Data Engineer II

About BlueLabs

BlueLabs is a leading provider of analytics services and technology dedicated to helping our partners do the most good with their data. Our team of analysts, scientists, engineers, and strategists hail from diverse backgrounds yet share a passion for using data to solve the world’s greatest social and analytical challenges. Since our inception we’ve worked with more than 400 organizations ranging from government agencies, advocacy groups, unions, political campaigns, and international groups. In addition, we service an ever-expanding portfolio of commercial clients in the automotive, travel, CPG, entertainment, healthcare, media, and telecom industries. Along the way, we’ve developed some of the most innovative tools available in analytics, media optimization, reporting, and influencer outreach.

About the team:

The BlueLabs Civic Technology practice revolutionizes the way government agencies use data to streamline operations, interact with citizens, and react to their biggest challenges. Our team develops deep expertise within the areas our clients care about most, then builds data analytics systems that create impact at scale. We work closely with internal government innovation groups, and build on the analytics methodology pioneered in e-commerce, advocacy, politics, and consumer finance.

You will work on a fast-paced, impact-driven project team charged with intelligently improving the operations powering the policies and programs that Americans interact with on a daily basis. Our work builds the frameworks and infrastructure that allows agencies to deal with big public health challenges. We bring definition to challenging problems, creatively identify data sources, then design analytics that accurately measure impact and move the needle every day. We work in changing, ambiguous environments, so we embrace nuance, inclusivity, and complexity to deliver programs that work for the diverse groups of individuals who rely on us.

About the role:

As a Data Engineer II, you will play a critical role in our data roadmap, in support of our work for Healthcare.gov. The Data Engineer II will work with complex and nuanced data pipelines and will be responsible for the continuous development, review, and documentation of data wrangling and pipeline solutions. You should have experience working in a rapid development team in which you were responsible for significant contributions to client data pipeline solutions.

In this position you will:

• Develop, test, and operationalize the data pipelines that power our analytics

• Create and maintain data models that optimize data storage and access across our analytics and business intelligence platforms

• Implement and utilize Airflow to manage data transformations and maintain data lineage

• Provide visibility into data transformations by designing and implementing data tests throughout existing pipelines

• Extract business logic (ETL/ELT, metrics, metadata) from current data systems into portable cloud-agnostic layers

• Analyze, build, and deploy data models, including relational models for data warehousing

• Plan and maintain data architectures that are aligned with business requirements

• Produce scalable, replicable code and engineering solutions that help automate repetitive data management tasks

• Work closely with data analysts to understand, identify and effectively respond to their specific needs

• Work as part of a team to maintain a well documented, consistent codebase

What we are seeking:

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Data Science, or a related technical field

• 5+ years of work experience in data engineering or related field

• Proficient in SQL and scripting languages (e.g., Python, R)

• Experience with SQL workflow and transformation tools like Airflow and dbt

• Strong background in database design and data modeling

• Solid understanding of database fundamentals

• Experience with Snowflake and the Snowflake architecture

• Experience with AWS or other cloud technologies a plus

• Effective communication skills with team members of varied backgrounds, roles, and functions

• Ability to manage your individual priorities and comfortably context-switch between active development, client discussion, and issue response

• Leadership competencies in the following: empathy, active listening, coaching/feedback, integrity, decisiveness, and problem solving and/or experience as a people manager, mentor, or thought partner to your teammates

• Passion in applying your skills to our social mission to problem-solve and collaborate within a cross-functional, client-facing team environment

• The ability to successfully attain and maintain a Federal Public Trust background investigation that our government clients require; this includes a requirement that the individual has U.S. Citizenship or U.S. residency for three of the past five years

Who you are:

• You draw conclusions from data with ease and comfortably relay your point-of-view – particularly when you need to interrogate insights with your team or clarify unknown factors with clients and stakeholders

• You make connections between the big picture and operational needs, and drive reconciliation of the two

• You often think about how complex systems can be improved – and are willing to roll up your sleeves to do something about it

• You have a track record of successfully collaborating with internal and external stakeholders by translating their needs into code

What We Offer:

BlueLabs offers a friendly work environment and competitive benefits package including:

• Premier health insurance plan

• 401K matching

• Unlimited vacation leave

• Paid sick, personal, and volunteer leave

• 13 paid holidays

• 15 weeks paid parental leave

• Professional development stipend & tuition reimbursement

• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

• Supportive & collaborative culture

• Flexible working hours

• Remote friendly (within the U.S.)

• And more!

The salary for this position is $95k-$120k annually. 

The salary range for candidates who meet the minimum posted qualifications reflects the Company’s good faith understanding and belief as to the wage range, and is accurate as of the date of this job posting.

While we have an office in Washington, DC, we are open to considering candidates from within the U.S.

To protect the health and safety of our workforce, as a company policy, BlueLabs strongly encourages all employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 prior to beginning employment. BlueLabs adheres to all federal, state and local COVID-19 vaccination regulations. Except where prohibited by law, applicants who receive a conditional offer of employment will be required to produce proof of vaccination status prior to their first day of employment; if not the offer may be rescinded or employment terminated. BlueLabs will evaluate requests for reasonable accommodations for applicants unable to be vaccinated due to a religious belief, disability, pregnancy, or on an individualized basis in accordance with applicable laws.

At BlueLabs, we celebrate, support and thrive on differences. Not only do they benefit our services, products, and community, but most importantly, they are to the benefit of our team. Qualified people of all races, ethnicities, ages, sex, genders, sexual orientations, national origins, gender identities, marital status, religions, veterans statuses, disabilities and any other protected classes are strongly encouraged to apply. As an equal opportunity workplace and an affirmative action employer, BlueLabs is committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. BlueLabs endeavors to make reasonable accommodations to the known physical or mental limitations of qualified applicants with a disability unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the operation of our business. If an applicant believes they require such assistance to complete the application or to participate in an interview, or has any questions or concerns, they should contact the Director, People Operations.  BlueLabs participates in E-verify. EEO is the Law.

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