Senior Data Engineer

Foley


Job Location:

Boston, MA - USA

Yearly Salary: USD 140000 - 180000
Posted on: 6 hours ago
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

We are looking for a Senior Data Engineer to help design build and scale the data systems that power how Foley operates and this role you will build reliable data pipelines contribute to our enterprise data architecture and help improve how data is modeled governed and accessed across the organization.

This is a hands-on senior engineering role for someone who enjoys solving real technical problems delivering production-quality data solutions and improving systems over time. You will partner closely with Engineering Product Analytics and business stakeholders to ensure our data systems are scalable trusted and built to support decision-making across the company.

The ideal candidate combines strong technical depth with practical execution. They should be comfortable operating in ambiguity troubleshooting issues as they arise and delivering well-structured solutions within a defined scope.

What youll do

Pipeline Development & Execution

  • Design build and maintain scalable data pipelines across internal databases vendor systems and our data warehouse

  • Support both batch and event-driven or CDC-based data workflows

  • Improve pipeline reliability observability and performance

  • Troubleshoot issues in production and proactively solve data quality or system problems

Data Modeling & Governance

  • Build and maintain data warehouse schemas and transformation layers to support analytics and operational use cases

  • Contribute to data modeling standards and best practices

  • Implement data governance practices including role-based access control and trusted data definitions

  • Support data quality and consistency across systems

Cross-Functional Partnership

  • Partner with Engineering Product Analytics and business stakeholders to translate requirements into practical data solutions

  • Communicate clearly about implementation choices tradeoffs and technical constraints

  • Help stakeholders access data that is reliable understandable and useful

Continuous Improvement

  • Identify opportunities to improve data workflows through better tooling automation and engineering practices

  • Embrace new technologies including AI-enabled tools where they improve quality or efficiency

  • Continuously improve system design maintainability and team effectiveness

Data Architecture & Systems Design

  • Contribute to the design and evolution of our enterprise data architecture

  • Help shape scalable patterns for how data is ingested transformed stored and accessed

  • Apply sound architectural judgment to build solutions that balance scalability maintainability and performance

  • Support a layered data architecture including bronze silver and gold data models

Who you are

  • Strong experience building and maintaining ETL/ELT pipelines in production environments

  • Experience working across both batch and streaming / CDC / event-driven data patterns

  • Proven ability to design and maintain scalable warehouse schemas and data models within a layered architecture

  • Strong experience with Python SQL and cloud-based data platforms

  • Experience with AWS data services such as Redshift Glue Lambda S3 and EventBridge

  • Strong software engineering fundamentals including reliability testing and maintainability

  • Ability to operate independently and deliver high-quality solutions within a defined technical scope

  • Strong problem-solving skills and a track record of handling issues in production environments

Nice-to-Haves

  • Experience with medallion architecture and bronze silver gold data modeling patterns

  • Experience with graph data models and entity resolution

  • Experience implementing data governance practices including RBAC

  • Experience supporting machine learning or LLM-related pipelines in production environments

  • Familiarity with tools or workflows that use AI to improve engineering productivity

  • Experience partnering with Data Science or Analytics teams to support data products

You Might Thrive in This Role If You

  • Enjoy being hands-on and solving concrete technical problems

  • Think in systems and tradeoffs not just tools

  • Can clearly explain what you built why you built it that way and what impact it had

  • Are comfortable owning execution and working through ambiguity

  • Notice when something is broken or inefficient and take initiative to improve it

  • Are open to using AI and automation thoughtfully even if you are not an expert in AI systems

Location: This role is primarily remote US-based and operates largely in EST hours with occasional travel for team collaboration and company events.

About us

At Foley were reimagining how safety-sensitive industries hire stay compliant and manage risk. Weve evolved into a modern SaaS company with an all-in-one AI-ready platform that helps transportation construction distribution and utility businesses operate faster smarter and safer.

As we continue to grow were looking for curious strategic thinkers who thrive in complexity are motivated by making an impact and want to join a team thats passionate about building great products and supporting customers. Our core values Teammateship Grit and Innovation guide everything we do. Whether were collaborating internally or helping customers we approach every challenge with optimism humor and a shared commitment to success.

Benefits
Foley offers a comprehensive benefits package that includes medical dental and vision coverage a 401(k) with company match paid time off and holidays wellness programs and an employee assistance program.

Equal Employment Opportunity
Foley is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity or expression national origin age disability protected veteran status or any other legally protected characteristic.

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Employment Status
Employment with Foley is on an at-will basis. Nothing in this job posting or in future communications should be construed as a contract of employment.

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Required Experience:

Senior IC

We are looking for a Senior Data Engineer to help design build and scale the data systems that power how Foley operates and this role you will build reliable data pipelines contribute to our enterprise data architecture and help improve how data is modeled governed and accessed across the organizat...