Junior Data Engineer Job at Perfict Global, Inc., Cambridge, MA

  • Perfict Global, Inc.
  • Cambridge, MA

Job Description

Junior Data Engineer

Location: Cambridge, MA Contract: 6 Months

Key Responsibilities

  • Design, develop, and maintain scalable data pipelines and data integration processes.
  • Monitor existing workflows and troubleshoot data pipeline or integration issues.
  • Create and maintain data models that support analytics and scientific use cases.
  • Work with stakeholders to understand data requirements and translate them into practical engineering solutions.
  • Support data governance activities, including metadata, data lineage, and data quality.
  • Contribute to engineering standards, documentation, testing, and deployment practices.
  • Leverage modern AI-assisted development tools to improve coding efficiency, troubleshooting, and engineering productivity.
  • Collaborate with team members to continuously improve the reliability and scalability of the organization's data environment.

Required Qualifications

  • At least 2 years of professional experience in Data Engineering or a closely related field.
  • Strong hands-on programming experience with Python.
  • Solid proficiency in SQL and experience working with data-intensive applications.
  • Demonstrated experience developing and supporting production-grade data pipelines.
  • Understanding of data modeling concepts and data quality practices.
  • Experience working within AWS cloud environments.
  • Exposure to modern data engineering technologies such as Apache Spark, dbt, Dagster, Apache Iceberg, Amazon Athena, or Polars.
  • Experience with Git and standard software development/version-control practices.
  • Familiarity with AI-powered development assistants such as ChatGPT/GPT, Claude, or similar tools.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Background working with life sciences, biotechnology, healthcare, or scientific datasets.
  • Experience with clinical, bioinformatics, or research-related data.
  • Knowledge of semantic data modeling and data quality frameworks/tools.
  • Exposure to scientific platforms such as Benchling, CDD, or comparable systems.
  • AWS-related certifications are a plus.

Job Tags

Contract work

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