Operations Engineer II

About the Role

Oscar is hiring an Operations Engineer II to join our Eligibility & Billing team. This role designs, develops, builds, tests, and implements data and technical solutions with a focus on creating efficiency and scale through technology and automation of Oscar’s infrastructure and underlying logic for core insurance functions.

The Operations Engineer II is a technical thought partner responsible for project delivery within their team’s domain and represents the team in cross-functional discussions of opportunities for technology enablement. You will report to the Manager, Operations Engineering.

Work Location: This position is based in our New York City office, requiring a hybrid work schedule with 3 days of in-office work per week (Thursdays are required in-office; the other two days are flexible).

Responsibilities

• Leads the development of technical solutions across specific areas within their team’s domain in response to requirements from business stakeholders regarding new product and market expansions, regulatory strategic needs, automated workflows to reduce manual work requirements, new/improved tooling, and data quality/integrity needs.
• Consistently writes correct, stable, modular, and adaptable code with little guidance/oversight; capable of independent delivery.
• Key contributor to code review and design reviews for projects across the team.
• Consults and cross-collaborates on technical design and scoping to build and document complex, scalable, and repeatable processes/capabilities.
• Independently represents our team in cross-functional work, projects, and technical discussions.
• Proactively identifies and mitigates risks; responds to and resolves issues/errors/escalations through investigation.
• Partners closely with the Business, Engineering, and Data orgs to structure and operationalize the next generation of health insurance operations.
• Supports urgent operational needs through on-call rotation; identifies and drives resolution of production issues across team boundaries.
• Compliance with all applicable laws and regulations.
• Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• A technical bachelor’s degree or 4+ years commensurate experience
• 4+ years experience in a technical role (e.g., QA lead, data lead, systems lead, engineer, or QA engineer)
• 3+ years of experience in SQL
• 3+ years of experience in Python

Bonus Points

• A professional background in coding, analytics, math, finance, statistics, or data science
• Experience working in dynamic environments, including start-up experience
• Experience with various phases of technical projects (from early design phases through stable operations/production)
• Experience in coaching, mentorship, or project management