What we do

Civis Analytics helps leading businesses, nonprofits, and government use data to identify, attract, and engage customers, constituents, and citizens. With a blend of proprietary data, technology and advisory services, and an interdisciplinary team of data scientists, developers, and survey science experts, Civis helps organizations stop guessing and start using statistical proof to guide decisions. Learn more about Civis at www.civisanalytics.com.

Who we are

At Civis, we have opportunities for applicants who are newcomers, seasoned professionals, and anywhere in between. Our teams are energized by complex challenges and value diversity of thought. Opportunities to stand out and inspire happen daily and we trust and encourage you to act on your ideas – no matter how big they are. We offer you the tools and community you need to do your best work. Each of us is committed to holding ourselves accountable for results, challenging the status quo and finding new ways to grow our company and each other.

What we are looking for

Civis is seeking a leader who will inspire and develop a team that designs, builds, and supports the data infrastructure, architecture, transformations, and pipelines to make data science possible and sustainable for the long term. Your work will enable our organization to deliver exceptional data science solutions to our clients. You will do this by leveraging your data engineering expertise, developing a deep understanding of our clients’ business contexts, and understanding how Civis data science software and methods can be brought to those problems.

Responsibilities

• Develop a point of view on how Applied Data Engineering can best support our engagements and solutions.
• Manage and provide technical mentorship to the rest of the Applied Data Engineering team.
• Collaborate with our Engineering team to help them prioritize their work developing Civis’ core ETL tools.
• Contribute to our most complex and important engagements by:
• Collaborating with clients and client-facing teams to define user requirements and database design specifications for our clients’ needs.
• Transforming data based on business requirements.
• Applying data validation and/or software testing techniques to ensure data processes and pipelines are working properly.
• Creating pipelines that deliver data error-free and on-time with features such as logging, fault tolerance, notifications, and scalability.
• Documenting and training others on data pipelines.
• Work with software engineers and data scientists to help develop best practices, libraries, and internal trainings for applied data engineering, model deployment, and data architecture.

Qualifications

• Desire to define a vision for client-facing data engineering and to make it a reality.
• Demonstrated experience managing people and providing technical mentorship.
• Demonstrated experience collaborating with internal and client stakeholders.
• Passion for solving complex problems.
• Demonstrated experience overseeing the delivery of data engineering projects that:
• Use query and scripting languages to aggregate and transform data
• Include data quality processes, data quality checks, validations, data quality metrics, definition, and measurement
• Include features such as logging, fault tolerance, notifications, and scalability
• Involve large datasets
• Support of data analytics or data science applications.
• Strong communication and teamwork skills.
• US work authorization.

Why Civis Analytics?

• The opportunity to be part of a growing tech startup focused on continued learning, mentorship, and internal promotion
• Competitive benefits including flexible PTO, 401K match with immediate vesting, as well as health, dental, and vision benefits
• Downtown open office environment near great restaurants and all public transportation options
  

Civis embraces the individuality of our employees and we celebrate each other's differences. Our products, services, and culture benefit from and thrive on the unique perspectives brought by each person in our Civis community. We're proud to be an equal opportunity workplace, and we are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, age, sex, color, ancestry, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, citizenship, marital status, disability, or Veteran status. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please contact us [email protected]

In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States.

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