Forward Deployed Data Engineer - Hybrid (Acton, MA or San Diego, CA)
Core
Lead the design, delivery, and adoption of AI-enabled data engineering solutions and scalable data products to drive business impact and decision quality.
Role type
Senior IC data engineer (AI-native, product-focused)
Builds
AI-ready data foundations, predictive models, generative AI systems, agentic workflows, and composable data products
Domain
Healthcare/Medical Devices + Data Engineering & AI
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
distributed data processing, data modeling, orchestration, APIs, event streaming, DevOps, DataOps, observability, infrastructure as code, generative AI, large language models, retrieval-augmented generation, vector search, AI agents
Preferred skills
healthcare/medical devices domain, AWS, Azure, Databricks, Snowflake, Kafka, dbt, Spark, Kubernetes, Terraform, GitHub, data product operating models, legacy data modernization
Technologies
AWS, Azure, Databricks, Snowflake, Kafka, dbt, Spark, Kubernetes, Terraform, GitHub
Responsibilities
Translate ambiguous business challenges into data product charters and scalable delivery plans; Design and deliver AI-ready data foundations for predictive and generative AI; Architect composable data products with reusable services and data contracts; Lead multidisciplinary teams through the full data product lifecycle; Engineer data quality, lineage, security, and privacy into products by design; Lead, coach, and develop a high-performing team of Data Engineers.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with leadership responsibilities
