ProPublica is an independent, nonprofit newsroom that produces investigative journalism in the public interest.
ProPublica is hiring a data integrations engineer to lead work on the systems that power our publishing, audience and revenue data platforms. This important role serves to advance ProPublica’s mission — publishing web-first journalism with real-world impact — by crafting scalable, efficient solutions that provide greater understanding of our audiences and donors, which allow us to better serve their needs.
We’re looking for an engineer who believes in our mission and thrives in multifaceted roles, contributing both to the long-term product road map and to hands-on development. Your responsibilities will include shipping high-quality and resilient code, and working alongside designers, product managers, data analysts, engineers and agency partners. You’ll write code, configure no-code integrations, contribute to our documentation, mentor your peers and proactively solve problems.
As a member of our expanding, cross-functional product team, you’ll work closely with colleagues across ProPublica’s newsroom and business operations, ensuring that our data capabilities align and advance our organizational objectives. This position reports to our senior director of technology and will work closely with the audience data and insights analyst.
The following skills are essential:
It’s also helpful if you have:
This job is full time and includes benefits. ProPublica is based in New York, but we’re open to remote candidates. We have offices in New York City; Washington, D.C.; Atlanta; Chicago; Austin, Texas; Phoenix; and Berkeley, California. Applicants must be eligible to work in the U.S.
The expected salary range for this position is $110,000 to $130,000.
This is a good-faith estimate of what we expect to pay for this position. The final salary figure will take into account a person’s experience, accomplishment and location. ProPublica is committed to paying its staff equitably, and these ranges should not be considered career salary limits or caps.
We know there are great candidates who may not fit into what we’ve described above or who have important skills we haven’t thought of. If that’s you, don’t hesitate to apply and tell us about yourself.
We are dedicated to improving our newsroom, in part by better reflecting the people we cover. (Here is a breakdown of our staff.) We are committed to diversity and building an inclusive environment for people of all backgrounds and ages. And we are taking steps to meet that commitment. We especially encourage members of traditionally underrepresented communities to apply, including women, people of color, LGBTQ+ people and people with disabilities. We are an equal opportunity employer and prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind. All employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age or any other status protected under applicable law.
