Who We Are
Magpie Literacy is an early stage, funded edtech nonprofit on a mission to eradicate illiteracy in America. Our team is composed of former educators, literacy curriculum experts, and product developers who believe it is possible to teach every child to read, and to do so at scale via research-based instruction, personalization, and technology. We center students in all decisions.
We’re building an integrated, comprehensive, tech-enabled pre-kindergarten through 8th grade reading product that students love and that rapidly moves them to foundational literacy and reading fluency.
We're seeking a Senior Data Engineer to lead the development and optimization of our data pipelines and reporting infrastructure. This role combines advanced data engineering with strategic business intelligence responsibilities, driving technical innovation, and leading our data efforts. The position focuses on technical leadership, stakeholder collaboration, and fostering a culture of excellence in data practices.
This is an opportunity to join a mission-driven organization from the ground floor, working to build a breakthrough reading solution for historically underserved students.
Requirements
Reporting Infrastructure
Business Intelligence & Reporting
A well-qualified candidate will possess the following technical skills and expertise
A candidate will stand out if they have the following additional skills and experience, though not a hard requirement
As a senior data engineer, we expect you to foster collaboration and ownership, by reflecting the following skills
Projects You'll Lead
The Tools You’ll Use
What Does the First 180 Days Look Like?
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Benefits
What You’ll Receive:
We are on a mission to unlock the great reader in every child to end illiteracy in our country -- centering the experiences of Black, Latino, and Native American students and students experiencing poverty. We are developing research-based, identity-affirming PK-8+ digital literacy tools that leverage student uniquenesses to help every child master the foundational reading skills needed to become strong, confident readers. We’re currently hiring our founding team of mission-driven individuals committed to helping us develop a scalable, impactful reading product that helps us eradicate illiteracy in America.Illuminate Literacy is fiscally sponsored by Cambiar Education, a 501c3 that supports transformative leaders of public school systems and educational entrepreneurs to develop innovative solutions that disrupt the patterns of educational inequity.🔥 Key Highlights 🔥 Two fully digital prototypes built and currently being tested with a dozen schools and out-of-school partners; MVP kindergarten offering will be released fall 2023 Fully-funded sister R&D organization, AERDF Reading Reimagined, to explore major unknowns in literacy learning for priority students and to bridge cutting-edge research to practice Founding team with deep expertise in teaching kids to read, on technology, at scale, comprised of literacy experts, practitioners, designers, engineers, and former education systems leaders. Founded and led by Rebecca Kockler, former Assistant Superintendent of Academic Content for the Louisiana Department of Education and developer of the nationally recognized ELA Guidebooks Extensive relationships with major systems leaders across the country requesting to be co-designers and first adopters; 100% retention of current partners year over year Commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion and to an inclusive R&D and product development approach that centers Black, Latino and Native American students and those experiencing poverty
Understand the required skills and qualifications, anticipate the questions you may be asked, and study well-prepared answers using our sample responses.
Senior Data Engineer Q&A's