Senior Data Engineer at ReadWorks (YC-backed nonprofit - Imagine K12 F'14)

REMOTE (US Only) | Contract (up to 20hrs/week)

Compensation: $70-110/hr

ReadWorks is a nonprofit education platform providing free, research-based literacy resources to K-12 classrooms nationwide, with a deep focus on under-resourced communities. We are backed by Y Combinator (Imagine K12 F'14).

About the Role

We are looking for a Senior Data Engineer to build data infrastructure to support 11M+ students and teachers learning to read.

Responsibilities

Design and maintain ETL pipelines.
Ensure data quality across our warehouse and reporting stack.
Build data infrastructure that powers educational insights for millions.

Stack

SQL
Redshift
AWS (S3, DynamoDB, EC2, Firehose)
Python
Linux
Bonus: Django, Elasticsearch, Kibana, Redis, Ruby, Node.js

We Value

Mandatory testing
Maintainable code
Operational consistency (CI/CD, infrastructure as code, rigorous monitoring)

Impact

Your work directly supports teachers and students in under-resourced communities. We have 20+ years of proven results in engaging students and strengthening literacy instruction.

Apply

Email your details (CV/Resume, Cover Letter, or any other info we should know about you) to engineering@readworks.org

Full posting: https://about.readworks.org/careers.html