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Data Migration Engineer

Location: Remote
Compensation: Salary
Reviewed: Wed, Aug 19, 2026
This job expires in: 29 days

Job Summary

Owning the data layer of the platform, the full-time remote Data Migration Engineer will design data models, manage the migration of legacy systems, and ensure data quality through automated reconciliation and monitoring.

Key responsibilities:
  • Own the target data model and manage the data workstream for legacy-platform replacement, including profiling, mapping, extraction, transformation, and verification
  • Design data contracts for integrations and provide a safe foundation for low-code applications, ensuring data surfaces are governed and accessible
  • Build and maintain automated reconciliation processes and data-quality evidence to ensure trustworthy data throughout the migration and beyond
Required qualifications:
  • 5+ years in data engineering, database engineering, or migration-heavy roles
  • Expertise in SQL (SQL Server and Postgres) and a scripting language (Python or TypeScript) for pipeline work
  • Experience with operational data modeling and designing schemas that multiple teams or systems consume
  • Completion of at least one production migration of a business-critical system, with detailed reconciliation
  • Experience creating sanitized or synthetic test data from production systems and managing datasets across environments

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