Senior Agentic Data Engineer (IC3)

ClassLink; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid Time Off: 4+ weeks

13+ paid holidays

Parental Leave: 12 weeks

401(k) with company match

Comprehensive health coverage

Life and disability insurance

Volunteer Time Off

Tuition reimbursement

Career growth programs

Annual company retreats

Job summary

ClassLink is seeking a Senior Agentic Data Engineer (IC3) to lead the design and evolution of scalable data platforms, cloud-native services, and AI-enabled data capabilities across products and analytics.

The role reports across Product, Engineering, Security, Infrastructure, and Analytics, with responsibilities in architecture reviews, standards, and mentoring. This is a remote position with quarterly in-person strategy meetings.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in CS/IS/related field.
• 5+ years of progressive experience in data engineering, backend software engineering, or cloud-native platform development.
• Advanced proficiency in Python and modern software engineering practices.
• Experience with SQLAlchemy ORM, Alembic migrations, PostgreSQL, and relational design.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development of complex data platforms and cloud-native data services.
• Establish engineering best practices for AI-assisted development, data quality, observability, testing, security, and reliability.
• Evaluate emerging data technologies and guide technical adoption across teams.
• Mentor Data Engineers through coaching, reviews, and knowledge sharing.

Skills

Python

SQLAlchemy ORM

Alembic migrations

PostgreSQL

REST APIs

ETL/ELT pipelines

AWS

Terraform

CI/CD

Observability

DevOps practices

AI-assisted development

Leadership

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Snowflake

Kubernetes

Terraform

Job description

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At ClassLink, we believe learning should be accessible, engaging, and empowering for every student, every educator, everywhere. That’s why we build secure, intuitive tools that empower more than 26 million students and educators worldwide. From simplifying access with single sign-on, to advancing equity with usage analytics, to automating secure rostering, our platform helps schools focus on what matters most: teaching and learning.

We’re not just building tools, we’re building what’s next in education. By removing barriers and enabling data-driven decisions, our solutions help educators lead with confidence and students thrive in and out of the classroom every day.

Our team is driven by purpose and grounded in three core values:

• Strive to Grow - always learning, improving, and innovating.
• Deliver Worthwhile Experiences - for our users, our partners, and each other.
• Contribute with Heart - putting people first in everything we do.

These values shape how we work, innovate, and support the communities we serve. If you’re ready to do work that makes a real difference, and grow alongside a team that values collaboration, support, and continuous improvement. ClassLink is the place for you.

ClassLinkisseeking a Senior Agentic Data Engineer (IC3) who will lead the design and evolution of scalable data platforms, cloud-native services, and AI-enabled data capabilities that support ClassLink’s products, analytics, and technology strategy. This role designs enterprise data architectures, establishes engineering best practices, and delivers secure, reliable, high-performing data solutions, integrations, and reusable frameworks. Working across Product, Engineering, Security, Infrastructure, and Analytics, the Senior Data Engineer guides technical decisions, conducts architecture and code reviews, and mentors other engineers. Success requires deep expertise in data engineering, cloud-native platforms, distributed systems, data governance, and technical leadership.

Responsibilities:

AI-Enabled Data Engineering & Technical Excellence

• Lead the development of complex data platforms, cloud-native data services, enterprise integrations, and scalable data pipelines across multiple products and systems.
• Establish engineering best practices for AI-assisted development, data engineering, data quality, observability, testing, security, and software reliability.
• Evaluate emerging data technologies, AI-enabled engineering capabilities, and cloud services while guiding technical adoption across engineering teams.
• Champion AI-assisted engineering tools, intelligent automation, and modern data engineering practices that improve developer productivity, data quality, and engineering effectiveness.

Accountability & Results

• Design scalable data architectures that balance maintainability, security, performance, scalability, reliability, and business objectives.
• Lead technical implementation for complex data engineering initiatives while guiding engineering teams through architectural decisions and implementation tradeoffs.
• Design and optimize multi-tenant data platforms, REST APIs, ETL/ELT pipelines, event-driven data integrations, data warehouse solutions, and cloud-native data services.
• Ensure data engineering solutions meet established standards for data quality, governance, testing, operational readiness, security, and compliance.

