Data Engineer (Software Developer 2)
Key Skills for This Role
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Responsibilities:
- Design, build, and operate ETL/ELT and high-throughput ingestion pipelines connecting acquisition software, processing code, metadata registries, object storage, and databases
- Own the data layer end-to-end: schema design, indexing, query optimization, migrations, backups, and durable data models that hold up over years of scientific work
- Improve reliability, scalability, observability, and performance across the data stack, and lead troubleshooting/incident response when things break
- Build tools with and to help researchers and our in-house AI agents discover datasets, inspect processing state, and safely diagnose or rerun failed jobs
- Productionize research code — testing, packaging, deployment, monitoring, documentation
- Partner with data acquisition, infrastructure engineering, scientific analysis and AI modeling teams.
- Conceptualize design, implement, and develop solutions for complex systems/programs.
- Work with a variety of users to gain information, and develop intra-system tradeoffs between different users, as necessary; interact with a diverse client base and outside vendor contacts.
- Document system builds and application configurations; maintain and update documentation as needed.
- Provide technical analysis, design, development, conversion, and implementation work.
- Work as a project leader, as needed, for projects of moderate complexity.
- Serve as a technical resource for applications.
- Compare, evaluate, and implement new features and technologies, and integrate them into the computing environment.
- Follow team software development methodology.
- Mentor junior software developers.
- Expertise in designing, developing, testing, and deploying applications.
- Proficiency with application design and data modeling.
- Ability to define and solve logical problems for highly technical applications.
- Effective communication skills with both technical and non-technical clients.
- Ability to lead activities on structured team development projects.
- Ability to select, adapt, and effectively use a variety of programming methods.
- Knowledge of application domain.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Strong proficiency in Python and SQL
- Experience with relational and NoSQL databases, as well as object storage (e.g., S3, MinIO, Ceph)
- Experience designing, building, and operating production ETL/ELT pipelines
- Experience designing durable data models and schemas for complex, evolving datasets
- Experience building high-throughput ingestion systems and optimizing data movement across storage, compute, and network boundaries
- Experience with Docker and container orchestration platforms such as Kubernetes
- Strong communication skills and experience working in cross-functional teams
- Experience designing APIs or service interfaces used by multiple teams
- Experience with scientific computing and large-scale neuroscience or other scientific data
- Workflow orchestration experience with Airflow, Dagster, Prefect, or similar tools
- Experience in building pipelines with and for autonomous, agentic AI systems
- Experience with performance-critical compiled or systems languages (C, C++, or Rust)
- Familiarity with data provenance and lineage tracking, metadata catalogs, or dataset versioning
- As part of your application, please submit the following two separate attachments:
- Cover Letter - Please provide a cover letter describing your interest in joining our lab and the position.
- Technical Experience Responses - In a separate document, please answer each of the questions below in a few sentences. Please upload your responses as a single, separate attachment to your application.
- Please describe your experience working with SQL and NoSQL databases.
- Please describe you experience operating ETL/ELT data pipelines.
- Please describe your experience with orchestration tooling such as Kubernetes and Ray.
- You’ll Thrive in This Role If You:
- Are excited by a fast-paced, production-focused research environment that often requires switching between many hats
- Can move quickly without sacrificing rigor
- Care about making complex workflows reliable and easy to use
- Enjoy translating ambiguous research needs into pragmatic technical systems
- Take ownership across design, implementation, deployment, and operations
- Enjoy collaborative design and working closely across team boundaries
- Are energized by working as part of a cohesive team pursuing ambitious, long-term neuroscientific and AI goals
- What We Offer:
- A highly collaborative environment across neuroscience, engineering, and AI
- Opportunity to contribute to a next-generation neurotechnology platform
- Competitive salary and benefits
- Strong mentoring and career development support
Responsibilities
- Core Duties:
- Minimum Education and Experience:
- Bachelor's degree and five years of relevant experience, or a combination of education and relevant experience.
- Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
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