The Organization
At USAFacts, we believe facts deserve to be heard. We are on a mission to provide a comprehensive and unbiased look at our country by the numbers. Democracy thrives on serious, reasoned, and informed debate. And we’re here for it.
Founded and funded by Steve Ballmer, former CEO of Microsoft, USAFacts answers questions around government spending and outcomes. While these are basic questions, finding the answers is hard. But it’s also pretty exciting. We pull together data from thousands of jurisdictions to normalize, contextualize, and visualize these metrics so the data is approachable and understandable.
Every day, we learn something about our country, how to make complex data understandable, and how to make the American people interested in the numbers. We’re a collaborative group and are always learning from each other, too. The team is mission driven, with no political agenda nor commercial incentive; we do this work purely as a public service.
Oh, and to top it off? USAFacts was named to Fast Company’s List of the World’s Most Innovative Companies for 2023! Learn more about us at usafacts.org and linkedin.com/company/usafacts.
We’d love for you to bring your talents and your curiosity to come make a difference!
The Opportunity
USAFacts is seeking a strong programmer with knowledge of databases and data modeling to join our mission-driven team. In this role, you will contribute to the design, construction, and maintenance of the data architecture and infrastructure that supports USAFacts’ data platform and initiatives. This involves working with data architects and other stakeholders to understand requirements, develop data pipelines, and implement data models that enable efficient and effective analysis and data products. You will also contribute towards ensuring the quality, security, and accessibility of the data, as well as monitoring performance and optimizing processes as needed.
This role does not include direct people management. It is a collaborative, individual contributor role.
Key Priorities & Responsibilities
- Work with Engineering team to create efficient data pipelines and data sets to bring data from various internal and external sources utilizing Azure cloud stack, including Azure Data Factory, Azure Databricks, and internally built tools and platforms.
- Maintain and monitor current ETLs/ELTs, work to mitigate any failures, optimize performance as necessary.
- Work in an agile fashion with business owners [RG1] and engineering partners to build data sets that answer their specific questions.
- Build new and maintain scalable data pipelines from external and internal sources to USAFacts repositories/data systems, under mentorship.
- Provide data engineering, data wrangling, and data modeling support to the engineering team.
- Provide on-call support to resolve any failures, optimize performances as necessary.
- Automate and continuously refactor existing technologies to achieve higher scale and efficiency.
Qualifications
Required Experience, Skills, Education:
- Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science, software engineering, Data Science, or a related field.
- Strong programming skills in one or more programming languages (Java, Python, or SQL).
- Basic understanding of databases and data modeling concepts.
- Familiarity with researching, building, and implementing machine learning pipeline tools, platforms, and algorithms.
- Familiarity with cloud platforms like Microsoft Azure.
- Excellent communication, problem-solving, and teamwork skills.
- Passion for learning new technologies and creating innovative solutions.
Preferred Experience, Skills, Education:
- 1+ years of experience in using Spark/Big data/distributed data processing.
- Understanding of ETL/ELT frameworks, Data Models, and/or Data Warehousing methodologies.
Compensation & Benefits
Compensation
The starting salary range for the Data Engineer role in Bellevue is $91,800 to $114,700, based on aptitude and experience. Over time, the employee in this role may earn up to $137,600 per year with demonstrated skill in the role and context, progress and performance against goals, and increased experience.
Featured Benefits & Perks
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance with employee and dependent premiums entirely paid for by Ballmer Group
- 3 weeks of paid vacation annually
- 11 paid holidays, plus paid days off for the weekdays between Christmas and New Year
- 80 hours of paid sick leave annually
- 401(k) with 6% employer contribution
- 2:1 Ballmer Family Giving Match for charitable contributions
- Professional development reimbursement up to $2,000 per year
- Employer-paid life insurance of 3x salary to $1,000,000 ($750k guarantee issue)
- Fertility & Family Building reimbursement to $40,000 (lifetime max)
- Healthcare and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account (FSA) options
- Parking or transportation (Orca card) up to $250 monthly
- Cash stipend of $300/month (for cell phone, wellness expenses, etc.)
Location & Hybrid Work
The position is based in Bellevue, Washington.
Our organization practices intentional hybrid work. All USAFacts employees are expected to work on-site Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays during overlapping core hours of 10:00 am to 3:00 pm. Mondays and Fridays remain flexible work-from-home or office workdays.
To Apply
Interested candidates, please apply via Bullhorn.
Ballmer Group/USAFacts is an equal opportunity employer and dedicated to building an inclusive workforce where diversity is valued. Individuals seeking employment at Ballmer Group are considered without regards to race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, veteran status, gender identity, or sexual orientation.