Senior Data Engineer I

WHO WE ARE:

ActBlue is a nonprofit that builds tech and infrastructure for Democratic campaigns, progressive-aligned causes, and people trying to make an impact in order to fuel long-term, people-powered change. If you’ve ever given online to a Democrat or progressive organization, chances are you’ve used our powerful online fundraising platform.

We put power in the hands of small-dollar donors and help thousands of groups — from presidential candidates to environmental organizations — build grassroots movements. We envision a democracy where everyone looking to make progressive people-powered change can easily and effectively deploy their resources, energy, and creativity to shape our country and futures. Each and every one of us, from the political activists to the tech innovators to the customer service pros, is fully committed to our mission.

THE OPPORTUNITY: 

As a Data Engineer, you will improve on and implement new features for our data platform, enabling a wider range of platform users and use-cases.

WHAT YOU WILL DO:

• Implement and deliver complex, high-impact data platform projects, managing them through their full lifecycle with minimal guidance, and owning all stages from planning to execution.
• Work closely with application developers, database administrators, and data scientists to create robust infrastructure to support efficient, data-driven insights and user applications.
• Identify and understand end-user data needs, design solutions, and build scalable data pipelines that enable timely, informed decision making.
• Create data frameworks and services used by other engineers and data scientists, focusing on scalability and consistency across the data platform.
• Work within the data team to create, refine, and enhance data infrastructure and tooling, ensuring optimal performance, and maintainability.
• Collaborate with data scientists to advance our production-level Machine Learning platform, balancing model performance with practical implementation.
• Cultivate strong relationships with key stakeholders and engineering teams, using a solid understanding of the product domain to inform technical decisions and drive impactful work.
• Support supplementary projects as assigned, ensuring completion aligns with organizational goals, timelines, and standards.

WHAT YOU BRING:

• 3-5 years of experience in data engineering or related roles.
• Experience building, deploying, and running ML models in a production environment.
• Experience maintaining and deploying server-side web applications.
• A team player mentality. You keep the end user in mind and enjoy hearing feedback from your teammates, but you know when and how to defend your own ideas in a respectful manner.
• Comfort collaborating with a distributed team of many remote colleagues.
• An inclusive, generous working style. You like to mentor, collaborate with, and elevate your team by supporting your peers.
• Eagerness to learn and grow and to support your teammates’ learning and growth.
• An understanding of performance, scalability, and security concerns.

WHAT YOU'LL BE WORKING WITH:

• Our stack: Python, AWS Glue, Sagemaker, terraform, Redshift, dbt

LOCATION AND COMPENSATION: 

This posting is for a full-time, remote, salaried position. ATS is currently authorized to support remote work employees in Arizona, California, Connecticut, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Hampshire, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, Washington D.C. and Wisconsin.

This role requires availability during established, regular business hours (Mon-Fri) and is expected to be a part of an on-call rotation which will result in working nontraditional hours as needed.  

Travel may be required on a limited basis to attend all-staff and departmental retreats (1-2 times per year). Additional travel may be required for select positions. 

Employees can expect to work with distributed teams across all U.S. time zones. Our roles require extended technology usage, and proficiency with virtual communication tools such as Zoom and Slack. Regular attendance in virtual meetings is inherent to every position. 

Salary Range Details:

Salary Range: $157,791 - $170,499 - $183,207

ActBlue is committed to consistent compensation practices across our organization.  Final salary offers will take into account factors such as candidate experience, interview performance and current team salary parity. 

BENEFITS:

• Flexible work schedules and an unlimited time-off policy
• Fully paid and trans-inclusive health, dental, and vision insurance for employees and their families; plus fully-paid health reimbursement arrangement to use for out of pocket expenses and fully-paid short- and long-term disability 
• Fully paid basic and AD&D life insurance and a voluntary supplemental life insurance option
• Dependent and health care flexible spending account options
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) benefits for employees 
• Automatic 2% Employer-paid 401K contribution, plus up to an additional 6% match on employee contributions
• A minimum of three months paid medical, family and parental leave (for all new parents, adoptions included)
• Commuter or home-office benefits, including a $1,000 home-office setup allowance for all new full-time remote employees
• Additional perks including quarterly snack deliveries and digital subscriptions to the Boston Globe & New York Times

ActBlue is unable to sponsor work visas at this time.

Bargaining Unit position: The terms and conditions of this position are subject to a collective bargaining agreement with the Communications Workers of America, the exclusive bargaining agent of covered ActBlue Technical Services employees.

INCLUSION STATEMENT:

ActBlue is deeply committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity. We commit to retaining, developing, recruiting, and hiring a diverse staff community. We honor the dignity of all. We celebrate their unique qualities. And we recognize the wide range of human differences, backgrounds, and intersectional identities that enrich the workspace and help us better meet our mission. If you feel a connection to our mission and see your interests reflected in this job description we encourage you to apply - even if you don’t meet every requirement. 

ActBlue is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities throughout the interview and employment process, including using our online system to apply for a position. If you would like to request an accommodation, please contact us at [email protected] to get started.