Location:** Secaucus, NJ, United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Salary:** $33,114.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), Microsoft Windows, Agile Methodology, Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Web Services, Apple Mac Systems, Microsoft Azure, Big Data, Unix, C++ (Programming Language), Cloud Computing, Cloud Database, Information Systems, Databases, Continuous Integration, Information Engineering, Data Governance, Data Integration, Extract Transform Load (ETL), Data Stores, Data Systems, Data Warehousing, Database Development, Database Schema, Linux, Github, Python (Programming Language), Machine Learning, Scrum Methodology, Standard Sql, Scala (Programming Language), Solaris (Operating System), Enterprise Data Management, Google Cloud, Performance Testing, Snowflake, Julia, Git, Build Management, Containerization, Kubernetes, Information Technology, Data Analytics, Google Bigquery, Azure Synapse Analytics, Software Version Control, Data Pipelines, Devsecops, Docker, Amazon Redshift
- **Published:** October 31, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.juju.com/job/1_A7340E96223540B0963C5CD88B77A75B

## About the Role

### Experience Required 3 - 5 years ### Minimum Education Required Master Degree ### Compensation $15.92 / Hourly ### Hours Per Week 40 ### Number Of Positions 1 ### Shift First Shift (Day) ### Job Description Job Description In this role, you will be responsible for designing, developing, testing, and deploying highly scalable, high performance data integration and transformation solutions in Quest's enterprise data platform and the HAS data product., Qualifications: Required WorkExperience: 3-5 years of data development experience with a focus on building data pipelines and ETL processes 3-5 years of experience with the cloud (AWS, Azure and/or Google Cloud Platform) - GCP experience highly preferred 3-5 years of experience in cloud-based data warehouses (Snowflake, Google BigQuery, Amazon Redshift, Azure Synapse Analytics) 3-5 years of experience with cloud-based ETL/ELT tools (Matillion, Glue, Data Factory).
Matillion experience is strongly preferred.
Bachelor's Degree (Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, Mathematics, Business Analytics, or relevant degree) Preferred Work Experience: Experience with version control systems (Git) Understanding of and willingness to embrace Agile Principles (Scrum) Master's Degree (Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, Mathematics, Business Analytics, or relevant degree) Physical and Mental Requirements: Open mindset, ability to quickly adapt new technologies and learn new practice Knowledge: Demonstrated knowledge of SQL, Java, Python, C/C++, Scala, Julia, and/or other modern data and analytics programming languages Demonstrated knowledge of data modeling principles and database systems.
Familiarity with containerization technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes) is a plus.
Demonstrated knowledge of operating systems (macOS, Microsoft Windows, Linux, Solaris and/or UNIX) Skills: Coding Data Warehousing Database schema optimization Database Systems Critical thinking skills Business communication ETL 69368 Quest Diagnostics honors our service members and encourages veterans to apply.

## Description

You will work with business customers to design large-scale data processing solutions, develop data pipelines optimized for scaling, and designing, building, and implementing data-driven systems to guide Quest's reporting and analytics.
This includes developing processes and solutions for mining, acquiring, transforming, standardizing, enhancing, migrating, verifying, and modeling Quest's enterprise data.
In addition, you will enable and assist advanced analytics initiatives that are building, training, deploying, and refining AI/ML models that efficiently analyze vast quantities of data to best serve our patient population.
Responsibilities: Act as a trusted technical advisor to business customers and internal teams, solving complex data challenges related to healthcare analytics.
Engineer and prepare both internal and customer-facing datasets, ensuring strict adherence to defined technical specifications, internal data standards, and external Statements of Work (SOWs).
Develop and maintain robust, scalable data pipelines to acquire, transform, and provision data for analytics and data science initiatives.
Design and build data models within cloud data warehouses (e.g., Google BigQuery, Snowflake) that are optimized for performance and scalability.
Collaborate with SD3 Data Scientists to productionize and manage the handoff of machine learning model inferences into our persistent data stores.
Partner with architecture and lead engineers to implement and adhere to modern DevSecOps standards, including CI/CD and version control using GitHub.
Ensure all data solutions are compliant with data governance, security policies, and healthcare regulations (e.g., HIPAA).
Contribute to organizational improvements in processes and technology by adopting new tools and best practices in data engineering.
Perform and support unit, integration, and performance testing to ensure that quality and reliability of data pipelines.