Principal Data Engineer

Company: Mass General Brigham Health Plan, Inc.
Location: Somerville
Posted on: May 9, 2025

Job Description:

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.
Job Summary
Responsible for overseeing the design, development, implementation, and maintenance of data solutions within the organization. Support a team of data engineers, collaborating with cross-functional teams, data scientists, and business stakeholders to ensure the efficient and reliable management of data.
Essential Functions

• Develop ETL/ELT architectural patterns, guidelines, and methods to manage data assets across the data life cycle, from creation or acquisition through archival and purge.
  
• Design and implement ETL/ELT architectural standards for multiple data platforms and technologies.
  
• Drive delivery of highly optimized, scalable, and resource-efficient ETL systems.
  
• Evaluate and recommend new ETL/ELT features, products, and technology.
  
• Act as an escalation point to troubleshoot and solve technical challenges.
  
• Provide leadership in ETL/ELT designs, architectural decisions, and technical solutions.
  
• Develop, test, and implement new and revised features and functionality as needed.
  
• Lead code review and knowledge transfer sessions for project ETL deliverables.
  
• Develop Data Engineering Quality circle agenda and drive implementation of standards and best practices.
  
• Mentor and support junior and senior data engineers.
  
  Qualifications
  

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• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or a related field required. MGB can consider experience in lieu of a degree.
  
• 8-10+ years of professional IT experience required, with 5-7 years in Data warehousing development in large reporting environments.
  
• Experience with data integration tools, ETL frameworks, and workflow management systems (e.g., Apache Airflow) required.
  
  Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
  Strong expertise in data engineering principles, data modeling, ETL development, and data warehousing. Proficiency in building data pipelines using Snowflake features (Snowpipe, SnowSQL, Snow Sight, Data Streams). Experience with relational databases (SQL Server, Oracle, PostgreSQL) and NoSQL databases (MongoDB, Cassandra). Familiarity with cloud platforms like AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.
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