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At Cognito, we are developing therapies designed to promote dignity, clarity, and coherence in the lives they touch. \nCognito is a neurotechnology company developing a new therapeutic approach to cognitive and neurological health, designed to work with the brain's own activity and biology. Born from pioneering neuroscience research at MIT, Cognito brings together neuroscience, engineering, medicine and technology to translate breakthroughs in brain science into practical therapies designed for everyday life. \nOur first therapeutic application, Spectris AD, is an investigational, prescription, at-home therapy for Alzheimer's disease. With our pivotal HOPE study now complete, Cognito is entering an important new phase as we advance Spectris AD toward regulatory review, prepare for potential commercialization and continue exploring the broader potential of our science across neurological health. \nWe are building an interdisciplinary team united by a shared purpose: protecting and progressing the human ability to think, learn and remember. For innovators who want to work at the intersection of breakthrough science, technology and human health, Cognito offers the chance to help shape what comes next.\nAbout the Job\nCognito is building a Security, Privacy, and IT organization from the ground up under the SVP of Security, Privacy, and IT, structured across three functions. The Data Platform Engineer is the hands-on technical role reporting directly to the IT Director's ownership of Cognito's data lake initiative. You'll build the cloud infrastructure, ingestion pipelines, and lakehouse architecture that bring together device, clinical, and business data into a single trusted platform - and then make that platform usable, both through a traditional analytics interface and through LLM chatbot interface.\nResponsibilities\nCloud Data Infrastructure & Ingestion\nDesign and build the cloud infrastructure - compute, storage, and networking - underpinning Cognito's data platform, partnering with the IT Director on architecture and technology choices.\n\nBuild ingest points and pipelines that reliably bring data in from multiple sources - device and telemetry data, clinical and research data, and core business systems - into the central platform at scale.\n\nData Standardization & Interoperability\nHelp solve the technical challenges of getting disparate datasets to “speak the same language” - designing common data models, schemas, and data contracts so device, clinical, and business data can be joined and reasoned about together.\n\nEstablish data quality and validation checks at ingestion so downstream users and systems can trust the data.\n\nData Lakehouse Architecture\nOwn the technical setup of the data lakehouse - storage layout, table formats, partitioning, and compute engine configuration - balancing cost, performance, and ease of access.\n\nBuild pipeline reliability and observability practices - monitoring, alerting, and data quality checks - into the platform from the start.\n\nEstablish de-identification of data, ensuring proper handling of all Personally Identifiable and Protected Health Information\n\nAnalytics Platform Enablement\nStand up the analytics layer on top of the lakehouse - a semantic/metrics layer, curated data marts, and the infrastructure needed for self-serve analytics.\n\nPartner with business, clinical, and data science stakeholders to understand their analytics needs and translate them into platform capabilities.\n\nData Output & Access - BI and AI Interfaces\nSet up and support a traditional BI interface (dashboards and reporting) so business stakeholders can access insights without needing to write queries themselves.\n\nBuild, or lead the technical integration of, an internal chatbot.\n\nSecurity, Governance & Cross-Functional Partnership\nEnsure access controls, encryption, and data governance are built into the platform from the start, not bolted on later.\n\nDocument platform architecture and operational runbooks so the platform can scale as the team grows.\n\nQualifications\nBachelors degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or Information Systems with 5+ years building data platforms or data pipelines, including hands-on cloud infrastructure experience (e.g., AWS, Azure, or GCP) provisioning ingestion, storage, and compute for data workloads.\n\nExperience designing and building data ingestion pipelines from multiple heterogeneous sources into a central platform.\n\nExperience with data modeling or schema standardization work that makes disparate datasets interoperable (e.g., common data models, data contracts, or master data management).\n\nHands-on experience building a data lakehouse architecture (e.g., Delta Lake, Apache Iceberg, or a similar table format), including storage layout, partitioning, and query performance.\n\nExperience standing up or supporting a BI/analytics layer (e.g., dashboards, a semantic layer, or self-serve analytics tooling).\n\nStrong SQL and data engineering fundamentals - ETL/ELT, orchestration, and data quality practices.\n\nExperience building or integrating an LLM-powered chatbot or natural-language interface over structured, unstructured, or analytical data.\n\nPreferred\nExperience with healthcare, clinical trial, or biosignal/medical device data specifically.\n\nExperience building data platforms in a regulated environment (HIPAA, and eventually SOC 2/HITRUST).\n\nFamiliarity with data governance or data cataloging tools and data quality frameworks.\n\nExperience partnering with data science or ML teams on productionizing analytics or AI features.\n\nOther\nRemote (USA) position; flexibility required during peak periods, which may include supporting critical infrastructure work outside normal business hours as needed.\n\nCompetitive Benefits\nTaking care of our own is one of our highest priorities. That’s why we offer benefits including unlimited PTO, wellness perks, virtual medical support, and health, dental, and vision insurance.\nPhysical Requirements & Work Environment\nThis role is primarily performed in an office or home-office setting. Essential physical requirements include the ability to work at a computer for extended periods, communicating effectively in written and verbal formats, and participate in video and in-person meetings.\nOccasional travel to partner sites may be required. For remote roles, occasional travel to Cognito’s Cambridge, MA office may also be required.\nCognito Therapeutics is committed to providing reasonable accommodation for qualified individuals with disabilities throughout the application and hiring process. If you require accommodation, please contact us at .\nCognito Therapeutics is an Equal Opportunity Employer. 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