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Junior Data Engineer

Full Time · In Office · Wakefield, Massachusetts (USA)

$70,000–$95,000 · Posted Sep 17, 2026

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Company Overview:

A leading employee benefits firm with over 35 years of experience, serving nearly 5,000 clients across the United States, is seeking a Junior Data Engineer to join their development team. This role involves building and maintaining data pipelines and services to support the company's applications and business decisions.

Job Responsibilities:

  • Work with Business Analysts, Data Analysts, Software Engineers, and peers to understand requirements and deliver data solutions.
  • Build, maintain, and enhance batch data pipelines and ETL/ELT workflows under the guidance of senior engineers.
  • Write SQL and scripts to extract, transform, validate, and load data from various sources.
  • Help design and maintain well-defined datasets, tables, views, and data models for downstream applications, reporting, and analytics.
  • Implement data quality checks, reconciliation steps, logging, and monitoring to ensure data accuracy and availability.
  • Troubleshoot pipeline and data issues, communicate blockers, and escalate risks with diagnostic information.
  • Help modernize legacy data processes towards secure, automated, cloud-based solutions.
  • Contribute to code reviews, automated tests, build pipelines, documentation, and runbooks.
  • Support safe releases, backfills, and reprocessing by validating results and documenting changes.

Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in computer science, data engineering, information systems, mathematics, or related field, or equivalent experience.
  • Experience with SQL, Python, databases, data analysis, or software development.
  • Understanding of relational database concepts, data modeling fundamentals, and common ETL/ELT patterns.
  • Familiarity with structured data formats and integrations, including CSV, JSON, and REST APIs.
  • Foundational knowledge of AWS or another cloud platform, including storage, compute, and access-control concepts.
  • Familiarity with version control, pull requests, automated testing, and build or deployment pipelines.
  • Ability to work in a hybrid work environment, with one day in the office.
  • Authorized to work in the US without current or future sponsorship.

Compensation: Salary: $70,000 – $95,000, Plus Bonus

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