Data Engineer
About The Position
We are seeking a skilled Data Engineer to join our dynamic team. In this role, you will be responsible for building and maintaining integrations, automating data workflows, and ensuring data accuracy and availability across educational platforms. You’ll play a key role in supporting school operations. Newsela is a leading education technology company dedicated to meaningful classroom learning for every student. We deliver integrated, AI-powered solutions designed to unlock student engagement, empower teachers, and drive meaningful learning outcomes. Our suite of products supports knowledge and skill development, writing practice, daily instruction, assessment, and data-informed decision-making across K–12 classrooms. Grounded in learning science research, Newsela’s solutions integrate content, assessment, and analytics to help educators track progress, understand student outcomes, and deliver high-impact instruction that supports every learner.
Requirements
- 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.
Responsibilities
- 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.
Benefits
- Comprehensive medical benefits with employer contribution to premiums and to HSA accounts.
- Gym reimbursement
- Pet insurance
- Free access to the Calm app
- Rocket Lawyer
- Monthly tech stipend
- Parental leave
- Fertility support
- Adoption assistance
- 401(k) plan with employer match
- Flexible PTO
- Paid sick time off
- Company holidays
- Winter break (Dec 24th - Jan 1st)
- Annual learning and development allowance
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
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