Data Engineer

About the Role

We are looking for a skilled Data Engineer to join our team. In this position, you will build and maintain integrations, automate data workflows, and ensure data accuracy across educational platforms. Your work will support school operations and make a difference in education.

What You'll Be Doing

• Develop and maintain custom integrations and ETL processes between K-12 data and internal/external systems.
• Design, implement, and optimize data pipelines.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to understand data needs and deliver robust, scalable solutions.
• Maintain technical documentation for systems, data models, and processes.
• Monitor and troubleshoot data flow issues and respond to API changes.
• Participate in cross-functional projects related to school operations, enrollment, attendance, and performance data.
• Perform quality assurance (QA) on downstream data to ensure accuracy, consistency, and alignment with customer requirements.

What We're Looking For

• 4+ years of experience in a software engineering, data engineering, or SIS specialist role.
• Hands-on experience with Student Information Systems or other K-12 platforms, including APIs, data exports/imports, and plugin development.
• Strong skills in SQL, Python, and ETL/ELT tools.
• Experience working with RESTful APIs, SFTP, and other data exchange methods.
• Experience in working with educational data.
• Familiarity with data warehousing concepts.
• Experience with data quality assurance practices and tools, including validation and reconciliation of datasets.
• Strong attention to detail and ability to translate customer data requirements into technical specifications and QA checks.
• Ability to work independently in a fully remote position.

What We Offer

• Health & Wellness: Comprehensive medical benefits with employer contributions to premiums and HSA accounts. Additional benefits include pet insurance and free access to the Calm app to help you stay healthy.
• Work From Home: We are a fully remote company and provide a monthly tech stipend to support your work-from-home needs.
• Supporting ALL Families: Inclusive benefits to support you and your family, including parental leave, fertility support, and adoption assistance.
• Financial Wellbeing: Invest in your future with our 401(k) plan, which includes an employer match to help you build long-term financial security.
• Time Off: Flexible PTO, 10 company holidays, and a winter break from December 24th to January 1st.
• Professional Development: Newsela offers an annual learning and development allowance for external training sessions, classes, workshops, and conferences to support your growth.
• Make A Difference: Your work helps shape the future of education and improves the lives of students and teachers.

About Newsela

Newsela takes authentic, real-world content from trusted sources and makes it ready for K-12 classrooms. Each text is published at five reading levels, making content accessible to every learner. Over 3.3 million teachers and 40 million students have registered with Newsela for personalized, standards-aligned content. With over 15,000 texts on our platform and new texts published daily across 20+ genres, we enable educators to explore any subject in depth.

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