Senior Data Engineer
About The Position
You will play a key role in shaping how data flows across Uncommon Schools, helping teams make better decisions that directly impact students and communities. As a Senior Data Engineer, you’ll design and build the systems that connect our applications and data warehouse, ensuring data is accurate, accessible, and reliable. You’ll partner closely with teams across Data, IT, and the organization to translate complex needs into scalable solutions. This is a highly collaborative role where your work will strengthen how we use data to drive outcomes and continuously improve how we operate.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience
- Experience building and maintaining data integrations in RESTful or SOAP environments
- Proficiency in at least one programming language such as Python, JavaScript, C#, or Java
- Strong experience writing and maintaining complex SQL queries
- Experience with data pipeline and workflow tools such as Apache Airflow
- Experience with data modeling tools such as dbt
- Familiarity with source control and continuous integration workflows
Nice To Haves
- Experience with data validation tools or frameworks
- Experience working with AI coding tools or assistants
- Experience designing scalable data architectures across multiple systems
Responsibilities
- Data Integration & Architecture
- Design end-to-end data pipelines and integrations aligned to organizational goals
- Build and maintain APIs to enable seamless data movement across systems
- Transform and connect data across applications and the data warehouse while maintaining data integrity
- Establish and implement standards for scalable, sustainable integration development
- Systems Maintenance & Support
- Provide advanced support for data integrations and partner with IT and Product teams to resolve issues
- Guide implementation of new integrations and support systems post-deployment
- Select and implement tools that support integration and data infrastructure needs
- Create training resources to support adoption of new systems and processes
- Stakeholder Partnership & Technical Leadership
- Partner with stakeholders to understand needs and translate them into technical solutions
- Communicate complex concepts clearly to support strong decision-making
- Mentor team members and support adoption of best practices and coding standards
- Identify new opportunities to connect and leverage data across systems
- Governance, Quality & Security
- Monitor integrations to ensure accuracy, reliability, and security
- Maintain documentation and a centralized view of data integrations
- Support development of governance frameworks for data management
- Contribute to long-term enterprise architecture planning and technical direction
Benefits
- Our people are what make us Uncommon. We offer competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits that support the personal health, wellness, and finances of our staff and their families. Our compensation philosophy values equity & fairness and attracting & retaining top talent.
- 19 days of paid time off
- 3 weeks of paid Winter and Summer org-wide holidays
- Comprehensive Health, Dental, and Vision insurance plans
- 403(b) retirement savings program + employer match
- Paid leave of absence options (parental, medical, disability, etc.)
- Mental health and counseling support + wellness benefits
- Pre-tax flexible spending, dependent care, and health saving accounts
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Number of Employees
501-1,000 employees
