As a Data Integration Specialist you will deliver secure, accurate, and efficient data connections that help educators discover each learner’s unique strengths and challenges. You will ensure seamless, high-quality integrations across Riverside’s assessment and data platforms, enabling schools and districts to grow the potential in every student through reliable and actionable information.
In this role you will partner with internal teams and external customers to execute integrations, resolve issues, and enhance data workflows across systems including DESSA, Data Manager, ESGI, and easyCBM.
Responsibilities- Establish and execute diverse data integrations with speed, precision, and strong customer focus.
- Troubleshoot, diagnose, and resolve integration issues with minimal supervision.
- Manage and transform large datasets using Excel; apply SQL or BigQuery skills where applicable.
- Communicate technical concepts clearly to non-technical users and deliver exceptional customer support.
- Ensure accurate data mapping, transformation, documentation, and quality validation.
- Prioritize multiple projects and consistently meet deadlines.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams and share knowledge to improve data processes.
- Identify and implement process improvements that enhance integration workflows and documentation.
- Provide training and support to internal and external partners to increase data literacy.
RequirementsMust-Have Qualifications
- Experience performing data integrations or similar data-focused technical work.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Excel (formulas, pivot tables, data cleaning).
- Ability to manage and interpret large datasets accurately.
- Strong communication skills and comfort explaining technical concepts to non-technical users.
- Ability to work independently with strong problem-solving and organizational skills.
- High attention to detail in data mapping, transformation, and documentation.
- Ability to manage multiple projects and meet deadlines consistently.
- Collaborative mindset and commitment to continuous learning.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with SQL or Google BigQuery.
- Familiarity with Student Information Systems (PowerSchool, Skyward, Infinite Campus).
- Experience with integration platforms such as Clever or ClassLink.
- Knowledge of APIs, SFTP, automation, or scripting for integrations.
Physical Requirements
- Remote
- Travel 1–2 times a year for off-site team meetings or conferences
- May require stationary positions (sitting or standing) for extended periods
Disclaimer
The above statements describe the general nature and level of the work performed by people assigned to this work. This list does not cover all possible duties, tasks, or responsibilities. Riverside Insights may amend or change responsibilities to meet the needs of the business and organization as necessary.
BenefitsWhy Join Our Team?
At Riverside Insights, achieving real results for students and educators is more than talk, it is what we do. As we grow, so will you, offering the chance to expand your skills on an ambitious, solution-focused team. Join us in making great work possible, where your well-being and dedication to making an impact go hand in hand. If you are ready for an ambitious, collaborative environment, Riverside is the place for you.
Benefits
- Medical, Dental, and Vision plans
- Company paid basic life and AD and D insurance
- Company paid long-term disability
- Paid Parental Leave
- Supplemental life insurance options
- Company paid Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Retirement plan with discretionary company matching
- Flexible Spending Account (FSA) and Health Savings Account (HSA) options
- Premium subscription to Calm for employee and dependents
- 33 days of company paid time off (PTO, Holidays, Wellness Days)
- Quarterly Focus Days
- Flexible work arrangements
- Tuition Reimbursement Program
- Company orientation and 30, 60, 90 Day Onboarding
Compensation
A reasonable estimate of the base compensation range for this position is $50,000 - $55,000 USD. This role is an hourly position. This compensation range is specific to the United States and it incorporates many factors including but not limited to an applicant's skills and prior relevant experience and training; licensures, degrees, and certifications; internal pay ranges; and market data/range parameters
Riverside Insights is an Equal-opportunity Employer
Riverside Insights provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.
Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion
Riverside Insights is committed to growing a diverse team that reflects the educators and students we serve and building an equitable and inclusive workplace for all.
Top Skills
What We Do
ssessments play a critical role in unlocking a person’s true potential. Actionable insights — derived from accurate, reliable and consistent data — create opportunities that help people thrive.
Through our proven portfolio of trusted and precise assessment solutions, Riverside Insights offers the clarity and perspective needed to create a meaningful impact at the state, district and individual levels. We're dedicated to creating and providing a broad range of high-quality, time-tested professional testing products and services as well as delivering meaningful information that can enhance the lives of children and adults.
At Riverside Insights, we are fueled by a powerful mission: to provide insights that help elevate potential. This stems from a core belief that every person should have the ability to understand their potential and be guided to the resources that enables them to realize that potential.
We aspire to enrich 1B lives globally by 2030 by providing insights born of research-based assessments to students, clinical patients, and employees/companies.
Elevating potential is what we do… and for over 80 years, developing and providing research-based assessments has been how we do it. Riverside is one of the preeminent and most longstanding assessment developers/publishers nationally.
Riverside is a “purpose-fueled, values-led” company that is aligned behind a “PeopleFirst” ethos and a set of 5 very important core values that guide who we work with, how we make decisions, and the standard that we hold ourselves to.
Riverside Insights strives for excellence. We recognize that we must have the best people, and the best people are drawn from the broadest pool of applicants. The people we need can be found only by looking across the full spectrum of race, color, religion, creed, sex, age, national origin, citizenship status, disability, qualified veteran status, genetic information, marital status, sexual orientation and gender identity.
