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Boston University is hiring a Data Engineer III AI, Automation, & Data Engineering to design and scale the data pipelines and platforms behind the university's institutional reporting, research, and strategic initiatives. The engineer works with data architects, analysts, and application developers on ETL workflows, performance tuning, and data quality and governance. The role sits on the IS&T Data Engineering team, which maintains the infrastructure behind analytics, academic planning, and operational efficiency.

Highlights

Design and maintain scalable, DAG-based data pipelines in Dagster that feed the university's analytics and reporting.
Build and optimize PostgreSQL data models with DBT to serve both analytical and operational use cases.
Develop batch and streaming ETL processes on AWS services including S3, Glue, Athena, SNS/SQS, and Lambda.
Deploy and manage containerized workloads on Kubernetes using infrastructure-as-code.
Implement data quality checks, observability, and automated validation, and define schemas, data contracts, and transformation logic with cross-functional teams.
Contribute to CI/CD workflows using tools such as GitHub Actions and ArgoCD, including code reviews and documentation of technical standards.
Hold a degree in computer science, information systems, data analytics, or business analytics, with a master's preferred and applicable experience accepted in lieu of a degree.
Bring 3+ years across data engineering, analytics, and backend development in financial services and higher education, including data governance work with sensitive data.
Show strong Python (pandas, pyarrow, PowerShell) and SQL skills, with PostgreSQL and SQL Server optimization and orchestration experience in Dagster, Airflow, or SSIS.
The expected hiring range is $120,000 to $150,000 per year at salary Grade 50.

Data Engineer III AI, Automation, & Data Engineering Full Description

Category

Charles River Campus --> Professional

Position Type

Full-Time/Regular

Salary Grade

Grade 50

Expected Hiring Range

Minimum $120,000.00 - Maximum $150,000.00

The salary of the finalist selected for this role will be set based on a variety of factors, including but not limited to departmental budgets, qualifications, experience, education, licenses, specialty, training and internal pay comparison. The above hiring range represents the University's good faith and reasonable estimate of the range of possible compensation at the time of posting.

Boston University Information Services & Technology (IS&T) is seeking applicants with diverse skills and experiences to join our innovative and inclusive community. Join us as a Data Engineer III, helping advance the university's data and analytics capabilities by designing and scaling modern data pipelines and platforms. Your work will directly support institutional reporting, research, and strategic initiatives. You will work on modern data infrastructure using tools, collaborate with data architects, analysts, and application developers to design robust ETL workflows, optimize performance, and ensure data quality and governance at scale.

The Data Engineering team within IS&T plays a critical role in enabling data-driven decision-making across Boston University. We develop and maintain data infrastructure that supports analytics, institutional research, academic planning, and operational efficiency. Our team partners closely with data consumers across the university to ensure the reliability, scalability, and quality of enterprise data assets.

You Will

Design and maintain scalable DAG-based data pipelines using Dagster.
Build and optimize data models in PostgreSQL using DBT for analytical and operational use cases.
Develop batch and streaming ETL processes leveraging AWS services (S3, Glue, Athena, SNS/SQS, Lambda).
Deploy and manage containerized workloads on Kubernetes, using infrastructure-as-code.
Implement robust data quality checks, observability, and automated validation.
Define schemas, data contracts, and transformation logic with cross-functional teams.
Contribute to CI/CD workflows (e.g., GitHub Actions, ArgoCD) to perform code reviews and document technical standards.

Required Skills

You Will Have:

Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Analytics, or Business Analytics. Master's degree preferred. Applicable experience accepted in lieu of degree.
3+ years of experience in data engineering, data analytics, and backend software development across financial services and higher education contexts.
Proficiency in Python (pandas, pyarrow, PowerShell) for data transformation and automation.
Strong SQL skills with proven experience in PostgreSQL and SQL Server optimization.
Hands-on experience with orchestration frameworks (Dagster, Airflow, SSIS).
Experience with ETL/ELT pipelines, data warehousing, and dimensional modeling using Kimball techniques.
Familiarity with AWS data lake components (S3, Glue, Athena) and containerized workflows (Kubernetes, Docker).
Demonstrated experience with CI/CD pipelines, Git, and Agile team processes.
Expertise in data governance, privacy, and compliance, having worked with financial institutions handling sensitive data.
Experience implementing streaming and event-driven architectures (Advanced Queue Messaging Protocol, Kafka, RabbitMQ, Redis).
Strong communication skills, with a proven track record of collaborating with technical and non-technical stakeholders, mentoring, and delivering training.

Boston University IS&T invests in our staff and their personal and professional growth. We promote staff learning including lunch and learn sessions, an extensive library of online courses, Fun Advisory Board (FAB) arranges a number of events throughout the year and opportunities to engage with peers at NERCOMP and EDUCAUSE events.

We are an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, natural or protective hairstyle, religion, sex, age, national origin, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, military service, pregnancy or pregnancy-related condition, or because of marital, parental, or veteran status. We are a VEVRAA Federal Contractor.

This position is located at 930 Commonwealth Ave, Dental Health Center/OHC, Boston, MA.

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