Lead Data Engineer

<p> </p> <p><strong><span data-contrast="none">ABOUT FLAGSHIP PIONEERING</span></strong><span data-ccp-props="{"335559738":280,"335559739":80}"> </span></p> <p><span data-contrast="none">Flagship Pioneering is a life sciences innovation enterprise that invents and builds transformative companies. Since its founding in 2000, Flagship has originated more than 100 ventures, including Moderna, and has deployed over $4 billion toward scientific discovery. Our Scientific Cloud team is the connective tissue that powers data and technology infrastructure across Flagship's growing portfolio of companies.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"335559739":120}"> </span></p> <p><span data-contrast="none">About Scientific Cloud: Scientific Cloud is Flagship Pioneering's portfolio-facing IT organization, responsible for the cloud engineering, data and informatics engineering, research systems, lab systems, and vendor management capabilities that power Flagship's emerging companies. The team operates with a portfolio-first orientation — building durable, shared infrastructure that individual ventures can rely on at every stage of company formation and growth.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"335559739":120}"> </span></p> <p><span data-contrast="none"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">About Scientific Cloud:</span> Scientific Cloud is Flagship Pioneering's portfolio-facing IT organization, responsible for the cloud engineering, data and informatics engineering, research systems, lab systems, and vendor management capabilities that power Flagship's emerging companies. The team operates with a portfolio-first orientation — building durable, shared infrastructure that individual ventures can rely on at every stage of company formation and growth.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"335559739":120}"> </span></p> <p><strong><span data-ccp-props="{"335559739":120}">ABOUT THE POSITION</span></strong></p> <p><span data-contrast="none">We are seeking a Lead Data Engineer to lead complex initiatives aimed at modernizing and professionalizing our data infrastructure, platforms, and pipelines. You will lead the implementation of core platform systems and help to set the directions and standards of our data infrastructure and pipelines. You will work closely with other engineers and stakeholders across Infrastructure & Operations (I&O), Lab IT, Pioneering Intelligence (PI) Tech, and the internal scientific community to turn evolving scientific needs into secure, reliable and scalable data engineering solutions.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"335559739":120}"> </span></p> <p><span data-contrast="none">Reporting into the Associate Director, Data Architecture & Engineering, this is a technical, senior individual-contributor role that will champion engineering best practices, build complex data pipelines, lead data platform implementations, and handle the troubleshooting and optimization of data warehouse and storage solutions.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"335559739":120}"> </span></p> <p><strong><span data-contrast="none">CORE RESPONSIBILITIES</span></strong> <span data-ccp-props="{"335559739":120,"335572079":12,"335572080":1,"335572081":9792768,"469789806":"single"}"> </span></p> <p><strong><span data-contrast="none">Data & Platform Engineering</span></strong><span data-ccp-props="{"335559738":200,"335559739":60}"> </span></p> <ul> <li><span data-contrast="none">Serve as the technical lead and subject matter expert on complex data engineering projects involving interdependent systems, legacy environments, and emerging cloud-first platforms.</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li> <li><span data-contrast="none">Lead the implementation of data infrastructure, platforms, tools, and other data products.</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li> <li><span data-contrast="none">Lead the optimization and reliability of data storage solutions (lakehouses, marts, warehouses, etc.).</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li> <li><span data-contrast="none">Implement complex backend and data integration pipelines to support data lakes, marts, and other platforms.</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li> <li><span data-contrast="none">Establish and reinforce engineering standards for testing, documentation, release management, and monitoring across the team.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":259}"> </span></li> <li><span data-contrast="none">Lead implementations for platform observability, management, resilience, capacity, and performance.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":259}"> </span></li> <li><span data-contrast="none">Diagnose and resolve complex failures spanning infrastructure and data pipelines; lead incident reviews and ensure corrective actions improve the wider system.</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li> </ul> <p><strong><span data-contrast="none">Cross-Functional Collaboration & Technical Leadership</span></strong><span data-ccp-props="{"335559738":200,"335559739":60}"> </span></p> <ul> <li><span data-contrast="none">Collaborate across I&O, Lab IT, PI Tech, data science, and bioinformatics teams to ensure a