At GoGuardian, we’re helping share the future of digital learning by providing educators, students, and schools with tools to create engaging and equitable learning environments. Together, we build innovative solutions to empower students, deliver insights, and encourage experimentation. With employees around the globe, we’re committed to building a culture of inclusivity, curiosity, and courage. GoGuardian’s growth is fast and ever-evolving, and our teams are growing along with it — always ready to experiment and learn. 

While this job posting uses "El Segundo, CA" as the location, please note this role is currently being recruited for remote work or reporting to headquarters if within commuting distance.

GoGuardian is looking for a motivated Data Engineer II to help plan, maintain, and constantly improve our data warehouse and ETL pipeline.  Data Engineer II focuses on integrating, consolidating, and cleansing data from multiple source systems. This position works closely with the data science and business intelligence teams to prioritize tasks that are important to supporting our product and business units.

What You’ll Do

• Develop new ETL processes to fulfill the data needs of data science and other departments
• Utilize expertise in data modeling, ETL architecture, and report design for department initiatives
• Produce detailed documentation including data flow diagrams, logical diagrams, and physical diagrams as needed
• Ensure the data collection pipeline and data analysis infrastructure meet the needs of the business
• Acquire strong knowledge of data structures, analysis, replication, and distributed/ relational data & database mapping
• Assist with the code review process for purposes of learning, asking new questions, and finding errors
• Assist with the development of new scripts, KPIs, and dashboards

Who You Are

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
• 3-5+ years of experience building/operating systems for data extraction, ingestion, and processing of large data sets
• Experience with modern data warehousing tools such as Redshift, Big Query, Snowflake, Azure Synapse
• Hands-on experience with Python and SQL query language along with data warehouse design and maintenance
• Experience working with data orchestration tools such as Airflow, Luigi, AWS Step Functions
• Strong attention to detail, analytical mindset, and highly organized
• Ability to work independently within the policies, processes, and procedures defined for the team
• Desire to work in a fast-paced startup atmosphere requiring constant learning
• Strong technical aptitude and demonstrated ability to quickly evaluate and learn new technologies
• Strong interpersonal skills, with the ability to work independently and within a team environment
• Experience with infrastructure as code such as Terraform, Chef, Puppet, CloudFormation
• Experience with containerization tools such as Docker
• Experience with a broad set of AWS tools (S3, EC2s, AWS Glue, Lambda, Cloudwatch, AWS data pipeline)
• Industry experience as a Data Engineer or related specialty (e.g., Software Engineer, Business Intelligence Engineer, Data Scientist)

What We Offer

• A varied and challenging role in a multinational and highly innovative company
• A robust benefits package including health insurance, 401(k) retirement savings plan with company match, employee stock option plan, paid parental leave, 13 paid company holidays, and much more
• Development and further training opportunities for shaping and realizing your career goals
• Exceptional colleagues with a passion for EdTech

GoGuardian is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions on the basis of merit and business needs. GoGuardian does not discriminate against employees, applicants, interns or volunteers on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, marital status, sex, age, sexual orientation, military and veteran status, registered domestic partner status, genetic information, gender, gender identity, gender expression, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.