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# Senior Data Engineer at Buyers Edge Platform, LLC

- **Company:** Buyers Edge Platform, LLC
- **Location:** Remote
- **Work type:** remote
- **Posted:** 2026-09-01
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-07
- **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/buyersedgeplatformrecruiting/jobs/4729736005

## Job description

As a Senior Data Engineer, you will take a lead technical role on our core data platform: designing schemas, building and maintaining ETL/ELT pipelines, and shaping the data models that support our products, analytics, and reporting. You will work closely with the Lead Software Engineer to shape technical direction, partnering with teams across the Buyer's Edge Platform product ecosystem on governance, security, and long-term architecture, establishing and holding the team accountable to data standards.

Who are we?

A Minnesota-based company, RealTime Solutions® thrives on proactively addressing foodservice trends, pitfalls, and opportunities, always staying one step ahead. By seamlessly merging data intelligence with marketing finesse, we create campaigns and tactics that are not just reactive but rooted in insightful strategy. As a Buyers Edge Platform brand, our deep foodservice expertise and data-rich analytics set us apart, allowing us not only to identify growth opportunities for Fortune 500 food manufacturers, but also craft bold strategies and tactics that redefine their success in foodservice.

This role remotely based. We are unable to offer work sponsorship for this role.

Your impact:

- Platform Ownership: Own the primary relational database platform, including schema design, performance tuning, stored procedures, and lifecycle management for Realtime Solution SQL Server databases and technologies.
- Pipeline Development: Architect, build, and maintain ETL/ELT data pipelines that serve as the backbone of the organization's data infrastructure.
- Data Modeling: Design data models and schemas that serve multiple application and reporting layers.
- Data Contracts: Define and enforce data contracts between source systems and downstream consumers.
- Security & Compliance: Implement solutions that follow data governance and security compliance best practices, including PII handling, role-based access controls, audit logging, and encryption at rest/in transit.
- Disaster Recovery: Own or contribute to disaster recovery, backup strategy, and restore procedures for the data platform.
- Release Management: Manage schema change deployments across environments (dev to staging to prod), including migration scripts and release coordination.
- Documentation: Maintain comprehensive documentation, including data dictionaries, pipeline runbooks, architecture diagrams, and data flow maps.
- Continuous Improvement: Evaluate and recommend tools, frameworks, and technologies to improve the data platform.
- Technical Mentorship: Mentor and guide junior engineers and analysts on data engineering best practices, SQL proficiency, and pipeline design.
- Growth & Development: Foster a growth environment by supporting skill development through code reviews, pair programming, and knowledge sharing.
- Engineering Standards: Champion engineering standards and help elevate the team's overall technical capability.

About you:

- SQL Mastery: Expert-level proficiency in relational databases, including complex stored procedures, query optimization, indexing strategies, and execution plan analysis.
- Pipeline Architecture: Experience designing end-to-end data flows, orchestration, scheduling, error handling, and recovery patterns.
- Data Modeling: Strong experience in data modeling, documenting data lineage, and metadata management.
- Scripting: Proficiency in a scripting language (Python, JavaScript, or similar) for pipeline tooling and automation.
- Data Quality: Ability to implement validation, reconciliation, and monitoring at pipeline boundaries.
- Communication: Strong communication skills with the ability to translate data issues into business impact and partner with analysts and product teams.
- Version Control: Git-based workflows, PR-based development, versioned schema migrations.
- Self-Direction: Ability to work independently with minimal oversight, driving projects from requirements through delivery.
- Experience: 5+ years of data engineering experience, including relational databases, APIs, batch/streaming patterns, and cloud data platforms.
- Data Modeling: 3+ years of experience in data modeling, documenting data lineage and metadata.
- Stored Procedures: Demonstrated experience building and maintaining complex stored procedures in a production environment.
- Orchestration: 3+ years of experience with pipeline orchestration or scheduling tools (SSIS, Airflow, Databricks, or similar).
- Education: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field, or 5+ years equivalent software engineering experience.
- AI-Enabled Data Patterns: Knowledge of embeddings, vector databases, document chunking, semantic retrieval, and knowledge base creation.
- Enterprise Data Platforms (Snowflake, Redshift, Databricks): Pipeline development, ontology building, and maintenance.

Don’t meet every requirement mentioned here? Studies have shown that women, communities of color and historically underrepresented talent are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At Buyers Edge Platform and our subsidiary brands, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace. So, if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we strongly encourage you to apply. You may be just the right candidate for this position or others with us!

What's in this for you?

- Great benefits from day one. We offer medical, dental, vision, FSA, company-paid life insurance, and more—plus a 401(k) with company match.
- Grow with us. Enjoy strong training, development, and competitive pay.
- Work-life balance. Our flexible PTO policy lets you take time when you need it—no accrual required

We welcome all.

