Staff/Principal Data Engineer (NARA)

Skylight

90d • $90,000 - $230,000

About The Position

At Skylight, data engineers work closely with product managers, researchers, designers, engineers, and data scientists to design ways to ingest, optimize, synthesize, and analyze data to help users make informed decisions. They build software and infrastructure to process data from a variety of sources and store it in a way that supports analytical and other needs of end users.

Requirements

• Ability to write clean, working, and reusable code
• Can produce high-quality code by adhering to good practices such as automated testing
• Possess a foundational understanding of data engineering, including how to use various datastores to handle persistent data in software systems
• Familiar with modern data engineering, including techniques for cleaning and preprocessing data from a variety of sources
• Ability to preserve privacy and security when processing and analyzing data
• Can clearly communicate your data, models, and findings to technical and non-technical audiences
• Ability to use the appropriate visualization tools to highlight actionable insights, trends, and recommendations from data
• Ability to work successfully within a professional services environment (e.g., can communicate effectively with clients)
• A passion for creating better public outcomes through great government services
• A mindset and work approach that aligns with our core values
• Ability to travel for work from time to time

Nice To Haves

• Prior experience working in the civic tech space
• Experience working in a remote-team environment

Responsibilities

• Use a variety of data processing tools, languages and libraries to ingest, transform, and enrich data
• Work with a variety of data processing and storage infrastructure while optimizing for both performance and cost
• Analyze data for trends and patterns, developing actionable insights that drive business goals and objectives
• Write readable, reusable, and performant code to ensure the performance and reliability of data extraction and processing
• Preserve privacy, security, and integrity through the entire data life cycle
• Engage with stakeholders to identify opportunities for data-driven impact
• Collaborate with others as part of a cross-functional team that includes user experience researchers and designers, product managers, engineers, and other functional specialists

Benefits

• Medical insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance
• Short-term and long-term disability insurance
• Life and AD&D insurance
• Dependent care FSA, healthcare FSA, health savings account
• Dollar-for-dollar 401(k) match up to 10% of your salary with no vesting period
• Flexible paid-time-off policy (generally around 25 days per year), plus 11 paid federal holidays
• Up to 12 weeks paid-time-off for all eligible new birth, adoption, or foster parents
• Performance rewards, including annual salary increase, annual performance bonus, spot bonuses, and stock options
• Business development / sales bonuses
• Referral bonuses
• Annual $2,000 allowance for professional development
• Annual $750 allowance for tech-related purchases
• Annual swag budget of $100 to display your Skylight pride with some merchandise (hoodies, hats, and more)
• Dollar-for-dollar charity donation matching, up to $500 per year
• Flexible, remote-friendly work environment
• An environment that empowers you to unleash your superpowers for public good

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Number of Employees: 51-100 employees