Senior Data Engineer, AWS Data Platform

IDEXX; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits day-one

Dental and Vision benefits day-one

5% 401(k) matching

Employee stock program

Volunteer paid days off

Foundation donation matching

Pet insurance

Job summary

IDEXX is seeking an experienced data platform engineer to build streaming ingestion and REST APIs, working with AWS services like Kinesis, Lambda, Glue, and EMR. You will design automation for releases and environment promotion, and optimize data models for real-time analytics.

You will also help improve reliability and observability across the data platform while participating in an on-call rotation to support data systems. A strong background in Python, shell scripting, and IaC is required.

Qualifications

• 4+ years building and supporting production-grade data systems.
• 3+ years designing solutions on AWS (Lambda, Glue, Kinesis, EMR, S3).
• Strong Python and shell scripting skills.
• Experience with distributed data systems, streaming pipelines, and APIs.
• Experience Infrastructure as Code (Terraform / CloudFormation).
• Experience CI/CD with Jenkins.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain streaming ingestion and API-based data workflows on AWS.
• Develop and maintain REST APIs for data ingestion and consumption.
• Design platform automation and deterministic deployment workflows.
• Develop and optimize data lake and operational data models for near real-time use cases.
• Work across streaming and batch layers to ensure data delivery quality.
• Improve reliability, automation, and observability of the data platform.
• Participate in an on-call rotation for data systems support.

Skills

Python

Shell scripting

AWS

REST APIs

Distributed systems

CI/CD

Terraform

CloudFormation

Jenkins

Data modeling

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IT/Engineering

Tools

Kinesis

Lambda

Glue

EMR

S3

DynamoDB

API Gateway

IAM

Terraform

CloudFormation

Job description

IT accelerates the success of IDEXX employees and customers by providing scalable and innovative solutions and leadership. We are a global organization that supports all technology needed to deliver products and solutions to customers enabling them to focus on delivering high quality patient care. We strive to provide exceptional customer service and experience in the most efficient means possible, requiring alignment and cross‑functional communication.

In this role, you will

• Build and maintain streaming ingestion, API‑based data workflows, and distributed data transformations using AWS services (Kinesis, Lambda, Glue/Spark, EMR, S3)
• Develop and maintain REST APIs for data ingestion and consumption
• Design and implement platform automation and standardized, repeatable deployment mechanisms (e.g., versioned releases, environment promotion, and deterministic deployment workflows)
• Develop and optimize data lake and operational data models for near‑real‑time use cases
• Work across both streaming (operational) and batch (analytical) layers to ensure consistent, high‑quality data delivery
• Help improve reliability, automation, and observability across the RDE data platform
• Participate in an on‑call rotation to help provide support for the team’s data systems and services

What You Will Need To Succeed

PLEASE NOTE: Location – We are only considering candidates located in Maine, New Hampshire, or Massachusetts who are willing to be onsite eight times per month. Reduced onsite requirements may be considered for candidates located farther from the office within Massachusetts or New Hampshire.

• 4+ years of experience building, operating, and supporting production‑grade data systems and services in highly reliable, fault‑tolerant environments
• 3+ years of hands‑on experience designing and developing solutions on AWS, including services such as Lambda, Glue, Kinesis, EMR, S3, SNS, SQS, DynamoDB, API Gateway, and IAM
• Strong proficiency in Python and experience with shell scripting
• Experience troubleshooting, debugging, and optimizing distributed data systems, including streaming pipelines, Spark workloads, APIs, messaging queues, and storage layers
• Experience designing, building, and maintaining RESTful APIs
• Experience implementing Infrastructure as Code using Terraform and/or CloudFormation
• Experience building CI/CD pipelines and automated testing frameworks using tools such as Jenkins
• Knowledge of relational, document, and key‑value database technologies
• Experience working with semi‑structured event data (JSON, XML) and evolving data schemas
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or equivalent combination of education and practical experience

What You Can Expect From Us

• Base annual salary target: $110,000 - $130,000
• Opportunity for annual cash bonus
• Health / Dental / Vision Benefits Day‑One
• 5% matching 401(k)
• Additional benefits including financial support, pet insurance, mental health resources, volunteer paid days off, employee stock program, foundation donation matching, and more!

Why IDEXX?

We’re proud of the work we do, because our work matters. An innovation leader in every industry we serve, we follow our Purpose and Guiding Principles to help pet owners worldwide keep their companion animals healthy and happy, to ensure safe drinking water for billions, and to help farmers protect livestock and poultry from diseases. We have customers in over 175 countries and a global workforce of over 10,000 talented people.

We enrich the livelihoods of our employees with a positive and respectful work culture that embraces challenges and encourages learning and discovery. At IDEXX, you will be supported by competitive compensation, incentives, and benefits while enjoying purposeful work that drives improvement. We’re proud to be a dog‑friendly office.

IDEXX values a diverse workforce and workplace and strongly encourages women, people of color, LGBTQ+ individuals, people with disabilities, members of ethnic minorities, foreign‑born residents, and veterans to apply. IDEXX is an equal‑opportunity employer. Applicants will not be discriminated against because of race, color, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, religion, national origin, citizenship status, disability, ancestry, marital status, veteran status, medical condition, or any protected category prohibited by local, state, or federal laws.

Let’s pursue what matters together.