We are committed to creating a diverse environment and are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to actual or perceived race, color, creed, religion, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, sex or gender (including pregnancy, childbirth and pregnancy-related conditions), gender identity or expression (including transgender status), sexual orientation, marital status, military service and veteran status, physical or mental disability, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local laws and ordinances.

## About Buyers Edge Platform, LLC

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Buyers Edge Platform operates a digital procurement network that uses data, software, and supply chain expertise to help foodservice operators, distributors, and manufacturers reduce costs and improve efficiency.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Growth Stage; raised $1.145B total)
- **Headquarters**: Waltham, Massachusetts, United States
- **Founded**: 1998
- **Founders**: John Davie (CEO)

## Core Business
- **Primary industry/industries**: Foodservice technology, supply chain management, data analytics, group purchasing
- **Target customers**: B2B – Independent restaurants (56k+), foodservice operators (200k+ active locations), distributors, and manufacturers
- **Mission or purpose statement**: To drive better economic outcomes for foodservice stakeholders by unifying the supply chain through data and technology.

## Products & Services
- **Digital Procurement Network**: A platform that connects operators, distributors, and manufacturers to unlock data, reduce costs, and power smarter supply chain decisions.
- **Software Suite**: Purpose-built tools for foodservice operators to track spend, manage inventory, verify pricing, control food costs, and optimize profitability.
- **GPO (Group Purchasing Organization) Contracts**: 350+ manufacturer contracts allowing operators to reduce costs on food, disposables, uniforms, pest control, and more without changing products or processes.
- **Supply Chain Intelligence**: Data and AI engines that process billions of dollars of purchasing data to provide actionable insights and targeted opportunities for manufacturers and distributors.
- **Field-to-Fork Solutions**: Programs to stabilize prices, ensure food safety, and gain full transparency into produce, meat, dairy, and seafood supply chains.
- **Four Divisions**: The company operates four divisions that each handle different aspects of procurement, savings, and supply chain visibility.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly disclosed (private company)
- **Key Metric**: Total Funding – $1.145B raised; $100B+ in network transactions; 200k+ operator locations; 1,100+ employees
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Not fully listed in search results, but the company has raised significant capital (latest round: $130M Line of Credit ~2 years ago) and has 350+ manufacturer contracts.
- **Growth Signals**: Exponential growth since 2013; 1,100+ employees across 17 unique companies; 171 million purchases analyzed daily; carbon neutral as of 2020 with a pledge for Net Zero emissions by 2040.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Largest purchasing data set in foodservice**: The company processes billions of dollars of purchasing data, giving it unmatched visibility into foodservice supply chains.
- **Integrated ecosystem**: Combines GPO contracts, software, data analytics, and supply chain expertise into one platform, creating a moat that is difficult for point-solution competitors to replicate.
- **Scale and network effects**: With 200k+ operator locations and 350+ manufacturer contracts, the network grows more valuable as more participants join.
- **20+ years of industry expertise**: Founded in 1998, the company has deep, long-standing relationships across the foodservice industry.

## Strategic Focus
- **Technology and AI**: The company is leaning heavily into technology and AI engines to automate procurement, analyze purchasing data, and deliver actionable insights.
- **Carbon neutrality and sustainability**: Pledged Net Zero emissions by 2040, with science-based targets validated by the Science Based Targets Initiative.
- **Expansion and integration**: Growing through acquisitions (17 unique companies under the platform) and building out its "hub city" model (started in Boston).
- **Continued growth**: In an "exciting period of exponential growth since 2013," the company is focused on adding value to the restaurant industry and expanding its network.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Emphasis on work-life balance, starting from the leadership team. The company values diversity, inclusion, and unique perspectives. Described as having an "amazing office culture" with social, collaborative, and energizing spaces.
- **Remote/Hybrid/Office**: Flexible – some roles are listed as "remotely based" (e.g., DevOps Engineer), while the company also has office locations (Waltham, MA) with collaborative spaces.
- **Benefits**: Comprehensive health coverage, generous retirement match, flexible PTO, and internal opportunities for growth.
- **Engineering culture**: Technology is "the soul of this company," with teams of developers, data scientists, and analysts working on AI and data-driven products. Employees work on projects across the enterprise, offering variety and collaboration.
- **Growth opportunities**: The company is rapidly expanding (1,100+ employees) and offers endless opportunities for personal and professional growth.

## Sources
1. [Buyers Edge Platform – Official Website](https://buyersedgeplatform.com/)
2. [Buyers Edge Platform – About / Who We Are](https://buyersedgeplatform.com/about/who-we-are/)
3. [Buyers Edge Platform – Careers](https://buyersedgeplatform.com/about/careers/)
4. [Buyers Edge Platform – Job Board](https://buyersedgeplatform.com/about/careers/job-board/)
5. [CB Insights – Buyers Edge Platform Profile](https://www.cbinsights.com/company/buyers-edge-platform)

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