Insulet

Forward Deployed Data Engineer - Hybrid (Acton, MA or San Diego, CA)

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16 days ago
San Diego, CA, USA or Acton, MA, USAStaff+
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Base Salary

$144k - $216k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Partner with business, product, analytics, AI, data-owner, platform, security, privacy, quality, and compliance teams to identify opportunities and define measurable outcomes.
  • Translate ambiguous business challenges into data product charters, architecture hypotheses, experiments, MVPs, scalable delivery plans, and production solutions.
  • Design and build AI-ready data foundations, governed agentic workflows, context layers, and data products embedded in applications, analytics, operational processes, and decision workflows.
  • Architect batch, streaming, event-driven, API-based, and change-data-capture solutions with reusable services, data contracts, semantic standards, and lifecycle accountability.
  • Implement metadata-driven pipelines, infrastructure as code, automated testing, continuous delivery, policy controls, data quality, lineage, security, privacy, auditability, and end-to-end observability.
  • Lead, coach, and develop Data Engineers and cross-functional delivery professionals while creating reference architectures, starter kits, engineering playbooks, and communities of practice.
  • Guide data and AI products from discovery and architecture through MVP, production deployment, adoption, operational support, and continuous improvement.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science, engineering, data science, information systems, or a related technical field.
  • 10+ years of experience in data engineering, software engineering, platform engineering, or data architecture, including leadership of complex enterprise delivery.
  • Ability to design, code, test, deploy, and operate cloud-scale data products using modern engineering practices.
  • Strong experience with distributed data processing, data modeling, orchestration, APIs, event streaming, DevOps, DataOps, observability, and infrastructure as code.
  • Practical understanding of generative AI, large language models, retrieval-augmented generation, vector search, AI agents, model integration, and AI-assisted software development.
  • Ability to lead data products from discovery through MVP, production deployment, adoption, and continuous improvement.
  • Preferred experience in healthcare, medical devices, life sciences, diabetes care, digital health, or other regulated industries.
  • Preferred experience with AWS, Azure, Databricks, Snowflake, Kafka, dbt, Spark, Kubernetes, Terraform, GitHub, data contracts, semantic layers, real-time architectures, self-service engineering platforms, and legacy data modernization.
  • Preferred familiarity with privacy, security, validation, responsible AI, auditability, and enterprise governance requirements.

Benefits

  • Hybrid working arrangement requiring on-site work from an Insulet office in Acton, Massachusetts or San Diego, California.
  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
  • 401(k) with company match.
  • Paid time off.
  • Additional employee wellness programs.
  • Potential eligibility for incentive compensation.

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Forward Deployed
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About Insulet

1,001-5,000 employees

Insulet Corporation (NASDAQ: PODD), headquartered in Massachusetts, is an innovative medical device company dedicated to simplifying life for people with diabetes and other conditions through its Omnipod product platform. The Omnipod Insulin Management System provides a unique alternative to traditional insulin delivery methods. With its simple, wearable design, the tubeless disposable Pod provides up to three days of non-stop insulin delivery, without the need to see or handle a needle. Insulet’s flagship innovation, the Omnipod 5 Automated Insulin Delivery System, integrates with a continuous glucose monitor to manage blood sugar with no multiple daily injections, zero fingersticks, and can be controlled by a compatible personal smartphone in the U.S. or by the Omnipod 5 Controller. Omnipod products are offered in 25 countries around the globe. HIRING SCAM ALERT Recently, individuals impersonating Insulet Human Resources members have offered fraudulent interviews and job offers to unsuspecting candidates. To help protect you from these scam artists, please be aware that: • Insulet will never interview a candidate over RingCentral, similar messaging apps or social media (i.e. Google Hangouts, WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, etc.), or via text message. • Insulet will never send a company check or ask an applicant to pay a fee or purchase at home work/training materials in connection with an application for employment. • Insulet will never provide excess money to an applicant and ask the applicant to write a check for repayment. If you have any doubt about a job offer or any other communication purporting to come from Insulet, please reach out to us directly at 978-600-7000. If you receive any type of communication on behalf of Insulet that seems inappropriate or suspicious, please report this activity to: www.iC3.gov or www.stopfraud.gov.

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