# Associate Director, Data Engineering at Formation Bio

- Company: Formation Bio
- What the company does: Building the pharma company of the future. Backed by Sequoia, a16z and Felicis.
- Company website: https://www.formation.bio/
- Type: Startups
- Level: Principal and up
- Location: New York, NY; Boston, MA; San Francisco, CA
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $214K to $267K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-08-31
- Apply by: 2026-10-15
- Apply: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/formationbio/jobs/8167989
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/formation-bio-associate-director-data-engineering/

## About the role

Where We Hire Formation Bio is prioritizing hiring in key hubs, primarily the New York City and Boston metro areas, with a hybrid model requiring 3 days per week in office. Applicants from the Research Triangle (NC) and San Francisco Bay Area may also be considered. Please apply only if you reside in these locations or are willing to relocate .

## What they're looking for

- A track record of hiring, developing, and retaining strong engineers, with the ability to give direct, actionable feedback and set clear expectations
- Strong point of view on modern data stack tooling: warehousing (Snowflake), orchestration (e.g. Dagster or Airflow), transformation (e.g. dbt), and the tradeoffs between batch and streaming approaches
- Experience managing or coordinating technical projects and programs, including resource budgeting, estimates, tracking, and reporting
- Working knowledge of data governance, access control, and auditability practices, ideally including experience with regulated or sensitive data (clinical, PHI, or similar)
- Working knowledge of Python, SQL, Docker, GitHub, and Terraform/OpenTofu sufficient to guide and evaluate your team's technical decisions
- Experience overseeing data quality frameworks, testing, and observability tooling for production data pipelines

Tags: Engineering