At ClassLink, we believe learning should be accessible, engaging, and empowering—for every student, every educator, everywhere. That’s why we build secure, intuitive tools that empower more than 26 million students and educators worldwide. From simplifying access with single sign-on, to advancing equity with usage analytics, to automating secure rostering, our platform helps schools focus on what matters most: teaching and learning.

We’re not just building tools—we’re building what’s next in education. By removing barriers and enabling data-driven decisions, our solutions help educators lead with confidence and students thrive in and out of the classroom every day.

Our team is driven by purpose and grounded in three core values:

1. Strive to Grow - always learning, improving, and innovating.
2. Deliver Worthwhile Experiences - for our users, our partners, and each other.
3. Contribute with Heart - putting people first in everything we do.

These values shape how we work, innovate, and support the communities we serve. If you’re ready to do work that makes a real difference—and grow alongside a team that values collaboration, support, and continuous improvement—ClassLink is the place for you.

The Data Engineer is essential to our OneData team, specializing in integrating data from multiple sources into our pipeline, implementing complex transformations, and extending REST APIs as required. This role includes contributing to new development projects and improving current processes. In this role, you'll collaborate closely with Data and Software Engineers to enhance the platform as new features are developed.

Responsibilities:

1. Develop and improve existing multi-tenant architectures and designs to facilitate secure and scalable pipelines for customers.
2. Extend ETL functionality to ingest more vendor sources through various data transfer methods, such as external APIs, SFTP files, or direct interactions with vendors.
3. Develop new endpoints in a REST API serving a frontend application, ensuring they are performant and meet acceptance criteria.
4. Implement consistent testing across APIs and build test cases to cover ETL processes.
5. Work in a fast-paced, Agile/Scrum engineering environment and deliver incremental product software with high quality.
6. Support the development of highly scalable data management systems on AWS.
7. Extend data models for databases by adding new fields or tables and create corresponding migrations to ensure smooth schema updates and data consistency.

This role is 100% remote eligible, with quarterly strategy meetings that are in-person.

NOTE: This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive. Employees may be asked to perform other related duties as negotiated to meet the ongoing needs of the organization.

Required:

1. Extensive experience with SQLAlchemy ORM & Alembic migrations
2. 5+ years of advanced Python experience, including object-oriented programming, context managers, decorators, and type hinting.
3. Experience with Terraform

Preferred Education and Experience:

1. Experience working in a multi-tenant environment
2. Experience building REST APIs with the FastAPI framework or similar
3. Proficiency in relational databases, especially Postgres.
4. Experience working with a major cloud provider, especially AWS.
5. Experience with data warehouse solutions, including Snowflake.
6. You are a self-starter, who enjoys working in a fast-paced environment.
7. Internally motivated, able to work proficiently both independently and in a team environment.
8. Strong initiative to find ways to improve solutions, systems, and processes.
9. Strong analytic skills related to working with unstructured datasets.
10. Understanding of the fundamental technologies of the web: HTTP, SSL, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and JSON.
11. Bachelor’s degree in computer programming, computer science, or a related field

It would be great if you have or are pursuing the following:

1. AWS Certifications

We prefer that you have experience with:

1. JIRA and Confluence
2. Visual Studio Code

This role is 100% remote eligible, with quarterly strategy meetings that are in-person.

Benefits:

1. Generous Paid Time Off: 4+ weeks of vacation and 13+ paid holidays
2. Parental Leave: 12 weeks fully paid for all parents
3. Retirement: 401(k) with 0.5:1 company match
4. Comprehensive Health Coverage: Medical, dental, and vision plans
5. Insurance: Company-paid life, short-term disability, and long-term disability, plus voluntary options including supplemental life, accident, and pet insurance

Perks:

1. Volunteer Time Off: Give back through ClassLink Cares paid volunteer days
2. Lifelong Learning: Tuition reimbursement for continued education
3. Growth & Development: Coaching and internal programs to support career and personal growth
4. Supportive Culture: A workplace that values curiosity, compassion, and continuous learning
5. Connection & Community: Annual company retreats and team events with bright, fun coworkers

At ClassLink, we believe the best ideas come from bringing together diverse perspectives. We are committed to building a team that reflects the diversity of the communities we serve and fostering a workplace where every team member feels valued, respected, and empowered to grow.

ClassLink is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We welcome candidates of all identities, backgrounds, and experiences, and we do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected characteristic.

ClassLink is powered by passionate people dedicated to improving learning in classrooms everywhere. We do this by creating and delivering great products and having fun along the way. Learn more about us at www.classlink.com.

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