Forward Deployed Engineer

Spaulding Ridge is an advisory and IT implementation firm. We help global organizations get financial clarity into the complex daily sales and operational decisions that impact profitable revenue generations efficient operational performance and reliable financial management.

At Spaulding Ridge we believe all business is personal. Core to our values is our relationships with our clients our business partners our team and the global community. Our employees dedicate their time to helping our clients transform their business from strategy through implementation and business transformation.

Spaulding Ridge offers executive-level practical advice to scale your business. Stated simply we deliver best-in-cloud advisory and IT services.

We believe that allbusiness to ourvalues are our relationships with our clients our business partners our own team and the global community. Spaulding Ridge is dedicated to helping our clients transform their business from strategy through implementation and business transformation to AIM ELEVATE and EVOLVE.

What You Will Do

As aForward Deployed Engineeryoullbe responsible forscoping designing implementing and testing modern data analytics and application solutions for our clients. This role sits at the intersection of software engineering Snowflake architecture data engineering BI/reporting and client advisory.

Working closely with our client partnersyoulldevelop relationships with key business and technical stakeholders while building tangible business value through scalable data platforms intuitive reporting experiences and data-driven applications. You will help clients move away from manual reporting fragmented data sources and disconnected systems toward trusted governed and actionable analytics.

We hire individuals that are passionate about solving problems and bringing innovative ideas to our clients and our team. As a growing firm you will be given the opportunity to engage clients from the proposal phase through architecture delivery enablement and support while helping build and mentor a team of experts within our Data Solutions practice.

Ideal candidates willpossessthe following:

• Ability to collaborate with client stakeholders and internal team members to design and implement technology that aligns with client businessobjectives.

• Ability to lead end-to-end solution architecture across source systems integration layers Snowflake transformation logic semantic/reporting layers APIs and user-facing applications.

• Ability to build mock Proofs of Concept for Snowflake-backed reporting analytics applications data products and integrations across cloud-based andon-premisebusiness systems.

• Ability to work with modern data technologies such as SnowflakedbtFivetran Boomi MuleSoftWorkatoMatillion Airflow Sigma Power BI Tableau Looker Omni and other key offerings.

• Ability to design and build full stack applications using modern front-end and back-end technologies including JavaScript/TypeScript React PythonFastAPI Java or comparable frameworks.

• Ability toidentifyissues and structural problems across data architecture reporting processes integration patterns and application design then generate actionable recommendations using standard methodologies that you maybe requiredto develop.

• Ability todemonstratea clear understanding of client business needs goals metrics reporting requirements and operating model constraints.

• Ability to develop solutions by designing system specifications architectural standards data models API patterns reporting frameworks and functional requirements.

• Ability to lead Snowflake architecture decisions including database design warehouse strategy RBAC/security ingestion patterns performance tuning cost optimization data sharing and environment management.

• Ability to design and build scalable data pipelines transformation layers dimensional models semantic layers certified datasets KPI frameworks and analytics-ready reporting structures.

• Ability to advise clients on when to use dashboards semantic layers data products custom applications embedded analytics workflow tools or operational reporting solutions.

• Ability to manage and develop talent of assigned junior resources through architecture reviews code reviews SQL/modeling reviews technical coaching anddeliverymentorship.

• Ability to support sales cycles by leading discovery workshops scoping sessions solution design discussions oral presentations and proof-of-concept builds for potential clients.

• Ability to balance hands-on development with solution architecture delivery leadership client advisory and business value creation.

Travel:

Travel as needed for client engagements workshops key stakeholder meetings and internal team events.

Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree or higher or a combination of relevant education and experience.

• Minimum7 years of professional consulting or relevant industry experience which may include software engineering data engineering analytics engineering solution architecture enterprise data platform implementations business transformation and client-facing delivery.

• Strong hands-on experience with Snowflake architecture SQL development data modeling data platform design performance tuning role-based access controls and production implementation.

• Experience designing and implementing modern reporting and analytics solutions using tools such as Power BI Sigma Tableau Looker Omni or comparable BI platforms.

• Experience building semantic layers governed metrics certified datasets KPI frameworks and reusable reporting models.

• Strong full stack development background including front-end development back-end/API development application architecture authentication/authorization logging error handling and deployment practices.

• Experience developing APIs and integrations using REST JSON OAuth service authentication and secure data access patterns.

• Experience withdbtor comparable transformation and analytics engineering frameworks.

• Experience with Python JavaScript/TypeScript SQL and at least one modern back-end application framework.

• Experience with Git CI/CD code review practices testing environment management and modern software delivery workflows.

• Experience designing and implementing data pipelines using ELT ETL iPaaS orchestration or cloud-native tooling.

• Strong understanding of data quality reconciliation lineage observability governance privacy and security practices.

• Strong understanding of IT standards and compliance topics such as COBIT ITIL SOX GDPR data privacy access controls and auditability.

• Outstanding analytical communication and interpersonal skillsrequired.

• Project management experience is a plus includingmaintaininga prioritized worklist managing delivery risks estimating effort and understanding financial views of projects.

• Ability to manage projects and teams against planned work.

• Responsible for managing day-to-day client relationships on projects including expectations risks escalations executive communication and delivery outcomes.

• Support sales cycles by leadingoralssessions scoping workshops architecture discussions and POC solutions for potential clients.

• Experience leading a team of developers data engineers analysts and subject matter experts across design build test deployment and enablement phases.

• Experience with ERP CRM finance operations supply chain healthcare private equity or enterprise reporting use cases is a plus.

• Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS Azure or GCP is a plus.

• Snowflake certification includingSnowProCoreSnowProAdvanced Architect orSnowProAdvanced Data Engineer is strongly preferred.

• Good to have experience with Snowpark CortexStreamlit Native Apps data sharing Apache Iceberg Microsoft Fabric interoperability or AI/ML use cases on Snowflake.

• Good to have experience with application deployment containerization serverless patterns DevOps infrastructure as code or cloud-native application hosting.

• Good to have experience with AI-assisted development LLM-enabled analytics RAG patterns automated report narratives or data application use cases.

What else to expect

As a Full StackDeveloper you will also gain exposure to anearly stagegrowth companyprovidinginnovative opportunities toimpactour clients in a meaningful way. You will help shape how Spaulding Ridge delivers Snowflake-centered data platforms reporting stacks and data products at scale.

You will be expected to lead from both the front and the keyboard: advising executives designing architecture mentoring teams and staying close enough to the technology to guide implementation decisions with credibility.

We believe giving back is core to our values so as a manager-level leader you will be given the opportunity toparticipatein SRs day of service giving back to the global community.

Spaulding Ridges Commitment to an Inclusive Workplace

When we engage the expertise insights and creativity of people from all walks of life we become a better organization we deliver superior services to clients and we transform our communities and world for the better.

At Spaulding Ridge we believe our team should reflect the rich diversity of society and we take seriously the responsibility to cultivate a workplace where every bandmate feels accepted respected and valued for who they are. We do this by creating a culture of trust and belonging through practices and policies that support inclusion and through our employee led Employee Resource Groups (ERGs): CRE (Cultural Race and Ethnicity) Women Elevate PROUD and Mental Wellness Alliance.

The company is committed to offering Equal Employment Opportunity and to providing reasonable accommodation to applicants with physical and/or mental disabilities. If you are interested in applying for employment with Spaulding Ridge and are in need of accommodation or special assistance to navigate our website or to complete your application please send an e-mail with your request to our VP of Human Resources Cara Halladay (). Requests for reasonable accommodation will be considered on a case-by-case basis.

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their age race religion national origin gender sexual orientation gender identity protected veteran status or disability.