<p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Code for America believes government can work for the people, by the people, in the new digital age, and that government at all levels can and should work well for all people. For more than a decade, we’ve worked to show that with the mindful use of technology, we can break down barriers, meet community needs, and find real solutions.</span></p> <p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Our employees build and transform government and community tools and services, making them so good they inspire change. We merge the best parts of technology, nonprofit, and government to help support the people who need it most.</span></p> <p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">With a focus on transparency and fairness, and deep empathy for partners in government and community organizations and the people that our partners serve, we’re building a movement of motivated change agents driven by meaningful results and lasting impact.</span></p> <p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">At Code for America, you contribute to exciting work while learning and developing in a supportive and flexible environment. Our compensation and benefits are holistic and thoughtfully curated to represent our employees and our mission. Help us drive real generational change that lasts.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Code for America is looking for a talented <strong>Staff Data Engineer </strong>who will lead the technical execution of our data infrastructure behind high-impact government services. In this role you will make data reliable and usable at scale — improving how our teams collect, move, model, and analyze the data that tells us whether the services we build actually work for the people who need them most. </span></p> <p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The pace of change in the policy and government landscape is accelerating at the same time that technology possibilities are shifting rapidly. Together, these shifts create new windows of opportunity to develop technical solutions that make critical public services more effective for the people who need them. Staff data engineers keep delivery moving through those moments, supporting staff and holding high delivery standards so that data are trustworthy, and reachable by the people who need it.</span></p> <p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </span></p> <h1><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><strong><br></strong><strong>About the role: </strong></span></h1> <p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Code for America’s Staff Data Engineers build and operate the infrastructure that moves data through the products we ship, between our systems and our partners’ systems, and into the analysis that drives meaningful improvements in outcomes across the tax, criminal justice, and safety net delivery areas. Staff Data Engineers lead the technical execution of data infrastructure projects and solutions while guiding their teams’ technical direction, setting a high standard for technical judgment, and enabling other data scientists and engineers through collaboration and mentorship.</span></p> <p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">This role will report to a Data Science Manager and is expected to travel no more than 10<strong>%</strong> of the time. </span></p> <p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Code for America is based in California and can employ those who reside full-time within the United States. This is a remote position.</span><br><br></p> <h1><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><strong>In this position you will:</strong></span></h1> <ul> <li style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><strong>Data Infrastructure & Pipeline Engineering</strong></span></li> <ul> <li style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Lead cross-functional technical planning with Data Scientists, Software Engineers, and Product Managers to translate data architecture requirements into scalable technical solutions for your team's projects</span></li> <li style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Create new data pipelines, data transfers, and compliance-oriented infrastructure to facilitate seamless data utilization within cloud environments</span></li> <li style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Contribute to best practices for dataset management and optimization, ensuring data consistency and performance</span></li> <li style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Implement data transformation, integration, and validation processes to support analytics and reporting needs</span></li> <li style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Partner with our DevOps team to apply deployment standards, monitoring frameworks, and operational best practices for data infrastructure</span></li> <li style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Lead technical investigations into data issues within the systems you own, resolving them with thorough communication and recommending process changes where necessary.</span></li> <li style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Optimize and fine-tune data pipelines for improved speed, reliability, and efficiency</span></li> <li style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Lead generation and optimization of data archi