Huron Consulting Group

Data Platform Engineer (Associate)

Huron Consulting Group$100K — $130K *
Information Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 3+ years of software engineering experience, with 1 year in integration or platform work
  • Proficiency in at least one backend language for data-intensive systems (Python, Go, Java, etc.)
  • Hands-on experience with AWS cloud platforms including compute and managed services
  • Experience in building and operating data pipelines (ETL/ELT)
  • Familiarity with AI-assisted development tools in a professional setting
  • Strong written communication skills for documentation

Responsibilities

  • Audit existing analytics applications to assess technology choices and integration points
  • Design and implement integration patterns (APIs, event streams, shared data contracts)
  • Evaluate tradeoffs for platform components while documenting rationale
  • Build and maintain shared platform services such as authentication and logging
  • Understand existing data pipelines and their dependencies
  • Design a unified presentation layer for data across environments
  • Deploy and manage platform services on cloud infrastructure

Benefits

  • Flexible remote-first or hybrid work environment
  • Opportunity to shape the organization's technical direction through integration and platform patterns
  • Participation in annual incentive compensation programs
  • Access to medical, dental, and vision coverage
  • Involvement in wellness programs
Full Job Description
We are looking for a Platform Integration Engineer to join our engineering team and take on one of our most strategically important challenges: unifying a diverse ecosystem of analytics applications under a coherent, scalable technology platform. Our analytics landscape has grown organically across multiple teams and products. The result is a collection of powerful but siloed tools - each with its own technology stack, data contracts, and deployment patterns. You will be the connective tissue that brings these applications together, making pragmatic decisions about when to consolidate and when to preserve the right tool for the right job. This role is for an engineer who is energized by ambiguity, skilled at reading distributed systems, and opinionated (but flexible) about platform design. You will work directly with engineering leads and data teams, and you will be empowered to use AI-assisted development tools as a first-class part of your workflow. What You'll Do Platform Unification & Integration 3 Audit existing analytics applications to understand their underlying technology choices, data flows, and integration points 3 Design and implement integration patterns (APIs, event streams, shared data contracts) that allow siloed applications to interoperate without unnecessary rewrites 3 Evaluate build vs. consolidate vs. federate tradeoffs for components across the platform, documenting your rationale and driving alignment 3 Build and maintain shared platform services - authentication, observability, configuration management, logging - that reduce duplication across applications Data Pipeline & ETL Engineering 3 Develop a deep understanding of existing data pipelines owned by distributed teams - including their data sources, transformation logic, and dependencies 3 Design and build a unified presentation layer that surfaces data from heterogeneous compute environments - including large-scale distributed systems (e.g., Spark) and traditional relational databases - in a consistent, accessible way 3 Partner with domain teams who have the deepest knowledge of their own data - acting as an integration architect and collaborator rather than a centralized pipeline owner; identify unification opportunities but defer to domain expertise on data semantics and processing logic Cloud Infrastructure 3 Deploy and manage platform services on cloud infrastructure (AWS preferred; Azure/GCP experience a plus) 3 Contribute to infrastructure-as-code practices using tools such as Terraform, CDK, or Pulumi 3 Collaborate with DevOps/SRE to define deployment pipelines and reliability standards for integration services 3 Construct evidence-based business cases for cloud feature adoption - translating technical requirements into business value, risk reduction, and compliance language that resonates with IT governance and procurement stakeholders What We're Looking For Required Qualifications 3 3+ years of software engineering experience, with at least 1 years focused on integration, platform, or infrastructure work 3 Proficiency in at least one backend language commonly used in data-intensive systems (Python, Go, Java, or similar); proficiency in two or more languages strongly preferred 3 Hands-on experience with cloud platforms (AWS strongly preferred) including compute, storage, networking, and managed services 3 Experience building and operating data pipelines (ETL/ELT), including schema management and data quality monitoring 3 Working experience with AI-assisted development tooling in a professional engineering context 3 Strong written communication skills - able to produce clear architecture decision records (ADRs), runbooks, and design documents Preferred Qualifications 3 Experience evaluating and rationalizing heterogeneous technology stacks - i.e., inheriting systems you didn't design and making them work together 3 Familiarity with analytics or ML platform tooling (e.g., Airflow, dbt, MLflow, Spark, or SaaS equivalents) 3 Experience with API gateway management, service mesh, or distributed tracing tooling 3 Background working with both structured (SQL) and semi-structured (JSON, Parquet, Avro) data at scale How You Work We care as much about how you think as what you've built. The ideal candidate for this role: 3 Is pragmatic over dogmatic - you reach for the right solution given real constraints, not the theoretically perfect one 3 Communicates tradeoffs clearly to both technical peers and non-technical stakeholders 3 Is comfortable making a recommendation and defending it, but genuinely updates when presented with better information 3 Brings structure to ambiguous problems - you can walk into a complex legacy system and produce a clear map of what's there 3 Understands that "don't touch what works" and "build it right" are often both correct answers, depending on context 3 Takes ownership of quality and reliability - you care about what happens after you ship What We Offer 3 Competitive base salary commensurate with experience 3 Flexible remote-first or hybrid work environment 3 Opportunity to define integration and platform patterns that will shape the organization's technical direction The estimated base salary for this job is $100,000 - $130,000 USD. The range represents a good faith estimate of the range that Huron reasonably expects to pay for this job at the time of the job posting. The actual salary paid to an individual will vary based on multiple factors, including but not limited to specific skills or certifications, years of experience, market changes, and required travel. This job is also eligible to participate in Huron's annual incentive compensation program, which reflects Huron's pay for performance philosophy. Inclusive of annual incentive compensation opportunity, the total estimated compensation range for this job is $112,000 - $153,400 USD. The job is also eligible to participate in Huron's benefit plans which include medical, dental and vision coverage and other wellness programs. The salary range information provided is in accordance with applicable state and local laws regarding salary transparency that are currently in effect and may be implemented in the future. #LI-CL1 #LI-Remote Position Level Associate Country United States of America

About Huron Consulting Group

Huron Consulting Group is a global management consulting firm offering services to the healthcare, higher education, life sciences, and commercial sectors. The company provides consulting, technology, and analytics solutions to drive operational and financial performance. Huron Consulting Group was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. The company is publicly traded on the NASDAQ stock exchange under the ticker symbol HURN.
Learn more about Huron Consulting Group
Size
4,609 employees
Market Cap
$1.4 billion
Industry
Net Income
-$23.8 million
Founded
2018
5 Year Trend
+3%
Revenue
$871 million
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