Data Solutions Engineer

Postgres
UNITED STATES
October 27, 2026
Full Time
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Job Description

Company: GovWell
Location: New York City, New York
Workplace Type: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full-time
Pay / Compensation: $130K – $240K

About the Role

GovWell is building an AI operating system to transform how governments serve communities by replacing legacy software for municipalities and counties. As a Data Solutions Engineer, you own the critical moment of data migration, turning messy, real-world legacy data (from Access, CSVs, etc.) into clean, trusted production data within GovWell.

What You’ll Do / Key Responsibilities

  • Own data migrations end-to-end, working with government staff to configure schema mappings and ingestion settings.
  • Be the gatekeeper for data quality, identifying gaps and inconsistencies in legacy data before production.
  • Be the technical face of onboarding, leading customer calls to explain data requirements and tradeoffs to non-technical staff.
  • Make the process better by using internal tools and playbooks to ensure migrations are predictable and repeatable.
  • Close the feedback loop with Product and Engineering, documenting recurring issues to drive platform evolution.

Requirements & Qualifications

  • Required 2-4 years of hands-on experience in data migrations, ETL/ELT, or a closely related role with messy, real-world production data.
  • Strong SQL proficiency used in practice for analysis, validation, reconciliation, and transformation work.
  • Demonstrated ability to work in a Python codebase day-to-day (reading, debugging, and shipping changes via PRs).
  • Experience translating ambiguous stakeholder requirements into concrete, testable migration/implementation plans.
  • Track record of operating in execution-heavy environments with high ownership and attention to correctness.

Preferred / Bonus Qualifications (if applicable)

  • Experience with workflow orchestration and pipeline operations (Airflow, Dagster, Prefect).
  • Experience with customer-facing implementation/onboarding work, explaining constraints to non-technical stakeholders.
  • Familiarity with geospatial data concepts or GIS tooling (e.g., ArcGIS).
  • Experience in B2B SaaS where data correctness materially impacts user workflows.

Benefits & Perks (if applicable)

  • Competitive base salary
  • Equity / stock options
  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance
  • 401(k) program

[Join a mission that matters: Building AI-powered products to fix outdated government systems to improve foundational relationships with government and ensure high-quality public services.]

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