Senior Data & Platform Engineer
Description
Senior Data & Platform Engineer | GID - Boston, MA
This is a remote/WFH position; however, you must live in one of the states where we currently operate [1].
GID is a privately-held, vertically-integrated real estate company that owns, operates, and/or manages a portfolio of multifamily and industrial assets, and develops multifamily and mixed-use projects across the United States. The firm also operates a credit platform that aims to provide commercial real estate debt solutions for institutional borrowers. With corporate offices in Atlanta, Boston, Dallas, Dubai, New York and San Francisco, GID is an experienced real estate investor and manager supported by an integrated operating platform and has 60+ years of experience across multiple asset classes. Learn more about GID at www.gid.com.
DESCRIPTION:
- Platform Ownership & Architecture
- Own design architecture, reliability, and performance of the enterprise data platform—including ingestion, storage, processing, orchestration, and consumption layers.
- Implement and maintain modern data stack components (e.g., Snowflake, DBT, orchestration frameworks, metadata tools, quality frameworks).
- Ensure platform scalability, availability, security posture, and cost efficiency.
- Pipeline Engineering & Data Products
- Build and maintain analytics‑ready and AI‑ready data pipelines, transformation models, semantic layers, and shared data services.
- Develop and execute a unified and forward-looking vision for data products and engineering.
- Set foundation for AI use cases with implementation of semantic layer, context graphs, vector DBs, and stay current with the latest best practices.
- Design and implement reusable data assets, domain models, and standardized transformation patterns.
- Governance, Quality, and Controls
- Establish and enforce standards for data quality, data contracts, observability, lineage, and metadata management.
- Implement access controls, RBAC, PII protection, and compliance with privacy regulations (GDPR, CCPA, internal retention policies).
- Partner with data governance to establish stewardship practices, certified datasets, and SLA expectations.
- Collaboration & Delivery
- Partner with application engineering, data scientists, data analytics units to develop data products that unlock enterprise value.
- Translate business requirements into scalable data architecture and reusable technical solutions.
- Drive technical prioritization, sprint planning, and execution of the platform roadmap.
- Leadership & Team Development
- Mentor data engineers and act as the principal technical lead for engineering best practices.
- Introduce modern engineering patterns.
- Create documentation standards, operational runbooks, and incident response processes.
- 7–10+ years in data & analytics engineering, platform engineering, data architecture or related technical fields.
- Proven experience designing and operating modern cloud data platforms, especially Snowflake and DBT.
- Strong understanding of Snowflake platform including advanced Snowflake features and Microsoft Azure, including data services, security and cost governance.
- Hands‑on expertise with building data pipelines using tools such as Azure Data Factory, Fivetran, Matillion, or similar ingestion & ETL frameworks.
- Proficiency in SQL, Python, and data modeling.
- Strong understanding of data lifecycle management, DevOps practices, data orchestration, and production data operations.
- Strong problem‑solving and systems thinking abilities.
- Ability to work in fast‑moving environments with ambiguous or evolving requirements.
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to simplify complexity for non‑technical audiences.
- A mindset of automation, reusability, and continuous improvement.
- Experience operating in organizations modernizing legacy data landscapes into a modern cloud data stack.
- Our company considers a range of factors including education and experience when determining base compensation.
- Compensation range: $175,000 - $200,000 plus 15% bonus potential.
- This position is also eligible for bonus and benefits. For more information, visit: Benefits!
- Comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, vision, 401k, and PTO.
- 1 hour of paid sick and safe time for every 30 hours worked, 10 days of paid vacation time accrued bi-weekly, 6 weeks of paid parental leave, 10 paid holidays annually, and up to 3 floating days.
GID is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
The company participates in the federal government’s E-Verify program, which confirms employment authorization of all newly hired employees through an electronic database maintained by the Social Security Administration and Department of Homeland Security. Click here for the "Notice of E-Verify Participation" and "Right to Work".
[1] Candidates must be currently residing and authorized to work in one of the following states where we operate: California, Colorado, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, Missouri, North Carolina, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, or Washington.