Data Engineer, Newsela
$120-130k
+ Incentive stock options
Online platform for education content
Open for applications
Online platform for education content
201-500 employees
Open for applications
$120-130k
+ Incentive stock options
201-500 employees
Company mission
To provide meaningful classroom learning for every student.
Role
Who you are
- 4+ years of experience in a software engineering, data engineering, or SIS specialist role
- Hands-on experience with Student Information Systems or other K-12 platforms, including APIs, data exports/imports, and plugin development
- Strong skills in SQL, Python, and ETL/ELT tools
- Experience working with RESTful APIs, SFTP, and other data exchange methods
- Experience in working with educational data
- Familiarity with data warehousing concepts
- Experience with data quality assurance practices and tools, including validation and reconciliation of datasets
- Strong attention to detail and ability to translate customer data requirements into technical specifications and QA checks
- Ability to work independently in a fully remote position
What the job involves
- We are seeking a skilled Data Engineer to join our dynamic team. In this role, you will be responsible for building and maintaining integrations, automating data workflows, and ensuring data accuracy and availability across educational platforms. You’ll play a key role in supporting school operations
- Develop and maintain custom integrations and ETL processes between K-12 data and internal/external systems
- Design, implement, and optimize data pipelines
- Collaborate with stakeholders to understand data needs and deliver robust, scalable solutions
- Maintain technical documentation for systems, data models, and processes
- Monitor and troubleshoot data flow issues and respond to API changes
- Participate in cross-functional projects related to school operations, enrollment, attendance, and performance data
- Perform quality assurance (QA) on downstream data to ensure accuracy, consistency, and alignment with customer requirements
Our take
While textbooks have been standard issue in classrooms for centuries, digital instructional materials are now more prevalent. Newsela offers a learning platform that curates and rewrites news articles, historical speeches, and scientific papers to help accelerate learning.
The platform is available in both English and Spanish and includes quizzes, exercises, and writing prompts to help engage students at any level. Millions of teachers and K-12 students use the platform, which has proved extremely popular so far.
In 2021, the company reached unicorn status. Since then, research has shown that Newsela is 70% more effective at promoting reading skills compared to an average summer reading program. This demonstrates the value it brings to the space, and places it well for continued expansion and innovation.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
16% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
Feb 2021
$100m
SERIES D
Mar 2019
$50m
SERIES C
Total funding: $172.2m
Company benefits
- Healthcare (pets included)
- Continue your learning - on us!
- Discounts and resources to stay healthy
- Commuter savings (trains/bikes)
- Generous time off for your most important job — maternity, paternity, and adoption
- Unlimited time Off
Company HQ
Theater District, New York, NY
Leadership
Dan Cogan-Drew
(Co-Founder & Chief Academic Officer)A qualified teacher with extensive and varied experience. Recent roles include Director of Programs at EDUCATION CONNECTION and Director of Digital Learning at Achievement First Public Charter Schools.
Matthew Gross
(Co-Founder & Director)Former CEO of the company. Co-founded and was CEO at Grouper Education. Was also a Board Member at New Classrooms, Executive Director at Regents Research Fund and VP at PENCIL.
Pep Carrera
(CEO)Board Member at Follett Higher Education. Was CEO at Nearpod, President at ProQuest, and President and COO at VitalSource Technologies.
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