Platform Principal Data Engineer

Site: Mass General Brigham Incorporated

Mass General Brigham relies on a wide range of professionals including doctors nurses business people tech experts researchers and systems analysts to advance our mission. As a not-for-profit we support patient care research teaching and community service striving to provide exceptional care. We believe that high-performing teams drive groundbreaking medical discoveries and invite all applicants to join us and experience what it means to be part of Mass General Brigham.

Were excited to bring on a Principal Data Engineer to join the Digital Data Platform group to help shape the future of our modern cloud-based data ecosystem! In this high-impact role youll lead the design and optimization of scalable data platforms with a focus on DBT Snowflake and CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps and Azure Repos (Git). This is a unique opportunity to combine strategic leadership with hands-on engineering guiding platform architecture governance and best practices while mentoring a team of data engineers. Youll also help pioneer AI/ML-driven automation working on projects that use cutting-edge tools and LLMs to simplify and accelerate the data management lifecycle. Youll be at the forefront of enabling scalable efficient and intelligent data solutions that empower multiple development teams across the organization.

Job Summary

The Opportunity

Responsible for Data Engineering Standards CoE driving automation and best practices to standardize and accelerate development. Responsible for overseeing the design development implementation and maintenance of data solutions within the organization. Support team of data engineers collaborating with cross-functional teams data scientists and business stakeholders to ensure the efficient and reliable management of data.

What Youll Do

-Enhance and administer the DBT and CI/CD platform architecture to improve scalability performance and automation.
-Design and build reusable high-performance data pipelines using technologies like Snowflake Python and DBT to support both operational and analytical needs.
-Lead the design development and automation of CI/CD pipelines for data workflows using Azure DevOps Git and orchestration tools.
-Evaluate emerging features in DBT CI/CD and related tools; lead POCs define adoption strategies and support rollout to development teams.
-Act as an escalation point to troubleshoot and solve technical challenges.
-Leverage Python and cutting-edge AI technologies including Large Language Models (LLMs) to automate and streamline the data management lifecycle from intelligent metadata tagging and automated code validation to advanced data profiling and pipeline generation.
-Lead Data Engineering platform collaboration sessions and actively drive standard adoption and technical best practices.
-Proactively identify opportunities to innovate and expand platform capabilities in alignment with strategic goals.
-Champion continuous improvement through agile delivery platform upgrades and process innovation.
-Mentor and support engineers at all levels fostering a strong culture of learning and technical excellence.

What Youll Bring

• Bachelors Degree Computer Science required or Bachelors Degree Related Field of Study required
• MGB can consider experience in lieu of a degree
• Experience in professional information technology positions 8-10 years required and Data warehousing development in large reporting environment(s)
• 5-7 years required and Experience working with data integration tools ETL frameworks and workflow management systems (e.g. Apache Airflow) required.
• 2 years of hands-on experience in DBT tool development and administration. Experience in CI/CD pipeline development using Azure DevOps and Azure Git including repository management and enforcing best practices. Experience with AI/ML technologies including LLMs to support platform automation and attention to detail and a proactive approach to process improvement and standards development.
• Python experience.

• Highly Preferred: Proficient with DBT tool comfortable designing developing and performing admin tasks. Strong understanding of CI/CD processes using Azure DevOps or Git.

Skills for Success

• Expertise in data engineering principles data modeling ETL development and data warehousing.
• Hands-on experience with DBT CI/CD pipelines and cloud data platforms (Azure Snowflake).
• Strong ability in building data pipelines using Snowflake features ( Snowpipe SnowSQL Snow Sight Data Streams ).
• Proficiency in working with relational databases (e.g. SQL Server Oracle PostgreSQL) and NoSQL databases (e.g. MongoDB Cassandra).
  
  

Working Model

• Hybrid required
• Onsite 1-3x weekly local or willing to relocate is required for weekly or at least 4x monthly
• M-F Eastern Business Hours required
• Remote work requires stable secure quiet compliant work station

Hybrid

399 Revolution Drive

40

Regular

Day (United States of America)

Pay Range

$55.48 - $80.70/Hourly

Grade

8

At Mass General Brigham we believe in recognizing and rewarding the unique value each team member brings to our organization. Our approach to determining base pay is comprehensive and any offer extended will take into account your skills relevant experience if applicable education certifications and other essential factors. The base pay information provided offers an estimate based on the minimum job qualifications; however it does not encompass all elements contributing to your total compensation package. In addition to competitive base pay we offer comprehensive benefits career advancement opportunities differentials premiums and bonuses as applicable and recognition programs designed to celebrate your contributions and support your professional growth. We invite you to apply and our Talent Acquisition team will provide an overview of your potential compensation and benefits package.

Mass General Brigham Incorporated is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religious creed national origin sex age gender identity disability sexual orientation military service genetic information and/or other status protected under law. We will ensure that all individuals with a disability are provided a reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process to perform essential job functions and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. To ensure reasonable accommodation for individuals protected by Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 the Vietnam Veterans Readjustment Act of 1974 and Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 applicants who require accommodation in the job application process may contact Human Resources at .

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