Senior Software Engineer Data

Strategic Employment; Boston (MA); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Strategic Employment in Boston, MA is seeking a Senior Data Engineer to modernize data pipelines behind its digital products. You will own end-to-end data solutions on a cross-functional Scrum team, building real-time and batch data flows and mentoring peers.

You'll collaborate with product, analytics, and engineering to translate ambiguous requirements into reliable systems, set high engineering standards, and guide technical direction while contributing to hands-on delivery and architecture.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of software engineering experience, with the majority focused on data engineering.
• 3+ years building data solutions on AWS, including real-time streaming and event-driven systems.
• Strong programming skills in Python, Java, or Scala.
• Experience with tools like Spark, Kafka, Airflow, dbt, Snowflake, or BigQuery.
• Solid grasp of data modeling fundamentals, including dimensional modeling and warehouse design.
• Comfort working in Agile/Scrum teams and owning technical decisions with minimal oversight.

Responsibilities

• Build and operate data pipelines for real-time and batch use cases.
• Partner with product, analytics, and engineering stakeholders to turn ambiguous requirements into reliable systems.
• Help set the technical bar for pipeline design, testing, and monitoring.
• Mentor other engineers and contribute to broader technical direction.

Skills

Data engineering

AWS pipelines

Python/Java/Scala

Dimensional modeling

Agile/Scrum

Real-time streaming

Tools

Spark

Kafka

Airflow

dbt

Snowflake

BigQuery

Job description

Senior Data Engineer — Boston, MA

A well-established consumer media and technology company is hiring a Senior Data Engineer to help modernize the data systems behind its digital products.

This is a senior, high-autonomy engineering role on a cross-functional Scrum team. You'll build and operate data pipelines supporting both real-time and batch use cases, partner with product, analytics, and engineering stakeholders to turn ambiguous requirements into reliable systems, and help set the technical bar for pipeline design, testing, and monitoring. There's a mentorship component too — you'll help other engineers level up their data engineering skills and contribute to broader technical direction.

What we're looking for:

• 7+ years of software engineering experience, with the majority focused on data engineering


• 3+ years building data solutions on AWS, including real-time streaming and event-driven systems


• Strong programming skills in Python, Java, or Scala


• Experience with tools like Spark, Kafka, Airflow, dbt, Snowflake, or BigQuery


• Solid grasp of data modeling fundamentals, including dimensional modeling and warehouse design


• Comfort working in Agile/Scrum teams and owning technical decisions with minimal oversight

Nice to have: data governance/lineage experience, exposure to ML workflows, prior technical leadership.

Based in the Boston area with schedule flexibility. Compensation is competitive and commensurate with experience.