Data Engineer

For over 17 years, Catalist has been a leader in civic data and data science innovation. Our mission is to provide progressive organizations with the data, software, and services needed to better identify, understand, and communicate with the people they need to engage and mobilize. Our clients include the largest, most influential organizations in the U.S. active in civic engagement, advocacy, and political campaigns.

Catalist is home to a dedicated, creative team of technologists, data scientists, and campaign experts committed to using our talents and technology to nurture a vibrant and growing progressive community.

As a Data Engineer at Catalist, you will work closely with the Analytics and Technology departments to design, build, support, and maintain various data pipelines and processes with an end goal of providing data and intelligence to the progressive community. This role primarily involves translating data architecture designs into functional processes, code, and systems.

The ideal candidate will be a highly motivated individual with excellent technical skills, a strong desire to learn new skills, and an interest in progressive politics. Catalist values creativity and problem-solving. Our work is on the cutting edge of data-driven politics, and your support will help Democratic candidates and progressive organizations conduct successful advocacy and electoral campaigns.

This position reports to the Deputy Chief Data Officer. The Data Engineer is a part of a growing Data team that supports all underlying work at Catalist.

This position is included in our CWA bargaining unit.

Principle Duties & Responsibilities

• Develop scalable, production processes, code, and systems for data ingest, transformation, modeling, and reporting across a variety of platforms
• Translate mock-ups and designs into functional processes, code, and systems
• Create architecture designs when needed
• Provide quality assurance and testing on processes, code, systems, and products
• Become an internal subject matter expert on various datasets and support other Catalist departments/teams on usage of those datasets
• Execute ad-hoc data and database maintenance tasks as requiredProject manage cross-departmental efforts, with direct responsibility for stakeholder engagement, management, and execution of technical elements

Requirements

• BS or BA in a technical field, or relevant experience
• 1-2 years of experience working with SQL databases
• Experience with data cleaning or ETL processes
• Experience with distributed computing systems and/or distributed datastores (particularly the Hadoop ecosystem)
• Experience managing projects
• Familiarity with Catalist data, progressive politics, voter files, and/or commercial data
• Background check required

Preferred Skills & Abilities

• Willingness to be a problem solver and produce results in a fast paced environment
• Ability to be creative and personable, and articulate ideas clearly
• Experience working with SQL databases
• Proficiency with Python or another object-oriented programming language (R, Java, Scala, etc…)
• Experience working in cloud environments (AWS, GCP, etc.)
• Experience working in command line environments such as Bash
• Experience with a version control tool such as git or github

Benefits

Medical, Dental, Vision, Prescription Drug

Catalist offers Medical, Dental, Vision, and Prescription Drug coverage for eligible staff and their eligible dependents. Catalist’s Medical plan is a comprehensive PPO program including Prescription Drug coverage with 85% of the premium paid by Catalist. Dental and Vision coverage is provided at no cost to employees.

Group Term Life Insurance and Long-Term & Short-Term Disability Coverage

Group Term Life Insurance and Long-Term and Short-Term Disability coverage is available for eligible staff. These benefits are provided at no cost to Catalist employees.

401(k) Safe Harbor Plan

A 401(k) Safe Harbor Plan is available to eligible staff with a 3% contribution from Catalist from the date of hire. Employees may contribute pre-tax or post-tax from their salary up to the legal limits set forth by the IRS.

Medical and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs)

Catalist offers an FSA Program that gives eligible staff the ability to pay out-of-pocket medical/dental/vision/child care expenses from pre-tax earnings.

Transit Benefits

Catalist also makes available a Transit benefit FSA program to eligible employees using pre-tax contributions with a company match.

Professional Development and Remote Work Expenses

Eligible employees may be reimbursed up to $750 each year for professional development / education and remote work expenses.

Student Loan PayDown or SaveUp

Catalist offers a Student Loan PayDown and College SaveUp benefit for eligible staff.

Vacation, Personal Leave, Sick Leave Benefits

Catalist offers generous vacation benefits to all eligible staff. Eligible employees also receive:

- 14 Paid Holidays

- Personal Days

- Sick Leave

- Parental Leave

Hybrid Office/Remote Work

Certain positions at Catalist are eligible for Office/Remote Hybrid or full Remote status.