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Data Engineer

Somerville, Massachusetts💼 Full-time🗓 2026-09-29

Core

Build and scale data pipelines and platforms to process raw sensor data (LiDAR, imagery, GPS) into client-ready geospatial deliverables for city infrastructure management.

Role type

Senior Data Engineer (Infrastructure Intelligence)

Builds

Production data pipelines, data platforms, and automated quality monitoring for geospatial outputs

Domain

Geospatial data, Infrastructure Intelligence, Cloud Infrastructure

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Python, SQL, Cloud data infrastructure (AWS), Workflow orchestration (Airflow/Dagster/Prefect), Large dataset reliability, End-to-end system ownership

Preferred skills

Geospatial data (PostGIS, GDAL, GeoParquet, H3), Sensor data (LiDAR, GPS/IMU), Lakehouse formats (Iceberg, Delta, DuckDB, Spark), Containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), Infrastructure as Code (Terraform), ML pipeline support

Technologies

AWS, Airflow, Dagster, Prefect, PostGIS, GDAL, GeoParquet, H3, Iceberg, Delta, DuckDB, Spark, Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform

Responsibilities

Design and operate pipelines moving sensor data from ingest to geospatial outputs; Maintain data platform for product and AI teams; Build automated data quality checks and monitoring; Partner with GIS teams to automate workflows; Optimize processing cost and performance on AWS

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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