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Newsela
Actively Hiring
The best lessons start with the best content
  • B2B
  • Scale Stage
    Rapidly increasing operations
  • Top Investors
    This company has received a significant amount of investment from top investors
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Contractor: Lead Data Engineering Services

Posted: 1 month ago
Job Location
Remote • 
Argentina • 
Visa Sponsorship

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Everywhere
RelocationAllowed

About the job

Seeking to hire a Contractor based out of Mexico or Argentina for Lead-Level Data Engineering Services.

Scope of Services:

  • As a Contractor you will work alongside app developers and data stakeholders to create data system changes and to respond to data inquires
  • You will Lead initiatives and problem definition scoping, design, and planning through epics and blueprints.
  • With your deep domain knowledge and radiation of that knowledge you will develop documentation, technical presentation, discussion, and incident reviews.
  • You will build and maintain data pipelines and DAG tooling
  • You will establish and maintain a data catalog with business-related metadata

Skills & Experience:

  • Mastered proficiency in SQL, Python, and relational datastores (columnar and row databases)
  • Proficiency in building and maintaining data pipelines and DAG tooling (Dagster, Airflow, etc)
  • Advanced experience with event-based pipelines and CDC tooling
  • Advanced experience in managing large-scale data migrations in relational datastores
  • Advanced experience in optimizing SQL query performance
  • Advanced experience with data testing strategies to ensure resulting datastores are aligned with expected business logic
  • Experience with DBT orchestration and best practices
  • Experience with enabling monitoring, health checks and alerting on data systems and pipelines
  • Experience establishing and maintaining a data catalog with business-related metadata
  • Experience building tools and automation to run data infrastructure
  • Experience with writing and maintaining cloud-based infrastructure for data pipelines (AWS, GCP and Terraform) is a plus
  • Experience in document, graph or schema-less datastores is a plus

Please note that given the nature of the contract, this role will not be eligible to participate in company-sponsored benefits.

About the company

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Newsela

Actively Hiring
The best lessons start with the best content201-500 Employees
  • B2B
  • Scale Stage
    Rapidly increasing operations
  • Top Investors
    This company has received a significant amount of investment from top investors
  • Valuation $1B+
    This company has a valuation of $1B or more
  • 4.2
    Highly rated
    Newsela is highly rated on Glassdoor, with 4.2 out of 5 stars
  • 4.2
    Work / Life Balance
    Employees rate Newsela 4.2/5 on Glassdoor for work / life balance
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Funding

AMOUNT RAISED
$70.3M
FUNDED OVER
4 rounds
Rounds
C
$50,000,000
Series C - Mar 2019+3

Perks

One Medical Membership
Concierge primary care clinic and 24/7 virtual care, free for all full-time employees!
Health Insurance Benefits
Dental Insurance Benefits
Vision Insurance Benefits
Health
Access to the world’s leading medical experts for healthcare. Pets included!
401(k) Plan
Parental Leave & Return to Work Programs
Family
Generous time off for your most important job — maternity, paternity, and adoption.
Employee Equity
Flexible Work from Home Policy
Unlimited PTO
Time Off
Unlimited time to recharge.
Fully Stocked Kitchen
Newsela has a fully stocked kitchen including unlimited snacks, coffee, tea and all of the flavored seltzer you can handle. You might even be able to catch a Top Chef competition every now and then.
Wellness Perks & Discounts
We want everyone to take care of themselves (and have fun while doing so!). Employees have access to discounts on gym memberships, healthy meal prep subscriptions, workout classes, and more!
Wellness
Discounts and resources to stay healthy: mind, body, and soul.
Bike Share Programs
To help with your commute (and stay active during the warmer months), Newsela will fully cover your Citi Bike & Ford GoBike membership.
Commute
Save on trains (of course!), bikes (why not?), and airplanes (maybe one day).
NewselaU
Our company is focused on helping students learn. And we our own team to be able to continue learning too! All full-time employees get an annual stipend to use towards continued learning and professional development courses.
Learning
Continue your learning — on us!
Monthly Happy Hours
Our team loves to celebrate each other, especially when it comes to birthdays. We host monthly birthday happy hours in our office, and send out treats to our remote employees so they don't miss out on the fun!
Finance
Helping you tackle student debt and support for your personal finances.

Founders

Matthew Gross
Founder & CEO • 3 years
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Dan Cogan-Drew
Founder • 3 years
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