Senior Data Engineer

Stellix; Foxborough (MA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive benefits

On-site collaboration

Professional growth

Job summary

Stellix is seeking a Senior Data Engineer to own and build the Enterprise Data Platform (EDP) for analytics and insights across the organization. Work with Snowflake, dbt, Fivetran, Airflow, and Power BI in AWS to deliver trusted data and actionable insights enterprise-wide.

You’ll lead architecture decisions, drive best practices, and guide data engineering initiatives with strong cross-functional collaboration. A clear growth path to Principal Engineer or Data Architect awaits based on impact.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of Data Engineering experience, with at least 3 years in modern cloud/data stack.
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, data science, software engineering, information systems, or related quantitative field; master’s degree preferred.
• Experience designing and implementing enterprise scale data platforms.
• Strong communication skills and ownership mindset.

Responsibilities

• Platform & Architecture: scope, architect, design, and develop data engineering solutions; model data; own data platform.
• Pipeline Development & Data Integration: build scalable data pipelines with dbt, Fivetran, Airflow; integrate diverse sources.
• Collaboration & Data Quality: collaborate across teams; implement data quality frameworks and tests.
• Technology Best Practices & Innovation: define enterprise data engineering standards; adopt new technologies.

Skills

Cloud data platforms

dbt

Fivetran

Airflow

Snowflake

ETL/ELT design

CI/CD

Agile methodologies

Data quality testing

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/DS/SE

Master’s degree preferred

Tools

Snowflake

Databricks

Redshift

BigQuery

Informatica

Matillion

AWS Glue

dbt

Fivetran

Airflow

Job description

About Stellix

Stellix helps organizations in the life sciences and other critical industries connect strategy, systems, and teams so they can turn digital and AI investments into measurable operational results. Join our team as we design, implement, and govern the adaptive operating models that produce outcomes that matter to our clients and the communities they serve.

The Position

We are seeking a Senior Data Engineer to join our growing Enterprise Data & Analytics team. Our mission is to empower every team across the organization with timely, trusted, and actionable data. In this role, you will own and build our Enterprise Data Platform (EDP), which supports analytics and insights across the organization. Our technology stack includes Snowflake, dbt, Fivetran, Airflow, and Power BI, all running in the AWS cloud.

This is an individual contributor role with a strong emphasis on technical leadership, including ownership of architectural decisions and driving best practices, but without direct people management responsibilities. You’ll be responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining all components of the EDP. You will transform raw data into reliable, actionable insights that empower strategic decision‑making enterprise wide.

This role offers a clear path for growth into Principal Data Engineer or Data Architect, based on demonstrated technical expertise, cross‑functional impact, and innovation in data engineering. It’s ideal for someone who wants both technical ownership and strategic impact without people management responsibilities.

Responsibilities

Platform & Architecture (25%)

• Responsible for scoping, architecting, designing, and developing robust data engineering solutions—including data pipelines, data integration, and infrastructure.
• Support the data architect in the creation of conceptual and logical data models. Own the creation of physical data model optimized for analytics, reporting, and AI/machine learning use cases.
• Serve as the technical owner of the data platform—making architectural decisions, maintaining high code quality, and delivering scalable, reliable solutions.

Pipeline Development & Data Integration (50%)

• Integrate data from diverse sources, including databases, APIs, flat files and cloud platforms.
• Design, and build performant, scalable data pipelines using tools like dbt, Fivetran, and Airflow.
• Troubleshoot issues with production data pipelines and implement monitoring and alerting as needed.
• Design and deliver curated datasets to support analytics engineers in building AI and BI solutions.

Collaboration & Data Quality (10%)

• Collaborate across business, governance, QA, and analytics teams to ensure data quality, consistency, and successful solution delivery.
• Implement data quality frameworks and automated tests to ensure integrity, trust, and traceability across the pipeline.

Technology Best Practices & Innovation (15%)

• Define and implement enterprise scale data engineering best practices, standards and guidelines across the development life cycle.
• Stay up to date on the latest data engineering trends and technologies, advocate for new technologies and champion their adoption to continuously improve our data infrastructure.

Qualifications

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, data science, software engineering, information systems, or related quantitative field; master’s degree preferred.

Experience

7+ years of Data Engineering experience, with at least 3 years in modern cloud/data stack. Demonstrated experience designing and implementing enterprise scale data platforms.

Technical Proficiency

Proficient in data management disciplines, including data integration, modeling, building data warehouses/lakes, and data quality, or other areas relevant to data engineering responsibilities and tasks.

Communication & Mindset

Strong communication skills, to be able to clearly articulate technical concepts to non‑technical stakeholders. Strong problem‑solving skills and a proactive, ownership‑driven mindset.

Skills

• Proficiency in the design and implementation of modern data architectures such as cloud services (AWS, Azure, GCP) and modern data warehouse technologies (Snowflake, Databricks, Redshift, BigQuery). Experience with AWS and Snowflake preferred.
• Experience with ETL/ELT design and development using tools like Informatica, Matillion, AWS Glue, or equivalent. Experience with Fivetran, dbt preferred.
• Strong experience with database/big data technologies such as Oracle, SQL Server, Teradata, Apache Spark, Delta Lake, Hadoop
• Experience with DevOps/DataOps, Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) principles/technologies using tools such as BitBucket, Jenkins, or similar.
• Experience with Agile methodologies, common scrum practices and tools.
• Familiarity with data quality and testing frameworks (e.g., dbt tests, Great Expectations, Soda) is a plus.

Benefits

• Competitive Medical, Dental & Vison Insurance
• Flexible Spending or Health Savings Accounts
• Unlimited Vacation Time Policy
• 10 Paid Holidays
• 12 Paid Weeks Birthing Parent Leave
• Retirement Savings: 401(k) and Employee Stock Ownership Plan
• Pet Insurance
• Employee Referral Bonus
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Company Paid STD, LTD, and Life Insurance

Compensation

This position offers a base salary range of $100,000 to $140,000, based on experience and qualifications. The role is also eligible for a variable compensation plan.

The posted salary range represents a good faith estimate of the expected compensation for this role at the time of posting. Final compensation will be determined based on factors such as relevant experience, skills, qualifications, internal equity, and business needs.

On‑Site Requirements

This position requires a full on‑site presence 5 days per week during the first 4–6 months. Following that period, the role will be on‑site four days per week, including Monday - Thursday.

Policy on Third‑Party Unsolicited Resume Submissions

Please note that any third‑party unsolicited resume submissions will immediately become the property of Stellix. Stellix will not pay any fee to a submitting employment agency, person, or entity unless a signed agreement is established.

Please Note:

Stellix is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.