HOMER has a newly created opportunity for a Data Engineer to join our growing team! Remote work is absolutely an option, however the role requires working New York hours.

HOMER, a BEGiN brand, is the proven early learning program that provides the best educational start possible. We offer personalized, fun, and proven learning products for kids ages 0-10 to help build confidence, mastery, and a love of learning. We are deeply committed to our members and to their children, and we are building a creative and strategic team to develop a portfolio of early learning products that support learning everywhere.

Reporting into our Senior Director, Data and Insights, the Data Engineer will be helping advance the data platform and creating data pipelines that are pivotal to analytics and reporting across the organization. 

You will:

• Own efficacy and quality for data pipelines and ETL processes you build and maintain
• Develop, maintain, and improve tools to enable team members to rapidly consume and understand data
• Design scalable infrastructure to build, train, and deploy machine learning models, with an eye on efficiency
• Implement and integrate solutions using Python, SQL, and other languages as necessary

Must Haves:

• Demonstrable expertise in Python, SQL, Node, relational databases (e.g. PostgreSQL), non-relational databases (e.g. Couchbase or MongoDB), and column stores (e.g. Vertica/Redshift)
• Experience building and maintaining data infrastructure (including batch and near real-time ETL processes)
• Sound Computer Science fundamentals (Bachelor’s degree in CS or related fields preferred)
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Experience with code control (github) and GIT 
• At least 2 years of relevant work experience 

Nice-to-Haves:

• Knowledge of MapReduce and some distributed data processing methodologies and frameworks (e.g. Hadoop, Hive, Pig, Presto, Spark )
• Prior experience with Delta lake and Databricks 
• Knowledge of deployment technologies in cloud hosted environments (e.g. AWS )
• Network infrastructure experience (VPCs) 

We like people who: 

• Are open to suggestions, collaborative, and thrive in team environments
• Love and are willing to learn new technologies and styles
• Are scrappy, entrepreneurial with the ability to turnaround high-quality projects quickly without depending on a large team

What you’ll get:

• HOMER offers competitive compensation including equity and full benefits.
• Smart, passionate, and engaged co-workers.
• Excellent top-tier Medical/Dental/Vision benefits
• The chance to have a big impact, quickly
• The rare opportunity to make a dent in the universe. We’re bringing a love of reading and learning to children globally!

HOMER is a proud equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.

At HOMER, we are committed to building a diverse team of talented people who are passionate about creating educational content kids love. We believe in fostering a culture where productivity can flourish, one that is empathetic, respectful, and inclusive. At HOMER, we know that diversity, equity, and inclusion aren’t just an idea, a one-time initiative, or phrases to throw into a job post: they’re a daily practice and an ongoing conversation. We survey our team about inclusivity, run training on DEI topics, and have a committee to ensure we are all continuing to learn and grow.