Operational Excellence & Continuous Improvement

• Drive improvements in data engineering automation, developer productivity, platform reliability, data quality, and delivery efficiency.
• Develop reusable frameworks, data engineering standards, technical documentation, reference architectures, and tooling that benefit multiple engineering teams.
• Identify systemic data engineering challenges and implement long-term improvements that strengthen platform scalability, operational resilience, and engineering effectiveness.
• Optimize AWS-based data platforms through automation, monitoring, observability, cost optimization, and performance tuning.
• Partner with Product Management, Software Engineering, Architecture, Infrastructure, Quality Engineering, DevEx, and other technical leaders to align data solutions with product strategy and organizational priorities.
• Lead technical discussions, architecture reviews, cross-team engineering initiatives, and enterprise data integration efforts.
• Mentor Data Engineers through technical coaching, design reviews, code reviews, and knowledge sharing while promoting engineering excellence.
• Influence engineering decisions by promoting modern data architecture, cloud-native engineering practices, data governance, and operational excellence.

This role is remote with quarterly in-person strategy meetings.

NOTE: This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive. Employees may be asked to perform other related duties as negotiated to meet the ongoing needs of the organization.

Requirements

Required Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Data Engineering, Software Engineering, Information Technology, or a related field, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• 5+ years of progressive experience in data engineering, backend software engineering, or cloud-native platform development.
• Advanced proficiency in Python and modern software engineering practices, including object-oriented programming, asynchronous programming, type hinting, and application architecture.
• Expert experience with SQLAlchemy ORM, Alembic migrations, PostgreSQL, relational database design, and query optimization.
• Demonstrated experience designing scalable REST APIs, distributed systems, enterprise data pipelines, and cloud-native applications.
• Strong experience designing and implementing ETL/ELT pipelines, data integration solutions, and enterprise data platforms.
• Expertise with AWS services, cloud-native architectures, Infrastructure as Code (Terraform or equivalent), CI/CD pipelines, observability, automation, and DevOps practices.
• Experience using AI-assisted software development tools and modern engineering practices to improve software quality, developer productivity, and data engineering efficiency.
• Proven ability to lead complex technical initiatives, drive architectural decisions, and balance technical tradeoffs with business objectives.
• Strong analytical, systems-thinking, and problem-solving skills with the ability to resolve complex technical challenges.
• Excellent communication, collaboration, and technical mentoring skills with experience influencing engineering teams and cross-functional stakeholders.

Requested Education:

• Experience leading enterprise-scale data platform or cloud modernization initiatives across multiple teams.
• Deep expertise with Snowflake, modern data warehouses, lakehouse architectures, or large-scale analytics platforms.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code, Kubernetes, container orchestration, platform engineering, or Site Reliability Engineering practices.
• Experience establishing engineering standards, reusable frameworks, shared developer tooling, or data governance practices.
• Experience with AI-assisted development, intelligent automation, machine learning pipelines, or AI-enabled data engineering.
• AWS certifications, Snowflake certifications, or other cloud and data engineering certifications.
• Experience contributing to enterprise architecture, technology strategy, or organizational engineering initiatives.
• Experience designing data platforms that support large language models (LLMs), vector databases, Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), semantic search, or AI-powered applications.

This role is remote with quarterly in-person strategy meetings.

• Generous Paid Time Off: 4+ weeks of vacation and 13+ paid holidays
• Parental Leave: 12 weeks fully paid for all parents
• Retirement: 401(k) with 0.5:1 company match
• Comprehensive Health Coverage: Medical, dental, and vision plans
• Insurance: Company-paid life, short-term disability, and long-term disability, plus voluntary options including supplemental life, accident, and pet insurance
• Volunteer Time Off: Give back through ClassLink Cares paid volunteer days
• Lifelong Learning: Tuition reimbursement for continued education
• Growth & Development: Coaching and internal programs to support career and personal growth
• Supportive Culture: A workplace that values curiosity, compassion, and continuous learning
• Connection & Community: Annual company retreats and team events with bright, fun coworkers

At ClassLink, we believe the best ideas come from bringing together diverse perspectives. We are committed to building a team that reflects the diversity of the communities we serve and fostering a workplace where every team member feels valued, respected, and empowered to grow.

ClassLink is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We welcome candidates of all identities, backgrounds, and experiences, and we do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected characteristic.

ClassLink is powered by passionate people dedicated to improving learning in classrooms everywhere. We do this by creating and delivering great products and having fun along the way. Learn more about us at www.classlink.com .