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.

 

We're 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, you’ll 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. You’ll 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. You'll 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 You'll 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 You'll Bring

• Bachelor's Degree Computer Science required or Bachelor's 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 innovation. Strong 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 Veteran’s 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 (857)-282-7642.

 

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