Senior Data Engineer

We’re looking for a Senior Data Engineer to join our team! The Senior Data Engineer III will be the key resource responsible for developing and maintaining DSPolitical’s reporting stack including our ingestion pipelines, data warehouse architecture, and visualization tools as well as bespoke report generation and delivery. This role will also be responsible for managing several other data services and data operations workflows including our voter file instance.  

Who Are We?

DSPolitical pioneers the best integration of data and technology to persuade audiences and deliver wins for Democratic and progressive candidates, causes, and issues with the most efficient and effective digital advertising campaigns in politics and issue advocacy.

As a digital media agency, DSPolitical doesn’t just offer solutions -- we create them. Our award-winning team works hand-in-hand to develop and deploy leading-edge solutions, uniquely crafted to reach the audiences our clients need to be successful in both the public affairs and political arenas.

DSPolitical works hard to provide our clients with innovative solutions based on the diverse perspectives of our team. To that end, we’re committed to recruiting team members from a wide range of backgrounds and experiences. 

DSPolitical is an equal-opportunity employer. We encourage applicants of all races, colors, gender identities, religions, ages, sexual orientations, national and ethnic origins, disabilities, marital status, veteran status, and all backgrounds. DSPolitical job offers are contingent on the results of a background check.

We’re always looking for exceptional people to join our team. If this sounds like you, please apply!

Essential Functions, Duties, and Responsibilities

• Designs and implements system architectures for a growing reporting platform and other data services.
• Maintains our reporting pipelines and other automations
• Builds internal and external dashboards and analytics views
• Maintains Redshift instance and associated web services for operational use in our web applications
• Provides guidance on how to effectively use our data for both analytics and operations, working with other departments to understand their needs and design solutions.
• Manages entire projects with minimal oversight, and works to improve technical project management processes. 
• Anticipates potential challenges, possible solutions and communicates these to colleagues. 
• Meets internal and external deadlines, providing additional support as needed. 
• Demonstrates awareness of schedules related to their own work tasks. 
• Successfully manages single tasks and demonstrates ability to manage multiple tasks in tandem.

• This position may supervise 1 - 2 direct reports.
• Provide clear direction, set expectations, and foster a positive and collaborative team culture.
• Motivate and support team members to enhance productivity and job satisfaction.
• Conduct regular performance reviews, providing constructive feedback and setting development goals.

Minimum Qualifications & Skill Requirement

• 6+ years of professional experience in data engineering
• Strong commitment to collaboration and mentorship
• Expertise in SQL 
• Expertise in database design and performance issues.
• Experience in a scripting language like Python or Node.
• Strong understanding of the nuances of running production services including observability and alerting.
• Strong commitment to understanding business needs and translating those into technical systems
• Strong experience working in a highly collaborative environment. 
• Ability to effectively organize technical work in collaboration with other stakeholders.
• Preferred:
  • Experience working in Snowflake and AWS
  • Experience with data visualization platforms such as Tableau

DSPolitical is proud to offer: 

• The base salary is $120,000 - $130,000 annually depending upon factors including, but not limited to, experience, skill level, education and location.
• Open leave (paid time off)
• Paid Leave for new parents
• Health insurance (including dental and vision)
• Flex Spending Plan
• Employee Assistance Program
• 401K with company matching
• Student Loan Repayment Program
• Professional development opportunities
• Rewards and recognition programs
• Mobile phone & internet reimbursement and much more!

Office Hours

This position is based in Washington, DC however, we are open to remote work in other states. We will be working on a hybrid basis with many team members working entirely from home. Work hours are consistently 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday - Friday, with the expectation that evening and weekend work will be required as necessary.

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