Senior Data Engineer
Company: Renaissance Services
Location: Anchorage
Posted on: April 25, 2024
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Job Description:
At Nearpod, we believe teaching is the most important job in the
world. Every day, we reach students through our learning platforms
on Nearpod.com and Flocabulary.com. We have diverse backgrounds,
but a shared goal of putting teachers and students first in
everything that we do. We have won numerous awards including EdTech
Digest's 2018 Company of the Year.
Recently, we were acquired by Renaissance to support the shared
mission of accelerating learning for all. We're looking for people
with a lot of hustle, a lot of empathy, and a desire to do
something meaningful. We've adopted a remote-first culture, and our
diverse team is based across the US.
Nearpod is a classroom engagement tool at the center of solving one
of the world's largest challenges. Our platform enables teachers to
keep learning effective and fun. Teachers are empowered to engage
and assess students with in-lesson activities, whether it be
virtual or in the classroom. We are proud of the enormous impact we
are having on the world of education, while experiencing the
business success that goes with it.
Position Overview: We are seeking a mature data engineer to join
our core platform team. You can expect to introduce new coding
patterns, features, and work to reduce complexity of data ownership
for our many teams. As an integral part of our growing team, you
will have an impact on technology choices, architecture, and the
capabilities of our platform. You will influence our development
philosophy and practices while continuing to scale Nearpod. You'll
work closely with product managers to develop innovative solutions
that enable great classroom learning experiences.
At Nearpod, we value teamwork and pragmatism. You'll find success
here if:
You enjoy writing high quality code and know your job is not just
about shipping. You are excited to contribute your ideas to the
broader team in order to build great products and great teams.
You know some problems require introducing new technology.
You also understand that the foundation of any great product is
proven and well-understood solutions.
Our Ideal Candidate will:
Craft fault-tolerant data pipelines and distributed systems to
support millions of students.
Have experience developing backend services that leverage
relational databases (MySQL), non-relational datastores, message
queuing and/or cloud infrastructure.
Partner with your peer engineers and product owners on getting new
features and products to market.
Evolve data ownership and fluency across our teams, allowing us to
bring new insights to customers easily and cost-effectively.
Develop and improve internal services, scripts, and tools that will
be utilized by our teams.
Ensure that timely, accurate data and metrics are delivered
consistently.
Take pride and ownership in producing high quality software,
including appropriate test coverage and ability to troubleshoot
production issues.
Advanced level SQL coding abilities
Significant professional experience in ETL / ELT using cloud-based
databases at scale, such as MySQL, Postgres, BigQuery, Redshift,
and/or Snowflake
Experience designing, coding, and supporting enterprise-scale ETL /
ELT pipelines that balance efficiency and intuitive usage.
Experience architecting data warehouses, data lakes, and data
meshes that are organized, performant, and easy to use.
Effective communicator who collaborates well with distributed
engineering, product, and design teams.
Experience mentoring fellow team members and demonstrating how to
stay proficient with new technologies, methodologies, and
frameworks.
Bonus Points For:
Understanding K-12 education data
Experience with the tools we use, like AWS (including Glue and
Lambda), Redshift, Data Build Tool (DBT), Snowflake, and Docker -
plus experience with tools we don't use, but should, and the wisdom
to know when to recommend them
Enjoy working in a 100% remote environment - we have engineers
across the US, as well as remote teams in Latin America.
About You:
Architecture: You are adept at working with your team to craft a
scalable and resilient design. From technology selection to data
model, to service design, you can deliver a solution to problems
while acknowledging constraints.
Software Delivery: We partner closely with our Product and Design
teams, so you will have a role in the entire product lifecycle from
ideation through deployment. We iterate and learn through agile,
lean and continuous delivery practices.
Technical Leadership: You are the technical lead for projects. You
are comfortable guiding and collaborating with the team to deliver
successful shipments together.
Salary Range: $100,000-$140,000. This range is based on national
market data and may vary by experience and location.
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO
guidelines.
Benefits:
World Class Health Benefits: Medical, Prescription, Dental, Vision,
Telehealth
Health Savings and Flexible Spending Accounts
401(k) and Roth 401(k) with company match
Paid Vacation and Sick Time Off
12 Paid Holidays
Parental Leave (20 total weeks with 14 weeks paid) & Milk Stork
program
Tuition Reimbursement
Life & Disability Insurance
Well-being and Employee Assistance Programs
Frequently cited statistics show that some women, underrepresented
individuals, protected veterans and individuals with disabilities
may only apply to roles if they meet 100% of the qualifications. At
Renaissance, we encourage all applications! Roles evolve over time,
especially with innovation, and you may be just the person we need
for the future!
EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER
Renaissance is an equal opportunity employer and does not
discriminate with respect to any term, condition or privilege of
employment based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation,
gender identity or expression, age, disability, military or veteran
status, marital status, or status of an individual in any group or
class protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.
REASONABLE ACCOMMODATIONS
Renaissance also provides reasonable accommodations for qualified
individuals with disabilities in accordance with the Americans with
Disabilities Act and applicable state and local laws. If
accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or
interview process, please contact Talent Acquisition
(TATeam@renlearnCRM.onmicrosoft.com) .
EMPLOYMENT AUTHORIZATION
Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the
United States. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of
an employment Visa at this time.
For information about Renaissance, visit:
https://www.renaissance.com/
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