Flagship Pioneering
Lead Data Engineer
$128K–$176K
Cambridge, MA USA +1 · Full-time · Posted Sep 5, 2026
- Location
- Cambridge, MA USA
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States - Experience
- 6+ years of hands-on data engineering experience; life sciences, biotech, or healthcare experience preferred.
About the job
Leads data platform and pipeline engineering to build secure, reliable, scalable infrastructure for scientific teams and portfolio companies.
What you'll do
- Lead implementation and optimization of data platforms, storage solutions, and complex integration pipelines.
- Set engineering standards and lead observability, reliability, troubleshooting, and incident improvement efforts.
- Collaborate with scientific and technical teams, mentor engineers, and use generative AI to accelerate engineering work.
What they ask for
- Cloud-native data architecture experience, particularly AWS; advanced Python and SQL proficiency.
- Experience with modern data tools and frameworks, plus Git, CI/CD, CDK, Docker, and ECS.
- Experience supporting structured and unstructured data and leading complex cross-functional technical projects.
- Practical use of generative AI tools to improve engineering velocity.
Nice to have
- Experience with bioinformatics, cheminformatics, or clinical data workflows; familiarity with Benchling or CDD.
- Agile or Scrum experience; relevant certifications such as AWS Solutions Architect Associate or Data Analytics Specialty.
Pay
$128,000 - $176,000 USD base salary
Tools
AWS, Python, SQL, Dagster, dbt, Spark, Iceberg, Lake Formation
AI focus
Use generative AI tools and frameworks for pipeline development, data transformation, metadata enrichment, and reducing boilerplate.
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