# Senior Data Engineer 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: Senior
- Location: New York, NY; Boston, MA; San Francisco, CA
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $186K to $232K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-09-18
- Apply by: 2026-11-02
- Apply: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/formationbio/jobs/8213713
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/formation-bio-senior-data-engineer/

## 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

- 5+ years of relevant data engineering experience building and operating production data systems
- Experience with pharmaceutical, biology, HIPPA or other regulated data core to BioTech is required
- Strong Python and SQL skills, with deep experience in data modeling and warehouse systems, especially Snowflake
- Experience with Dagster as an orchestration systems (or equivalent) transformation tooling such as dbt or an equivalent approach
- Experience with data contracts, schema evolution, data quality testing, observability, lineage, and production incident response
- Experience integrating messy clinical, operational, vendor, or otherwise complex source data

Tags: Engineering