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We are rebuilding Detroit's public schools. We educate and empower every student, in every community, every day, to build a stronger Detroit. Help us achieve our vision. We are looking for talented individuals who are passionate about transforming the district and making a significant difference in the lives of public-school students, parents, principals, teachers, and central office employees.
As a member of the Data Services team, the data engineer will develop and maintain pipelines for the data of our District representing over 50,000 students. The data engineer will collaborate closely with other team members, creating scalable data integrations and developing an analytical infrastructure that will support various applications, including business intelligence tools, software applications, and analysis to produce meaningful insights. This position is expected to report in-person to the DPSCD office in the Fisher Building (3011 W Grand Blvd, Detroit).
We Are Seeking Someone With The Following BackgroundA bachelor's or master's degree in computer science or a related technical field, and/or equivalent experience
More than 3 years' experience transforming raw data into useful data systems/platforms
Experience building and operating distributed systems of data extraction, ingestion, and processing of large data sets from multiple sources
Expert command of SQL with experience building database tables
Expert command of Python or similar analytical programming languages
Experience compiling and maintaining technical documentation
Experience communicating business requirements and project plans with internal clients
Responsibilities Include The FollowingContribute to the development of a modern data infrastructure that drives decision-making at all levels of the organization.
Develop and maintain scalable data pipelines and build out new integrations to support the increasing data volume and complexity.
Extract, transform, and load data from raw unstructured data to consumable structured data.
Implement processes and systems to monitor data quality, ensuring production data is always accurate and available for key stakeholders and business processes that depend on it.
Write and curate documentation internally and externally around business rules for metrics.
Collaborate as a contributing member of the Data Services Infrastructure working group.
Key Projects Include The FollowingDevelop data pipelines to ingest and load data from various sources
Implement automated data quality checks and alerts
Contribute to the development and planning of calculating school performance metrics
Maintain a vendor data sync that helps school-based staff access student data
Optimize data infrastructure to enable analysts across the district to access core data