Lead Data / AI Engineer

PDMI is looking to add a Lead Data / AI Engineer to our team! Since 1984, PDMI has provided pharmacy data processing and other flexible, scalable solutions to help our clients meet their business objectives. We offer transparent, pass-through pharmacy processing and other services for private label Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs), vertically integrated health plans and hospital systems. In addition to Pharmacy Benefit Administrative Services, we offer 340B Administration, Hospice and Long-Term Care Services. 

Why Join Us: 

• Best Employer: PDMI was voted a Best Employer in Ohio for the 3rd consecutive year in 2023! 
• Meaningful Work: Contribute to improving healthcare quality and efficiency. 
• Collaborative Environment: Work with passionate professionals who share your drive. 
• Exciting Challenges: Every day brings new opportunities to excel. 
• Flexible Work: Fully remote opportunity with a company that cares. 

Your Role: 

As our Lead Data / AI Engineer, you will drive the development and implementation of innovative generative AI solutions to enhance audit efficiency and improve data analysis and risk assessment. You will also ensure that proposed solutions are tangible and deliver value to the business. 

Your Responsibilities: 

• Lead the development and implementation of software solutions, ensuring they meet the specific needs of the healthcare/pharmacy industry, as well as 340B and PBM operations.
• Design native cloud application solutions and/or optimize existing solutions for cloud deployment.
• Drive the development and implementation of innovative generative AI solutions to enhance audit efficiency and improve data analysis and risk assessments.
• Work closely with the Chief Information Officer, product teams, and architecture teams to align development efforts with strategic business objectives, with a particular focus on healthcare solutions.
• Work closely with offshore and onshore sprint teams, promoting collaboration and innovation within legacy on-prem and AWS environments.
• Ensure that proposed solutions are tangible and deliver value to the business.

• Stay up to date with industry trends and advancements in AI to continuously improve the organization's capabilities.

What We're Looking For: 

• A data-inquisitive developer who enjoys using their development skills to deliver the right solutions.
• A desire to explore how new technologies can be applied to solve business problems and optimize operations processes.
• A flexible mindset and the ability to understand but not accept the status quo while driving towards increasingly better solutions.
• An individual that’s focused on driving business value and is hard-wired to make continuous improvements, both in technical and operational processes. 

Your Required Experience: 

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science or a related discipline. 
• 3-5 years of experience utilizing AWS to develop data ingestion, data processing, generative AI, and analytical pipelines, relational databases, NoSQL and data warehouse solutions. 
• Deep understanding of the MERN framework, Event driven Streaming Systems (e.g., Kafka, Flink), as well as SQL, Java, Talend, Glue, and AWS Development Web Services, with the ability to apply these technologies in healthcare contexts, especially PBMs. 
• Solid background in full-stack solutions and cloud-native application development, with a focus on healthcare and pharmacy benefit management solutions. 
• Proven leadership abilities in managing IT projects within healthcare, demonstrating effective collaboration with cross-functional teams. 
• Strong problem-solving and communication skills, with the capacity to identify and mitigate risks in project development and clearly communicating issues with development teams and stakeholders. 
• Experience with private and public cloud architectures, pros/cons, and migration considerations. 
• Experience working with DevOps tools such as GitLabs, Jenkins, CodeBuild, CodePipeline, CodeDeploy, etc.