Data Engineering Lead, SchooLinks
Django/ Pandas
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Career planning platform
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Career planning platform
501-1000 employees
Job no longer available
More information about location
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To transform school districts into talent pipelines.
Role
Who you are
- Python competency is essential. Specifically, we want someone who is super solid at either Pandas or Django, ideally both
- Looking for someone who has worked both on engineering projects and more support engineering/data operations because our team does some of both depending on the season. If we had to choose, we would want someone with more operational/support engineering background because we're happy/comfortable training folks up on this side of things
- This role sometimes requires working with our customers data teams, so we need someone who is comfortable with and ideally somewhat enjoys customer interaction (through email and zoom/google meets)
- Would be helpful if you've projects around data ingestion/onboarding in enterprise SaaS
- Ed tech is a bonus but not the most important thing. Any knind of knowledge or use of data standards in other domains is helpful too. Overall, technical skills in Django and Pandas are going to be more important for this role than previous domain knowledge
What the job involves
- Lead/manager who likes getting their hands dirty and jumping in on IC work. We first want to talk to folks who have managed people and done project management and feel comfortable in both
- Currently, the CTO and VP of Eng are doing filling this role and we're looking to have someone come in and lead this pod of 4 engineers
- You would report to VP of Engineering
Application process
- 1. 30 minute initial interview with engineering leadership (CTO or VP of Eng) about your past experience and technical knowledge
- 2. Take home coding challenge (expect it to take 2-3 hrs - requires Django, DRF, Pandas and your own env setup)
- 3. 1 hr Interview that includes a discussion of what you submitted for the coding challenge and a live technical planning component
- 4. 45 minute management/leadership-focused interview
Our take
SchooLinks provides a framework to help students figure out what careers might suit them - and how to get there - through a multitude of features from personality tests to financial aid calculators.
Founded in 2014, the company has grown its market position with an increasing number of customers, and continued to develop and improve both its features and integrations. For example, a partnership with Common App has enabled students using SchoolLinks to directly apply to over 900 higher education institutions with ease.
SchooLink's most notable competitor is Naviance, another company supplying college and career readiness tools, which has also seen significant progress in the market. That said, SchooLink's strong history of growth coupled with having substantial funding at its back should allow it to solidify its own place and capture further success moving forward.
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Company
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
Mar 2021
$8.3m
SERIES A
Jan 2018
$1m
SEED
Total funding: $10.6m
Company benefits
- Fully covered healthcare that includes vision, dental, and other perks, with partial dependent coverage
- Company sponsored 401k and up to 1% matching contributions
- (If you're on site in Austin) snacks and catered lunch at least once a week
- Asynchronous, results-first work culture
- 3+ Weeks PTO and 8 national holidays off
Company HQ
Govalle, Austin, TX
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Leadership
Katie Fang
(CEO)Founded SchoolLinks soon after attaining a Bachelor of Commerce Degree in Finance at the University of British Columbia.
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