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Senior Data Platform Engineer

Senior data platform engineer for a mid-sized software company in Boston, owning BigQuery and lakehouse systems and GCP-AWS data movement.

About the role

A mid-sized software development company in Boston is hiring for this role. You will own and evolve the data platform, from scalable infrastructure to the pipelines that feed analytics, machine learning and AI applications. The role exists to give the business trusted data foundations it can build on.

What you'll do

  • Own and evolve the data platform, including scalable infrastructure, BigQuery and lakehouse systems
  • Build and run ingestion, orchestration and transformation pipelines
  • Move data securely between GCP and AWS
  • Build reliable backend services that support the platform
  • Improve observability, data quality, governance, performance and cost
  • Prepare data foundations for analytics, machine learning and AI applications

What you bring

  • Senior-level experience engineering data platforms and pipelines
  • Hands-on experience with BigQuery and lakehouse architectures
  • Working knowledge of both GCP and AWS
  • Experience building backend services and orchestrated data workflows
  • A focus on data quality, governance and cost control

Details

  • Location: Boston, United States
  • Type: Full-time

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