Software Engineering Sr. Data Engineer

About MFS

At MFS, you will find a culture that supports you in doing what you do best. Our employees work together to reach better outcomes, favoring the strongest idea over the strongest individual. We put people first and demonstrate care and compassion for our community and each other. Because what we do matters – to us as valued professionals and to the millions of people and institutions who rely on us to help them build more secure and prosperous futures.

The Role

In conjunction with the Investment Data Management Office, the Senior Data Engineer contributes to a long‑term strategic initiative to unify and harmonize our investment data. This initiative enables enhanced investment decision making, risk management and client reporting for our multi‑asset platform by delivering consistent, timely, accurate and user‑friendly data to investors, risk teams and clients.

WHAT YOU WILL DO

• Design, develop, and implement data pipelines to maintain a unified data platform for the Investment Data Management Office (IDMO).
• Create and maintain detailed technical design and architecture documentation to support development, implementation, and ongoing enhancement of data engineering solutions.
• Develop and execute comprehensive unit tests, ensuring thorough test coverage and clear documentation of test cases and results.
• Lead and participate in all development activities, develop and implement solutions to meet business requirements that align with program strategic objectives.
• Responsible for new and on‑going development of data pipelines sourcing from internal and external sources.
• Drive continuous improvement of data quality, resiliency, control, efficiency, and monitoring.
• Troubleshooting complex system interactions to find the root cause to problems.
• Partner with platform lead to design, develop, implement and deploy new software components to investment data platform.
• Partner with data architect to evaluate and finalize the unified data model.
• Partner with integration architect to upgrade and integrate data ingestion and data delivery tools with the unified data platform.
• Upgrade and integrate transformation tool, data validation tool and orchestration tools with the unified data platform to implement data engineering, analytical engineering and data maintenance capabilities.
• Provide support during unexpected outages.

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related disciplines.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in design, development and building data‑oriented complex applications.
• Minimum of 2–4 years of hands‑on progressive experience from SQL to Advanced SQL.
• Experience working in data integration (ETL/ELT), data warehouse, data analytics architecture and sound understanding of design principles.
• Knowledge of and experience with Snowflake and other cloud‑native databases is highly preferred.
• Development experience in cloud‑based PaaS platforms like Microsoft Azure, Google GCP or Amazon AWS.
• Deep understanding of Agile SDLC, DevOps and Cloud technologies required, in addition to exposure to multiple, diverse technologies, platforms and processing environments.
• Knowledge about various architectures, patterns such as unified data management architecture (UDM), data mesh architecture, event‑driven architecture, real‑time data flows, non‑relational repositories, data virtualization, etc.
• Experience with building solutions in the financial services domain with an understanding of financial instruments, transactions, and positions is desired.
• Good interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to lead cross‑team collaboration and partnerships across a variety of internal and external constituencies.

Base Salary Range

$98,500.00 – $141,500.00. This position is eligible for competitive incentive bonus.

Other Components of Our Total Rewards Package Include

• MFS contributes an amount equal to 15% of your base salary to your retirement account that is separate from the company‑sponsored 401(k).
• Education Assistance: MFS contributes $100 monthly up to $10,000 lifetime maximum directly to loan provider.
• Education Assistance: Tuition reimbursement up to $8,000 annually.
• Education Assistance: Access to discounted tutors and college coaches.
• Generous time off and fully paid leaves including 20‑weeks for maternity, 12‑weeks for parental and caregiver leaves.
• Choice of medical and dental plans and an employer contribution into the Health Savings Account.
• Tax‑deferred commuter benefits & flexible spending accounts (medical & dependent care).
• Wellness Programs: Robust wellness webinars, employee assistance program with a focus on mental health, subsidized fitness benefit via Wellhub (formerly Gympass), where you can workout at gyms, studios and boutique fitness locations near you, join virtual personal training sessions and access a wide variety of well‑being apps.

EEO Statement

MFS is an Equal Opportunity Employer and it is our policy to not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, disability, veteran status, or any other status protected by federal, state or local laws. Employees and applicants of MFS will not be subject to harassment on the basis of their status. Additionally, retaliation, including intimidation, threats, or coercion, because an employee or applicant has objected to discrimination, engaged or may engage in filing a complaint, assisted in a review, investigation, or hearing or has otherwise sought to obtain their legal rights under any Federal, State, or local EEO law is prohibited. Please see the Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal document for reference.