[Hiring] Senior Scientific Data Engineer @Motion Recruitment

Role Description

A rapidly growing scientific data and AI technology company is seeking a Senior Scientific Data Engineer to join its fully remote team. This role offers the opportunity to work at the intersection of data engineering, life sciences, and artificial intelligence, helping organizations transform complex scientific and laboratory data into scalable, production-ready data products.

As a senior member of the engineering team, you will:

• Lead the design and implementation of scientific data solutions
• Mentor junior engineers
• Collaborate closely with product, architecture, and customer-facing teams

The ideal candidate is highly hands-on, experienced in building modern data platforms, and comfortable translating business objectives into scalable technical solutions.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience building data products as a Data Engineer or related technical role
• 8+ years of hands-on experience with Python and SQL
• Strong experience designing, building, and maintaining data pipelines and data models
• Proven experience leading projects, managing requirements, and driving delivery timelines
• Experience working across cross-functional teams in customer-focused environments
• Ability to architect and implement scalable data solutions
• Excellent communication, collaboration, and stakeholder management skills
• Experience building automated testing frameworks, including unit and integration testing
• Strong understanding of Agile development methodologies

Requirements

• Experience with scientific, laboratory, or pre-clinical data environments
• Experience building dashboards, reporting solutions, or data applications using React, Streamlit, Jupyter Notebooks, or similar tools
• Experience working with laboratory systems, research data, manufacturing data, or regulated data environments
• Exposure to AI-enabled data processing, schema generation, or intelligent automation tools
• Previous mentoring or technical leadership experience

Benefits

• Competitive salary range of $140,000 - $200,000 annually
• Fully remote work opportunity for Massachusetts-based employees
• Opportunity to work with cutting-edge scientific data and AI technologies
• Collaborative, high-performance engineering environment
• Leadership and mentorship responsibilities with strong career growth potential
• Medical Insurance (100% employer paid for eligible employees and immediate family members)
• Dental Benefits
• Vision Benefits
• Unlimited Paid Time Off (PTO)
• 401(k)
• Company-paid Life Insurance
• Long-Term Disability (LTD)
• Short-Term Disability (STD)