newsela
Data Engineer
At a Glance
- Location
- US
- Work Regime
- remote
- Experience
- 4+ years
- Posted
- 2026-02-17T18:36:54-05:00
Key Requirements
Required Skills
Domain Knowledge
- Education
- Engineering
- Finance
- Insurance
- Medical
Requirements
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.
Responsibilities
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. You’ll play a key role in supporting school operations.
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.
About the Company
Newsela takes authentic, real world content from trusted sources and makes it instruction ready for K-12 classrooms. Each text is published at five reading levels, so content is accessible to every learner. Today, over 3.3 million teachers and 40 million students have registered with Newsela for content that's personalized to student interests, accessible to everyone, aligned to instructional standards, and attached to activities and reporting that hold teachers accountable for instruction and students accountable for their work. With over 15,000 texts on our platform and multiple new texts published every day across 20+ genres, Newsela enables educators to go deep on any subject they choose.
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Final compensation will be determined based on the candidate’s individual skills, qualifications, and experience. Total compensation for this role also includes incentive stock options and benefits.
Base Compensation Range
$101,455
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