Senior Data Visuals Developer

The Texas Tribune • Austin, TX

2d • $95,000 • Remote

About The Position

The Texas Tribune , the state’s go-to source for Texas politics and public policy news, is hiring a Senior Data Visuals Developer to build data tools to empower Texans and help them understand where they fit within the state's complicated political landscape. This position is part of the Tribune's award-winning data visuals department, an experimental R&D storytelling team living between product and editorial. This person will report to the Data Visuals Editor and can be based anywhere in Texas. The Tribune is headquartered in Austin, and we have journalists in cities across the state. The Senior Data Visuals Developer’s primary focus will be our statewide newsroom, with occasional collaborations with our new local newsrooms in Waco and Austin . The salary for this position is $95,000.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree and 8+ years of relevant experience OR equivalent combination of education and relevant experience
• Experience building and maintaining back-end and API workflows using tools such as Django
• Familiarity with JavaScript frameworks like React or Preact, charting libraries like D3 and other front-end tools in NPM
• Experience with basic spreadsheet tools and running data analysis using tools such as Python, SQL or R
• Experience creating clear and concise data visualizations and the journalistic skills to evaluate when a story needs a big lift or could benefit from simplicity
• Show an interest in leadership and be comfortable representing the data visuals team in editorial and product meetings when needed.
• Experience or desire to experiment with AI tools, both internally to help streamline workflows and externally to help us reach and serve more Texans.
• A collaborative spirit and the ability to work with rigor while knowing that you are still learning and growing.

Nice To Haves

• Visual design skills are a plus, but not required.

Responsibilities

• Use data to create personalized tools designed to make the political process clear and accessible to Texans.
• Maintain the Django API that powers our election tools and optimizing this process in collaboration with our in-house engineering team.
• Experiment with how and where we publish election information, including with AI.
• Become a Texas campaign finance expert and help produce impactful reporting on powerful politicians and donors .
• Find creative ways to use data to cover Texas’ congressional delegation and biennial legislative sessions.
• Report on other topics such as immigration enforcement , unreported hate crimes , and Texas’ affordable housing and water crises.
• Strategize about how to provide information on local elections for our audiences in Austin and Waco .

Benefits

• Medical, vision and dental insurance
• Monthly cellphone stipend
• 20 days of paid time off each year
• 12 paid holidays
• Up to 16 weeks of paid family leave, plus four weeks of additional job protection
• Annual 401(k) match
• Support for professional training and career development
• Remote working flexibility

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level