Senior Data Engineer

ReadWorks (YC-backed nonprofit - Imagine K12 F'14)

Position: Senior Data Engineer
Location: REMOTE (US Only)
Employment Type: Contract (up to 20hrs/week)
Salary: $70-110/hr

Building data infrastructure to support 11M+ students and teachers learning to read. We're a nonprofit education platform providing free, research-based literacy resources to K-12 classrooms nationwide, with deep focus on under-resourced communities.

The role:
Design and maintain ETL pipelines, ensure data quality across our warehouse and reporting stack, build data infrastructure that powers educational insights for millions.

Stack: SQL, Redshift, AWS (S3, DynamoDB, EC2, Firehose), Python, Linux. Bonus: Django, Elasticsearch, Kibana, Redis, Ruby, Node.js

We value: Mandatory testing, maintainable code, operational consistency (CI/CD, infrastructure as code, rigorous monitoring)

Impact: Your work directly supports teachers and students in under-resourced communities. 20+ years of proven results in engaging students and strengthening literacy instruction.

Apply: Email your details (CV/Resume, Cover Letter, or any other info we should know about you) to engineering at readworks.org