America's Test Kitchen is looking for a Lead Software Engineer. The Lead Software Engineer, Data and MarTech, is a senior technical leader embedded within a Scrum team, responsible for shaping how applications collect, process, and are delivered across the organization. This role sits at the intersection of software engineering, data architecture, and product delivery, ensuring that data systems are not only scalable and performant, but also reliable, well-modeled, and aligned to business needs.
Operating with a high degree of autonomy, this individual is expected to navigate ambiguity, make sound architectural decisions, and deliver solutions that span multiple systems and stakeholders. They play a critical role in translating loosely defined product and analytics requirements into durable data platforms and pipelines that enable both operational and strategic use cases.
Beyond delivery, the Lead Software Engineer sets the standard for engineering excellence within the team. They influence how work is structured, how quality is measured, and how systems evolve over time. Their presence should elevate the team’s ability to deliver predictable, high-quality outcomes while reducing operational friction and improving data trust across the organization.
Key Responsibilities- Design, build, and maintain scalable data pipelines and data services (batch and real-time)
- Lead the architecture and evolution of data models, ensuring they support analytics, reporting, and product use cases
- Break down complex data initiatives into actionable work aligned with Scrum delivery practices
- Partner with Product, Analytics, and Engineering stakeholders to gather and refine requirements
- Establish and enforce best practices for data engineering, including schema design, pipeline orchestration, and testing
- Implement and maintain data quality frameworks, including validation, monitoring, and alerting
- Define and uphold SLAs/SLOs for data availability, latency, and accuracy
- Contribute high-quality production code and conduct thorough code reviews across the team
- Identify, surface, and mitigate technical risks that could impact delivery or system reliability
- Drive observability across data systems using logging, metrics, and tracing tools
- Mentor engineers and elevate team capabilities in data engineering practices
- Influence technical direction across teams and contribute to broader platform strategy
- 7+ years of software engineering experience with a strong emphasis on data engineering
- Proven experience designing and operating scalable data pipelines and distributed data systems
- 3+ years of experience designing data solutions on AWS
- Proficiency in one or more programming languages such as Python, Java, or Scala
- Experience with modern data technologies (e.g., Spark, Kafka, Airflow, dbt, Snowflake, Redshift, BigQuery)
- Strong understanding of data modeling concepts, including dimensional modeling and data warehousing
- Experience working within Agile/Scrum teams and contributing to sprint planning and execution
- Hands on experience with real-time streaming and event-driven architectures
- Demonstrated ability to solve complex technical problems with minimal direction
- Experience implementing data governance, lineage, and cataloging solutions
- Exposure to machine learning workflows or data science collaboration
- Prior experience leading technical initiatives or influencing multiple teams
- Bachelor of Science in Computer Science or similar discipline
This role is foundational to building a data-driven organization. By ensuring that data systems are reliable, scalable, and aligned to business needs, the Lead Software Engineer (Data) enables faster decision-making, more effective product development, and increased confidence in the organization’s data assets. Their leadership directly contributes to reducing operational risk, improving data quality, and accelerating the delivery of high-impact data capabilities.
Location: This role is based in our Boston, MA headquarters (Seaport District) or is open to qualified remote applicants.
Salary Range: $ 140,000 - $ 160,000
The range provided is based on what we reasonably expect to pay for this job as of the time of posting. The actual salary offered will be determined based on multiple factors, including but not limited to the candidate’s relevant experience, job-related knowledge, skills, geographical location, and other job-related factors permitted by law.
About America’s Test Kitchen:
The mission of America’s Test Kitchen (ATK) is to empower and inspire confidence, community, and creativity in the kitchen. Founded in 1992, the company is the leading multimedia cooking resource serving millions of fans with TV shows (America’s Test Kitchen, Cook's Country, and America’s Test Kitchen: The Next Generation), award-winning magazine (Cook’s Illustrated) and limited-edition newsstand issues, cookbooks, podcasts, FAST channels, short-form video series, and the ATK Essential Membership for digital content. Based in a state-of-the-art 15,000-square-foot test kitchen in Boston’s Seaport District, ATK has earned the trust of home cooks and culinary experts alike thanks to its one-of-a-kind processes and best-in-class techniques. Fifty full-time (admittedly very meticulous) test cooks, editors, and product testers spend their days tweaking every variable to find the very best recipes, equipment, ingredients, and techniques. Learn more at https://www.americastestkitchen.com/.
Why America’s Test Kitchen:
We're passionate about cooking, and about creating the best place to work. We're small enough for your ideas to make a big impact, and large enough to offer you opportunities to grow professionally at any stage of your career. We want you to take risks and make mistakes — that's how innovation happens in our test kitchen, in our offices, and in life.
We at America’s Test Kitchen believe food media can be a powerful force for social change. We are passionate about building an inclusive workforce that represents many different cultures, backgrounds, abilities, identities, and perspectives.
We welcome your application.
Skills Required
- 7+ years of software engineering experience with a strong emphasis on data engineering
- Proven experience designing and operating scalable data pipelines and distributed data systems
- 3+ years of experience designing data solutions on AWS
- Proficiency in one or more programming languages such as Python, Java, or Scala
- Experience with modern data technologies (e.g., Spark, Kafka, Airflow, dbt, Snowflake, Redshift, BigQuery)
- Strong understanding of data modeling concepts, including dimensional modeling and data warehousing
- Experience working within Agile/Scrum teams and contributing to sprint planning and execution
- Hands on experience with real-time streaming and event-driven architectures
- Demonstrated ability to solve complex technical problems with minimal direction
- Experience implementing data governance, lineage, and cataloging solutions
- Exposure to machine learning workflows or data science collaboration
- Prior experience leading technical initiatives or influencing multiple teams
- Bachelor of Science in Computer Science or similar discipline
What We Do
America's Test Kitchen is a real 15,000 square foot test kitchen located in Boston’s prestigious Seaport district that is home to more than three dozen full-time cooks and product testers. The goal? To develop the best recipes and cooking techniques, recommend the best cookware and equipment, and rate brand-name pantry staples for home cooks, which are published in our two magazines, Cook's Illustrated and Cook's Country, our growing line of cookbooks, our websites, and featured on our top-rated public television series, America's Test Kitchen and Cook’s Country TV.
Why Work With Us
Everyone is important to the process of creating our magazines, cookbooks, television shows, podcasts, and websites. America’s Test Kitchen seeks to hire a diverse group of employees who bring a wealth of skills, ideas, personal experiences, and multicultural perspectives to our endeavors and to the audience we serve.
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