Cloud Data Engineer, Specialist

Stride, Inc.; Virginia (MN); Remote; USD 66,000 - 171,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as a Cloud Data Engineer, Specialist, where you will develop and maintain scalable data integrations for online K-12 learning. This role involves collaborating with a remote team, mentoring engineers, and working with business stakeholders to automate critical processes. With a focus on AWS cloud services and Python development, you'll drive data solutions that empower education across the nation. If you're passionate about technology and education, this is an exciting opportunity to make a significant impact in the field of online learning.

Benefits

Health Benefits

Retirement Contributions

Paid Time Off

Bonus Eligibility

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent training required.
• 5+ years of experience with AWS cloud services and Python development.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop data integration solutions as a technical lead.
• Mentor team members and ensure best practices in data integration.

Skills

Python Development

AWS Cloud Services

SQL

APIs

Event-based Architecture

Software Development Best Practices

DevOps Practices

Agile Methodologies

Communication Skills

Microsoft Office Suite

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science

Tools

AWS Lambda

AWS EC2

AWS S3

Snowflake

Job description

Job Title: Cloud Data Engineer, Specialist

Location: US - VA - Remote

Job Type: Full time

Posted on: Posted 3 Days Ago

Job Requisition ID: JR106202

Job Description

SUMMARY: The Cloud Data Engineer, Specialist at Stride develops and maintains robust and scalable integrations and data pipelines that connect our core systems and drive critical automations for online K-12 learning and school management. This role will be part of a collaborative remote team mentoring engineers while partnering with analysts, architects, and business stakeholders to develop reliable and modular data flows and integrations on an agile cycle that automate core business needs at scale and empower online education for students across the United States.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties.

• Design data integration solutions acting as the technical lead of a small development pod made up of 2-3 developers, guiding other engineers on best practices, and resolving development blockers if they arise.
• Develop modular data integrations following an event-based architecture, partnering with data analysts and architects to understand and meet development requirements for each use-case.
• Develop robust unit testing on developed code and drive integration, end-to-end, and performance testing to ensure each data integration is reliable, scalable, and meets business needs before deployment.
• Drive developed integrations through a CI/CD process to validate, test, and deploy reliable solutions for production use.
• Communicate and demo developed data integration solutions and progress with stakeholders in bi-weekly sprint reviews to drive transparency and collaboration between teams.
• Maintain deployed data integrations, monitoring for any issues and resolving as they arise.
• Mentor and support team members by providing guidance, sharing knowledge, and fostering a collaborative environment to enhance their professional growth and development.

Supervisory Responsibilities: This position has no formal supervisory responsibilities.

MINIMUM REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or equivalent training;
• Five (5) years of relevant professional experience working with, building, and/or managing AWS cloud services including AWS Lambda, Step Functions, DMS, Kinesis, S3, RDS, Glue, EC2, CloudWatch, CloudFormation or equivalent Azure/GCP services;
• Proficiency in Python development;
• Proficiency in using SQL and APIs to automate interactions with various data stores and systems;
• Familiarity with pub/sub event-based architecture and ETL data pipeline patterns with an ability to determine which is appropriate for what use-cases;
• Demonstrated experience with software development best practices including developing robust unit, integration, functional, and performance tests;
• Demonstrated experience following enterprise-grade DevOps practices including version control branching and release management, CI/CD pipelines;
• Demonstrated success in working with a highly collaborative and agile remote development team;
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills;
• Proficiency in the Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Word, PowerPoint and SharePoint);
• Ability to travel up to 10% of the time;
• Ability to clear required background check.

Certificates and Licenses: None required.

DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Experience in education and/or educational technology industries;
• Experience developing pub/sub event-based architectures, data streaming, data integration, and batch data pipelines;
• Experience working with various data storage types including relational databases, object storage, graph databases, data warehouses;
• Experience with Snowflake or equivalent data warehousing and services;
• AWS or Azure cloud certifications.

WORK ENVIRONMENT: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• This position is virtual and open to residents of the 50 states, D.C.

Compensation & Benefits: Stride, Inc. considers a person’s education, experience, and qualifications, as well as the position’s work location, expected quality and quantity of work, required travel (if any), external market and internal value when determining a new employee’s salary level. Salaries will differ based on these factors, the position’s level and expected contribution, and the employee’s benefits elections. Offers will typically be in the bottom half of the range.

• We anticipate the salary range to be $66,379- $170,037.60. The upper end of this range is not likely to be offered, as an individual’s compensation can vary based on several factors. These factors include, but are not limited to, geographic location, experience, training, education, and local market conditions. Eligible employees may receive a bonus. Stride offers a robust benefits package for eligible employees that can include health benefits, retirement contributions, and paid time off.

The above job is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of duties and standards of the position. Incumbents will follow any other instructions, and perform any other related duties, as assigned by their supervisor. All employment is “at-will” as governed by the law of the state where the employee works. It is further understood that the “at-will” nature of employment is one aspect of employment that cannot be changed except in writing and signed by an authorized officer.

About Us:

For more than 20 years, Stride, Inc. has transformed the teaching and learning experience for millions of people by providing innovative, high-quality, tech-enabled education solutions, curriculum, and programs. Stride serves learners of all ages in all 50 states and more than 100 countries.

At Stride, learning is essential. It is the foundation of the human experience and we are proud of our commitment to powering learning, no matter what stage of life you are in. For more than 20 years, we’ve worked to challenge the idea of one-size-fits-all education and provide personalized, online, lifelong learning at every step of the journey. Above all else, we believe in serving the communities we live in and creating space for all voices therein.