Machinify - Staff Data Engineer, Core Migrations
Requirements
• 8+ years as a hands-on Data Engineer or Software Engineer, with demonstrated experience independently owning complex, multi-stakeholder technical projects from start to finish. • 8+ years a • demonstrated experience independently owning complex, multi-stakeholder technical projects from start to finish • Strong Python and SQL — fluent with complex, unfamiliar legacy code, not just greenfield work. • Strong Python and SQL • Apache Spark — deep understanding of distributed processing, performance tuning, partitioning, and debugging at scale. • Apache Spark • Apache Airflow — advanced; comfortable designing and authoring production DAG architectures from scratch. • Apache Airflow • AI-assisted development — actively uses coding agents (Claude, Copilot, Cursor, or equivalent) as a force multiplier in daily engineering work. Comfortable prompt-engineering for code generation, debugging, and documentation, and able to evaluate and trust AI output critically. • AI-assisted development • Legacy ETL stack — able to reconstruct intent from code and translate it faithfully into a modern stack (e.g., From SSIS, SQL Server stored procedures, T-SQL, or equivalent). • Legacy ETL • stack • Data validation & reconciliation at scale — experience designing automated frameworks that prove migrated data matches source systems with high confidence. • Data validation & reconciliation at scale • AWS — proficient with S3, solid grasp of cloud-native data patterns such as partitioned object storage, secure cross-account access, and cost/performance trade-offs. • Cross-functional coordination — proven ability to drive alignment across engineering, operations, and client-facing teams simultaneously, without losing velocity. • Cross-functional coordination • Clear technical communication — able to write discovery specs, architecture docs, and stakeholder updates that are accurate, concise, and actionable for both technical and non-technical audiences. • Clear technical communication • Data-first mindset & fidelity — a rigorous, data-first mindset, with deep experience in building automated reconciliation frameworks that guarantee 100% data fidelity between legacy and modern systems. • Data-first mindset & fidelity —
Responsibilities
• Lead discovery & technical due diligence — get to the bottom of poorly documented legacy systems (ETL, stored procedures, reporting layers, file feeds), reconstruct the business logic, and capture it in the lineage maps, mapping specs, and risk analyses everyone builds from. • Lead discovery & technical due diligence — • Reverse-engineer complex legacy systems using agents— you will be responsible for reverse-engineering complex, undocumented legacy systems (SSIS packages, stored procedures) where business logic is embedded, not documented. You must be able to reconstruct the intent of these systems to build modern, stable equivalents. • Reverse-engineer complex legacy systems using agents— • Drive ambiguity to resolution — spot the unknowns early, own the open questions, and pull answers from clients, SMEs, and Operations instead of waiting to be unblocked. • Drive ambiguity to resolution — • Architect & build the migration pipelines — turn intricate legacy logic into production-grade Airflow DAGs and Spark jobs on the Machinify platform, edge cases, payer-specific carve-outs, and business-rule exceptions included, owning the full flow from ingestion through reconciliation to steady-state handoff. • Architect & build the migration pipelines • Make and document the hard architectural calls — own the decisions that matter (pipeline design, partitioning strategy, validation approach) and leave a clear trail of the reasoning so others can learn from and build on it. • Make and document the hard architectural calls — • Prove correctness at scale — build automated reconciliation frameworks that confirm, with confidence, that migrated output matches the source down to the row. • Prove correctness at scale — • Own the program end to end — be the single technical owner from kickoff through go-live and hypercare: scope, sequence, and track the work, surface risks before they bite, align Operations, Client Success, Platform Engineering, SMEs, and the client, and drive UAT through to sign-off. • Own the program end to end — • Raise the bar for the practice — Institutionalize migration knowledge by codifying runbooks and retrospectives, mentor L3/L4 engineers to build independent capability, and turn recurring migration pain points into scalable, reusable tooling. • Raise the bar for the practice
Benefits
• Full ownership — you own the whole arc of a migration, from first look to go-live. No fragmented handoffs — just the autonomy and context to do it well. • Full ownership • Immediate business impact — every migration you land enables a health plan to process claims more accurately and efficiently. • Immediate business impact • Technical depth + breadth — you'll work across legacy systems, modern orchestration, distributed compute, cloud infra, and client-facing delivery in every project. • Technical depth + breadth • Pivotal moment — we're scaling the migrations capability for a fast-growing platform; the standards and patterns you set will shape how dozens of future migrations run • Pivotal moment • Work from anywhere in the US! Machinify is digital-first. • Full Medical/Dental/Vision for employees & their families • Flexible and trusting environment where you’ll feel empowered to do your best work • Competitive salary, equity, 401(k) including employer match • The salary for this position is based on an array of factors unique to each candidate: Such as years and depth of experience, set skills, certifications, etc. The base salary range for this role is $230k-$260k. We are hiring for different levels, and our Recruiting team will let you know if you qualify for a different role/range. Salary is one component of the total compensation package, which includes meaningful equity, excellent healthcare, flexible time off, and other benefits and perks. • Equal Employment Opportunity at Machinify • We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, or veteran status. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. Machinify is an employment at will employer. We participate in E-Verify as required by applicable law. In accordance with applicable state laws, we do not inquire about salary history during the recruitment process. If you require a reasonable accommodation to complete any part of the application or recruitment process, please let our recruiters know. See our Candidate Privacy Notice at: https://www.machinify.com/candidate-privacy-notice/
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