Position Contributions-
Top level technical expert in one or more highly specialized areas of applications systems analysis and programming. Responsible for software design, coding, testing, debugging, and documentation. Has full technical knowledge of all phases of applications systems analysis and development. Provides technical leadership on complex projects. Interacts with internal project teams and work groups regularly. Level of work required is considered highly advanced and staff must be able to work under minimal supervision. This job does not have any direct reports. You have an appetite to learn, and a passion for technology, innovation, and developing new skills on evolving technologies.
What will be expected of you-
Serves as a Principal Data Engineer: to design, develop and implement end-to-end data pipelines for ingestion, transformation, and distribution, supporting both batch and streaming workloads in accordance with FedNow and Fed Standards.
Develops software solutions that are reusable, well-documented, and optimized for Analytics, BI, and AI/ML consumers. Implements and manages modern data lake and Lakehouse architectures, including Apache Iceberg table formats.
Optimizes data platforms for performance, scalability, cost efficiency, and reliability. Collaborates closely with architects, product managers, analytics teams, and platform engineers to align data solutions with business needs.
Defines and enforces data quality standards, implementing automated validation and monitoring.
In addition to being able to engineer across numerous areas of technology, you’ll serve as subject matter expert in one or more areas
Trains and consults cross functionally within the organization on troubleshooting/resolving highly complex and/or highly time critical problems
Collaborates with analysts as part of an integrated Agile team to define user requirements and conduct design review for the development of complex and innovative cloud applications using modern internet-scale technologies and Serverless architecture in Cloud
Demonstrates skill dexterity; seeking to continuously adapt and employ new technical skills alongside proven staples
Ensures that the quality of software developed, maintained and enhanced in-house and installed into production is sufficient to prevent the occurrence of catastrophic defects that cause the customer significant problems, missed deadlines, or interruption to the production environment
Ensure compliance with Fed policies, procedures and standards
Provides primary or backup production support for applications and components, including but not limited to timely resolution to production problems and processing issues
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Salary
The salary range for this position is $173,400.00 - $216,700.00 - $260,000.00. The Boston Fed believes in salary transparency. The final salary and offer will be determined by the applicant’s background, skills, internal equity, and alignment with market data. Whether you’re developing into the job or are a more seasoned candidate, we aim to pay competitively. The position and job description posted is for a Principal Software Engineer however, candidates will be placed in an appropriate level within the Software Engineer job family based on the extent of their experience. If you reside outside of the 1st District, you may be hired by your local Federal Reserve District and compensation will follow hiring District's range and policy.
The Federal Reserve Bank of Boston is committed to provide equal employment opportunities to all persons without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, genetic information, disability, or military service.
All employees assigned to this position will be subject to FBI fingerprint/ criminal background and Patriot Act/ Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) watch list checks at least once every five years.
For this job, any offer of employment is contingent upon successfully passing a two-phase security screening. The first phase consists of the satisfactory completion of a physical examination (including a drug screening), reference checks, and a security investigation consisting of credit and criminal history checks.
The second phase, which might not be complete until after you begin working at the Reserve Bank, is an additional risk-based security screening determined by the risk rating of the position. Depending upon the sensitivity of the position, this phase may include, and is not limited to, work and residency eligibility verification, and personal interviews with the candidate, references, and prior employers.
All applicants must have resided in the United States for at least three (3) years
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