Data Engineer
Our mission at Civitas Learning is to partner with forward-thinking colleges and universities, harnessing the power of insight and action analytics to help a million more students learn well and finish strong. Data and predictive models are at our core to achieve this mission. Are you amazing at SQL and Python? Curious about Big Data and predictive models to deliver insights to leading institutions and students? We are looking for smart and dedicated data engineers to join our data engineering team.
The Data Engineer role at Civitas Learning is critical to onboarding colleges and universities onto our cloud platform and making the process smoother, more flexible and faster. We want to work with people who are passionate about our mission and have a desire to be part of a rapidly expanding high performance team. We work hard, but also like to have fun! If this sounds like you, keep reading.
Primary Responsibilities:
Collaborate directly with external clients to understand their student success goals, specify and design data solutions and commission products into production.
Develop data pipelines to integrate institutions onto our data platform using Amazon Web Services (AWS).
Develop ETL transformations to map client data systems into our canonical data model.
Build and operationalize data science models on AWS.
Collaborate with teams across Civitas to drive innovation and best practices into our data and data science platform.
Up to 20% Travel to visit external clients for technical discovery and/or UAT/QA of data mappings.
Design, Implement and Maintain Database Models
Minimum Qualifications
Bachelor's degree plus 3 years experience designing, developing, testing, and implementing complex ETL solutions using enterprise ETL tools
Expertise in writing complex database SQL queries with a focus on Postgres and Redshift.
Strong understanding of ETL best practices.
Proficient developing code with command line build tools
Experience with Database Design
Expertise in working with technical and business teams to extract and document data integration/exchange requirements.
Ability to work independently as well as in a cross-functional team environment, collaborating with others and sharing tools, skills, and knowledge.
Solid problem-solving and analysis skills that demonstrate resourcefulness and attention to detail.
Strong organizational skills and ability to meet deadlines, prioritize workload, and manage time effectively.
Strong customer service orientation.
Ability to express complex technical concepts effectively, both verbally and in writing.
Ability to handle multiple projects and deadlines with minimal supervision.
Must have experience in some of the following:
ETL Tools (command line scripting, SQL)
Experience with at least one major RDBMS
Python/Java/Ruby or other programming language
Amazon Web Services
Github
Predictive models
Higher Education Student Information Systems or Learning Management Systems (Ellucian Banner, Peoplesoft, Blackboard LMS, etc.)
- JIRA
*We do not offer sponsorship for this role.
Civitas Learning offers medical, dental, and vision insurance as well as a 401k plan. We also have a generous flexible, paid time off policy.
About Civitas Learning: Civitas Learning is a student success company delivering the clearest path to improved higher education outcomes. The company’s Student Success Intelligence Platform leverages each institution’s unique data to find and distribute the strongest signals across the student lifecycle. These signals empower students to make the best possible decisions along their academic pathway. Advisors, faculty, and administrators can personalize support, scale meaningful action, and measure impact to dramatically improve student outcomes.
Today, Civitas Learning is a strategic partner to more than 325 colleges and universities, serving nearly 8 million students. Together with our growing community of partners, Civitas Learning is making the most of the world’s learning data to graduate a million more students per year by 2025.