Scientific Data Engineer
US$140,000 – US$200,000 / yr base salary
Posted 17 Sep 2026
Advertised as “Senior Scientific Data Engineer”
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- Management level
- People management
- Contract
- Full-time
- Visa sponsorship
- Not offered
| Base salary | US$140,000 – US$200,000 / yr |
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About TetraScience
TetraScience is the Scientific Data and AI Company building Tetra OS, the operating system for scientific intelligence. We help the world’s leading life sciences firms turn fragmented scientific data into AI-native assets and scientific workflows that accelerate discovery, development, and manufacturing. TetraScience’s growing ecosystem of strategic partners includes NVIDIA, Databricks, Thermo Fisher Scientific, Snowflake, Google, and Microsoft.
In connection with your candidacy, you will be asked to carefully review “The Tetra Way,” authored by our CEO, Patrick Grady; it is impossible to overstate the importance of this document, and you should take it literally as you decide whether our mission, culture, and expectations are right for you.
Our core values are designed to guide our behaviors, actions, and decisions such that we operate as one. We are looking to add high-performance team members that authentically and unconditionally embrace our values:
- Transparency and Context - We trust our people will make the right decisions and overcome any challenges when given data and context.
- Trust and Collaboration - We believe there can only be trust when there is transparency. We are committed to always communicating openly and honestly.
- Fearlessness and Resilience - We proactively run toward challenges of all types. We embrace uncertainty and we take calculated risks.
- Alignment with Customers - We are completely committed to ensuring our customers and partners achieve their missions and treat them with respect and humility.
- Commitment to Craft - We are passionate missionaries. We sweat the details, as the small things enable the big things.
- Equality of Opportunity - We seek out the best of the best regardless of gender, ethnicity, race, or age; We seek out those who embody our common values but bring unique and invaluable perspectives, talents, and advantages.
What You Will Do
You will be leading the Scientific Data Engineering (SDE) Team and helping build Tetra Data and productizable solutions, which is the foundation of the Data Engineering layer. We are looking for a data engineer who is experienced, hands-on, and can also provide mentorship to junior team members. As a Senior Scientific Data Engineer, you should be comfortable leading internal design sessions and architecting solutions. You will work directly with Product Managers and Solution Architects to gather business and data design objectives, resulting in production-based solutions. As a Senior Scientific Data Engineer, you will be a team-focused leader, have excellent data engineering skills, supervise and collaborate on project executions, and have a high commitment to customer success by delivering mission-critical implementations.