Additional Locations: Costa Rica-Heredia
Diversity - Innovation - Caring - Global Collaboration - Winning Spirit - High Performance
At our company, we value diversity and believe it is our greatest strength. We are committed to empowering women, supporting the LGBTQ+ community, and creating opportunities for individuals with disabilities. Our belief is that your diversity enriches our work environment. As an equal opportunity employer, we wholeheartedly welcome applications from all qualified candidates, regardless of their background. Additionally, we have a Gender Equality Policy that reflects our commitment to fairness and equality in the workplace.
Hybrid Roles:
Boston Scientific's hybrid workplace includes Working From Home and onsite. You will have the opportunity to discuss details in the interview.
About the role:
Boston Scientific is seeking a Data Engineer II to enhance and evolve the clinical data and analytics team. This role engineers clinical data ingestion pipelines, cloud-hosted applications, and reporting platforms. The position partners with Product Owners, Business Analysts, Clinical Data Management, Study Enablement teams, and Analytics stakeholders. The successful candidate will deliver scalable, validated solutions that support reliable clinical data operations in a regulated environment.
Work Mode:
This role follows a hybrid work model. Employees are expected to work from the Global Hub, American Free Zone, Costa Rica office at least three days per week, with the remaining days worked remotely.
Your responsibilities will include:
Design, build, and maintain clinical data ingestion and integration pipelines.
Develop integrations with Veeva Vault, Direct Data API, Rave, Keystone, Athena, Oracle, Snowflake, and AWS-hosted services.
Support data movement between operational systems, cloud storage, and reporting environments.
Troubleshoot ingestion failures, mapping issues, configuration problems, and downstream data-quality concerns.
Develop and support AWS-based clinical applications and services.
Build and maintain cloud infrastructure using AWS Lambda, S3, Fargate, PostgreSQL, Step Functions, and Secrets Manager.
Manage GitLab-based CI/CD processes and deployment pipelines.
Provide technical expertise for ingestion architecture, solution design, deployment processes, and cloud-hosted clinical solutions.
Support technical planning, estimation, sprint management, backlog refinement, automation, monitoring, and deployment governance to reduce operational risk.
Required qualifications:
Bachelor's degree, or an equivalent combination of experience and education.
3+ years of experience in software engineering or platform engineering.
Experience with AWS cloud services, including Lambda, S3, RDS/PostgreSQL, and event-driven architectures.
Strong backend development experience with Python or similar technologies.
Experience designing and supporting ETL and data integration solutions.
Strong SQL development skills.
Preferred qualifications:
Experience working with clinical trial or regulated healthcare data.
Experience working within Agile product teams.
Strong collaboration skills across technical and business stakeholders.
Strong communication skills across technical and business stakeholders.
Experience leading cloud migrations and modernization initiatives.
Requisition ID: 636280
As a leader in medical science for more than 40 years, we are committed to solving the challenges that matter most – united by a deep caring for human life. Our mission to advance science for life is about transforming lives through innovative medical solutions that improve patient lives, create value for our customers, and support our employees and the communities in which we operate. Now more than ever, we have a responsibility to apply those values to everything we do – as a global business and as a global corporate citizen.
So, choosing a career with Boston Scientific (NYSE: BSX) isn’t just business, it’s personal. And if you’re a natural problem-solver with the imagination, determination, and spirit to make a meaningful difference to people worldwide, we encourage you to apply and look forward to connecting with you!
Benefits • Life-Work Integration • Community • Career Growth
At Boston Scientific, you will find a collaborative culture driven by a passion for innovation that keeps us connected on the most essential level. With determination, imagination, and a deep caring for human life, we’re solving some of the most important healthcare industry challenges. Together, we’re one global team committed to making a difference in people’s lives around the world. This is a place where you can find a career with meaningful purpose—improving lives through your life’s work.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of experience and education
- 3+ years of experience in software engineering or platform engineering
- Experience with AWS cloud services, including Lambda, S3, RDS/PostgreSQL, and event-driven architectures
- Strong backend development experience with Python or similar technologies
- Experience designing and supporting ETL and data integration solutions
- Strong SQL development skills
- Experience working with clinical trial or regulated healthcare data
- Experience working within Agile product teams
- Strong collaboration skills across technical and business stakeholders
- Strong communication skills across technical and business stakeholders
- Experience leading cloud migrations and modernization initiatives
Boston Scientific Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Boston Scientific and has not been reviewed or approved by Boston Scientific.
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Healthcare Strength — Healthcare coverage is positioned as comprehensive, spanning medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance alongside mental health resources. Family planning support and broader care navigation offerings further strengthen the health-related value of the package.
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Retirement Support — Retirement benefits stand out through a 401(k) match described as best-in-class and supported by profit sharing and an employee stock purchase plan. High participation in retirement programs is also highlighted as part of the overall financial benefits footprint.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time off is described as generous, with reports of 20+ vacation days and up to four weeks in some roles, plus paid holidays and sick leave. Longer-term options such as extended unpaid family leave and a personal enrichment sabbatical expand flexibility beyond standard PTO.
Boston Scientific Insights
What We Do
Boston Scientific transforms lives through innovative medical technologies that improve the health of patients around the world. As a global medical technology leader for more than 40 years, we advance science for life by providing a broad range of high-performance solutions that address unmet patient needs and reduce the cost of health care. Our portfolio of devices and therapies helps physicians diagnose and treat complex cardiovascular, respiratory, digestive, oncological, neurological and urological diseases and conditions. For more information, visit www.bostonscientific.com and connect with us on X, Instagram, and Facebook. At Boston Scientific, you will find purpose, a place to grow and opportunities to cultivate your passions. To search and apply for open positions, visit https://bostonscientific.eightfold.ai/careers. You may also review our social media guidelines at http://www.bostonscientific.com/social.
