Data Engineer

TrulyHired; United States; Remote; USD 100,000 - 121,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Tech stipend

Fully remote

Job summary

Newsela, a leading education technology company, is seeking a Data Engineer to build and maintain integrations, automate data workflows, and ensure data accuracy across educational platforms. You’ll support school operations and collaborate with stakeholders to deliver scalable data solutions.

The role emphasizes working with K-12 data, APIs, and data warehousing concepts, with a fully remote setup and a compensation package including stock options and benefits.

Qualifications

• 4+ years in software engineering, data engineering, or SIS specialist role.
• Hands-on experience with Student Information Systems or K-12 platforms, including APIs and data exports/imports.
• Strong SQL, Python, and ETL/ELT tool skills.
• Experience with RESTful APIs, SFTP, and other data exchange methods.
• Experience with educational data and data warehousing concepts.
• Data quality assurance practices and tooling, including dataset validation and reconciliation.
• Detail-oriented and able to translate customer data requirements into technical specs and QA checks.
• Ability to work independently in a fully remote position.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain integrations and ETL processes between K-12 data and systems.
• Design, implement, and optimize data pipelines.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to deliver robust, scalable data solutions.
• Maintain technical documentation for data models and processes.
• Monitor data flow and respond to API changes.
• Contribute to cross-functional projects on school operations and data.
• Perform QA on downstream data to ensure accuracy and alignment with customer requirements.

Skills

SQL

Python

ETL/ELT tools

RESTful APIs

Data quality assurance

Tools

SFTP

Job description

Data Engineer Full Description

The Role:

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. Youll play a key role in supporting school operations.

What You’ll Be Doing:

• 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.

About You:

• 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.

Why youll love working at Newsela:

• Health & Wellness: Comprehensive medical benefits with employer contribution to premiums and to HSA accounts. Additional benefits such as gym reimbursement, pet insurance, free access to the Calm app, Rocket Lawyer and more to help you stay healthy: mind, body, and soul.
• Work From Home: We are a fully remote company. We provide a monthly tech stipend to support your WFH needs!
• Supporting ALL Families: Inclusive benefits to support you and your family, including parental leave, fertility support, adoption, and more!
• Financial Wellbeing: Invest in your future with our 401(k) plan, which includes a employer match to help you build long-term financial security.
• Time Off: Flexible PTO, paid sick time off, company holidays plus winter break (Dec 24th - Jan 1st).
• Professional Development:Newsela offers an annual learning and development allowance to employees to attend external training sessions, classes, workshops, conferences, and educational materials to foster professional growth within their current role and career aspirations at Newsela.
• Make A Difference: No matter your role or department, the work you do each day helps share the future of education and improves the lives of students and teachers.

About Newsela:

Newsela is a leading education technology company dedicated to meaningful classroom learning for every student. We deliver integrated, AI‑powered solutions designed to unlock student engagement, empower teachers, and drive meaningful learning outcomes. Our suite of products supports knowledge and skill development, writing practice, daily instruction, assessment, and data‑informed decision‑making across K12 classrooms. Grounded in learning science research, Newselas solutions integrate content, assessment, and analytics to help educators track progress, understand student outcomes, and deliver high‑impact instruction that supports every learner.

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Final compensation will be determined based on the candidates individual skills, qualifications, and experience. Total compensation for this role also includes incentive stock options and benefits.

Base Compensation Range

$100,000-$120,800 USD