VP of Engineering – Investment Data & Analytics (Hybrid)

HarbourVest Partners; Boston (MA); Hybrid; USD 245,000 - 275,000; Full time

Job summary

HarbourVest Partners seeks a Vice President to drive data and analytics systems for private markets, combining hands-on technical leadership with mentoring of senior engineers. You will influence architecture, design, and production readiness while scaling the team and delivery.

A hybrid work arrangement is offered with a competitive base salary and bonus opportunities. The role emphasizes building data platforms, data quality, and investment data tooling to support quantitative researchers and

Qualifications

• 10+ years in data engineering and software delivery.
• 5+ years leading technical projects with product/operations teams.
• Experience designing and operating modern cloud data platforms at scale.

Responsibilities

• Data engineering: build systems around financial/economic datasets using modern data stacks.
• Infrastructure: create reliable systems supporting investment workflows.
• Data quality: standardize and maintain investment data for consumption.
• Team building: mentor and scale a high-performing engineering and product org.

Skills

SQL

Python

Data modelling

ETL/ELT

Data quality

Observability

Cost optimization

Team leadership

Batch & near real-time

Cloud data platforms

Education

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science

Master of Science in Computer Science

Tools

Snowflake

DBT

Dagster

Airflow

Azure data tooling

Job description

HarbourVest Partners seeks a Vice President to drive data and analytics systems for private markets, combining hands-on technical leadership with mentoring of senior engineers. You will influence architecture, design, and production readiness while scaling the team and delivery.

A hybrid work arrangement is offered with a competitive base salary and bonus opportunities. The role emphasizes building data platforms, data quality, and investment data tooling to support quantitative researchers and