Data Engineer, Coursedog
$75-100k
OTE
$70-90k
BASE
+ Equity
Integrated academic operations platform
Job no longer available
Integrated academic operations platform
101-200 employees
Job no longer available
$75-100k
OTE
$70-90k
BASE
+ Equity
101-200 employees
Company mission
To break down barriers to student success.
Role
Who you are
- We’re looking for a curious, detail-oriented, and customer-focused Data Engineer to join our Data Systems team
- Data Integration: Experience with integrating data from various sources and ensuring data consistency and accuracy
- Process & Tools Used on the Job: Strong experience with API operations, SSO, User Provisioning, Github, Postman Collections
- Data Modeling: Ability to understand data models and practically apply this knowledge to customer projects, team playbooks and best practices for resilient service delivery
- Specific knowledge in Student Information System (SIS) data structures such as Ellucian Banner, Ellucian Colleague, Workday, Peoplesoft or others
- Programming Languages: Proficiency in object-oriented programming and scripting languages, with a preference for Java, Python and SQL
- ETL Processes: Strong understanding of ETL (Extract, Transform, Load) processes and tools
- Database Management: Experience working with relational databases (e.g., Oracle, PostgreSQL, SQL)
- Troubleshooting: Experience troubleshooting scenarios where data is synchronized across multiple systems, comparing data sets, reviewing logs, identifying and resolving issues
- Data Analysis: Strong analytical skills to interpret data and provide actionable insights
- Statistical Analysis: Knowledge of statistical methods and tools for data analysis
- Problem-Solving: Ability to identify problems and develop effective solutions
- Communication: Excellent verbal and written communication skills to collaborate with cross-functional teams
- Attention to Detail: High level of accuracy and attention to detail in data handling and analysis
- Time Management: Ability to manage multiple projects and meet deadlines efficiently
- Project Management: Understand and actively engage in ensuring the impact data engineers have in on-time, quality delivery of customer projects from inception to completion
- Documentation: Updating customer implementation documentation, methodology playbooks used for deployment steps and issue resolution steps
- Customer Centric Knowledge: Our customers are educational institutions, everyone in our company needs to be able to understand how our customers operate to be able to understand how our work impacts and delivers value
What the job involves
- This role is critical to how our customers succeed with Coursedog: you’ll own the technical onboarding experience, partnering directly with higher education institutions to integrate their Student Information System (SIS) data into our platform
- As a Data Engineer at Coursedog, you’ll operate at the intersection of data, systems, and people — designing and executing SIS integrations, troubleshooting complex data challenges, and ensuring our customers go live with confidence
- You’ll thrive in a fast-paced, high-ownership environment where technical excellence, clear communication, and customer empathy are equally important
- Run partner and client-facing conversations about technical integrations
- Call external APIs to perform data review, examine data structures for potential issues and manipulate CSV and JSON Data
- Work directly with clients to improve their experience and turn insights into actionable product feedback
- Be responsible for user acceptance testing
- Own all aspects of the client's technical onboarding experience from point of sales handoff through to maintenance
- Define new SIS integration architecture and methodologies
- Work with our Data Engineering Manager to improve our system integrations and own our go-lives
- Develop deep product knowledge; provide API integration expertise; understand the ins and outs of Higher Education; strong customer service skills; QA mindset; strong technical and oral communication
- Data quality/product improvements, improve time to integration, drive customer experience, raise NPS scores, improve our internal toolset
Application process
- Stage 1:
- Initial Phone Conversation
- Stage 2:
- Interview with the Hiring Manager
- Stage 3:
- Meet the Leadership Team
- Stage 4:
- Presentation
- Stage 5:
- Reference Check
Our take
In the US, many higher education students are not able to fulfil the classes they need to graduate in four years. This results in higher costs, which exacerbates issues surrounding equitable access. Coursedog has set out to solve this with an integrated academic operations platform that helps institutions maximize their efficiency.
Essentially, the company is combatting a scheduling problem. Its curriculum-mapping software helps institutions to make the right classes available for students to complete their courses. In turn, these students are empowered to graduate on schedule - reducing both frustration and cost.
Coursedog has partnered with over 400 higher education institutions, serving more than 3.3 million students in the process. Although there is some competition in the space, the company has a strong footing and established reputation that should support it to find continued success.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
-3% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Mar 2023
$90m
GROWTH EQUITY VC
Oct 2021
$17m
SERIES A
Total funding: $111.4m
Company benefits
- Time Off: We value work-life balance and provide a high amount of autonomy. In service of this, our Paid Time Off policy has no annual limit
- Remote-First: We value flexible working hours over set hours, results over number of hours, and asynchronous communication focused on transparency over need-to-know access
- Healthcare: We pay 99% of your medical, denal, and vision coverage and 75% of the premium for your spouse and/or dependents
- Equity: You'll be contributing to the team's success, so you deserve to share in it. Every employee on our team gets a meaningful equity allocation
- Retirement Plan: We offer a 401k plan on day one of your employment
- Parental Leave: To help support new parents in the workplace, we offer up to 10 weeks of paid parental leave
Company HQ
Midtown Manhattan, New York, NY
Leadership
Andrew Rosen
(CEO)Joined Coursedog as CEO in 2024. Prior to that, they were the CEO of Interfolio from Elsevier for over 8 years. They also spent time as the Senior Executive Vice President of MicroStrategy and as a General Manager of Education Technology Business at EAB.
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