Senior Software Engineer - Data at Strategic Employment
Boston, MA
$291,200–$353,600
Aug 2, 2026
Boston, MA
Sep 24, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A consumer media and technology company is looking for a Senior Data Engineer to modernize its data infrastructure for digital products. The role centers on designing and operating real-time and batch data pipelines within a cross-functional Scrum team, translating ambiguous requirements into reliable systems, and setting technical standards for pipeline design, testing, and monitoring. There is also a mentorship component supporting the growth of other data engineers.
Senior level · 7+ years · Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH
“or” means any one of them counts — you don't need all of them.
Posted 2 times — it's one opening, so apply once.
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 65 people in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (data warehousing specialists). range 40–95
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $165,205 (middle half $137,427–$177,039).
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Aug 4, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (8)
The 7+ years figure is stated as overall software engineering experience, with the majority focused on data engineering — it is a role-level gate, not tied to any single technology.
Python, Java, and Scala are presented as interchangeable language options ('Python, Java, or Scala'); Python is listed first and used as the primary name, with Java and Scala as alternatives.
Spark, Kafka, Airflow, dbt, Snowflake, and BigQuery are introduced with 'tools like', signaling a non-exhaustive preferred list rather than hard gates. Snowflake and BigQuery are treated as alternatives to each other since they serve the same warehouse function; the others stand alone.
Data governance/lineage experience, ML workflow exposure, and prior technical leadership are explicitly called out as 'Nice to have' and are marked accordingly. ML workflows and technical leadership were omitted from the skills list as they name no specific technology.
No compensation figures are provided — the posting states only that pay is 'competitive and commensurate with experience.'
The posting mentions 'schedule flexibility' but does not indicate the role is fully remote; it is treated as on-site/hybrid in the Boston area.
Ignored 1 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): data governance.
SOC 15-1243 is "Database Architects", but this role was labelled "Data Warehousing Specialists" — the code and title disagree, so the occupation (and its BLS denominator) may be wrong.
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