Forward Deployed Engineer – Migration

gaiia

Forward Deployed Engineer migrating telecom customer data onto gaiia’s operating system for communications service providers. Owning discovery, technical execution, cutover, and stabilization.

Posted 8/5/2026full-timeRemote • 🇨🇦 CanadaMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in data migration processes, including discovery, assessment, and execution, while effectively communicating with both technical and non-technical stakeholders. Proficient in SQL and TypeScript/JavaScript, with a strong understanding of ETL fundamentals and experience with legacy systems.

Highest-signal resume keywords

SQL SkillsTypeScript/JavaScript (Node) SkillsETL FundamentalsCustomer-Facing ImplementationOSS/BSS Familiarity

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Hard Skills

SQLTypeScriptJavaScriptETLData MappingData ValidationData TransformationMigration PlanningCutover StrategiesData Reconciliation

Soft Skills

Excellent CommunicationDecision-MakingStakeholder Management

Tools & Technologies

APIsData Migration Tooling

Certifications & Qualifications

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer ScienceBachelor’s Degree in Information Systems

Industry Keywords

OSSBSSTelecomBillingCRMLegacy Systems

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

ETLJavaScriptNode.jsSQLTypeScript

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Conduct discovery sessions to understand customers’ legacy environments, source systems, data models, and OSS/BSS layers
Assess and design migration approaches, documenting scope, data mappings, constraints, and cutover strategies
Help customers and internal stakeholders understand migration trade-offs and priorities
Explore unfamiliar source systems and extract data via SQL, APIs, manual exports, and backups
Transform data into gaiia’s standard format using declarative mapping files
Load and validate data against target schemas, reconcile results, and import data
Plan and run cutovers, including delta migrations, downtime considerations, and rollback
Monitor production data and resolve discrepancies after go-live
Own migration relationships end-to-end from discovery through post-cutover stabilization
Build repeatable processes and reusable assets such as templates, mapping rules, and playbooks
Act as a subject matter expert for internal teams on customer data and migration considerations
Partner with Product and Engineering to influence the migration tooling roadmap
Contribute engineering improvements to migration tooling

Requirements

What you’ll need

4–6+ years of experience spanning customer-facing implementation/solutioning and hands-on data or software engineering
Strong SQL skills
Strong TypeScript/JavaScript (Node) skills
Strong command of ETL fundamentals, including staging, repeatable/idempotent loads, full versus incremental loads, validation, and reconciliation
Track record owning technical projects with external stakeholders, including scope, timelines, and expectations
Experience with messy, poorly documented legacy systems
Familiarity with OSS/BSS, telecom, or billing/CRM data models, or ability to ramp quickly on unfamiliar domain models
Excellent communication across technical and non-technical audiences, including clients
Comfortable making decisions on technical and customer trade-offs
Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field such as Computer Science or Information Systems, or equivalent practical experience
Ability to travel occasionally in the US for key customer engagements and go-lives

Benefits

Comp & perks

Competitive pay
Flexible vacations
Attractive stock options
25 days of vacation
Stock Options Plan
Group Insurance
Telemedicine
Life Spending Account
GRSP
Flexible working hours
All-remote work
Accessible technologies
Accommodations during the application process for disabilities