Senior Data Engineer, AWS Data Platform

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

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Dental benefits

Vision benefits

401k matching (5%)

Job summary

IDEXX in Massachusetts is seeking a Senior Data Engineer to join the IT Data Engineering team. You will build production-grade data systems, streaming ingestion, API-driven data flows, and CI/CD pipelines in a near-real-time environment using AWS services like Kinesis, Lambda, Glue, and S3.

On-site eight times per month in MA; requires 4+ years of experience, Python and shell scripting, REST APIs, and IaC with Terraform/CloudFormation.

Qualifications

• 4+ years building production-grade data systems and services
• Experience designing streaming and batch data pipelines on AWS
• Strong Python skills and shell scripting
• Experience building RESTful APIs and data ingestion APIs
• Infrastructure as Code with Terraform or CloudFormation and CI/CD tooling

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain streaming ingestion and API-based data workflows using AWS services (Kinesis, Lambda, Glue, Spark, EMR, S3)
• Develop and maintain REST APIs for data ingestion and consumption
• Design and implement automated deployment workflows and deterministic releases (versioned releases, environment promotion)
• Develop and optimize data lake and operational data models for near-real-time use cases
• Collaborate across streaming and batch layers to ensure high-quality data delivery and observability

Skills

Python programming

Shell scripting

REST APIs

CI/CD

Distributed data systems

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IT/Engineering

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

Jenkins

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.

We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Senior Data Engineer to join our IT Data Engineering team and support the accelerated advancement of IDEXX’s global LIMS (Lab Information Management System) program initiatives. This role is pivotal in developing and maintaining the data systems and infrastructure that deliver diagnostic results to our customers in near‑real‑time. This is not a SQL/ELT or Databricks‑notebook‑driven role; candidates must have experience building production data systems and services end‑to‑end, including CI/CD pipelines and IaC. This role centers on operational, near‑real‑time data pipelines, streaming ingestion, AWS‑native compute, and API‑driven data flows (using Kinesis, Glue/Spark, Lambda, and related services).

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: $110000 - $130000 (yes, we do have flexibility if needed)
• Opportunity for annual cash bonus
• Health / Dental / Vision Benefits Day‑One
• 5% matching 401k
• Additional benefits including but not limited to financial support, pet insurance, mental health resources, volunteer paid days off, employee stock program, foundation donation matching, and much 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.

So, what does that mean for you? 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. Did we mention that we are 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.