Remote Staff Data Engineer: Platform Architect & Leader

Motion Recruitment Partners LLC; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Motion Recruitment Partners LLC is seeking a remote Staff Data Engineer to lead the design, development, and evolution of enterprise-scale data systems. You will focus on building scalable ETL/ELT pipelines, cloud-based data platforms, and trusted data foundations across the organization.

You will be the senior technical leader for data engineering, shaping the long-term data strategy while remaining hands-on with architecture and implementation.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience building and maintaining production ETL/ELT pipelines.
• Strong experience with Python and SQL.
• Experience with AWS data technologies including Redshift, Glue, Lambda, and S3.
• Experience with orchestration tools such as Airflow.
• Experience designing scalable data warehouse architectures and enterprise data models.
• Strong understanding of distributed data systems and database architecture.
• Experience supporting batch, streaming, CDC, and event‑driven data pipelines.
• Experience implementing data governance frameworks and RBAC controls.
• Strong software engineering fundamentals and backend systems experience.
• Ability to lead technical direction and influence stakeholders across teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead data architecture and strategy across the organization.
• Develop and maintain large-scale data pipelines and platforms.
• Provide technical leadership and cross-functional collaboration.
• Drive AI, automation and data platform innovations.

Skills

ETL pipelines

Python

SQL

Redshift

Glue

Lambda

S3

Airflow

Data warehouse design

Distributed data systems

RBAC / Data governance

Backend systems

Technical leadership

Tools

Airflow

Job description

Motion Recruitment Partners LLC is seeking a remote Staff Data Engineer to lead the design, development, and evolution of enterprise-scale data systems. You will focus on building scalable ETL/ELT pipelines, cloud-based data platforms, and trusted data foundations across the organization.

You will be the senior technical leader for data engineering, shaping the long-term data strategy while remaining hands-on with architecture and implementation.