DataOps Engineer

WHO WE ARE: ActBlue is a nonprofit organization dedicated to building technology and infrastructure for Democratic campaigns, progressive-aligned causes, and individuals striving to make an impact to fuel long-term, people-driven change. If you've ever made an online donation to a Democrat or progressive organization, it's likely that you've used our robust online fundraising platform. We empower small-dollar donors and assist thousands of groups - from presidential candidates to environmental organizations - to build grassroots movements. Our vision is of a democracy where everyone aiming to bring about progressive people-powered change can seamlessly and effectively utilize their resources, energy, and creativity to shape our country and future. Everyone in our team, from political activists to tech innovators to customer service professionals, is fully committed to our mission. THE OPPORTUNITY: We are seeking a DataOps Engineer to join ActBlue's Data Platform Team and aid the growth of our platform. The goal of the Data Platform Team is to develop and manage the systems and infrastructure that processes the data driving organizational insights. We empower the rest of the Data Department, as well as teams across the organization, to magnify the impact and enhance the experience of small-dollar donors. WHAT YOU WILL DO: Work with the team to create standardized, documented, and reliable datasets for our business users. Work with people across the organization to establish new data ingestion infrastructure and sources. Cooperate with data engineers to offer scalable and reliable data infrastructure. Develop tools to make the development and deployment process as smooth as possible for data teams. Practice and promote a people-focused engineering mentality when working across functions. Enhance the performance and maintainability of our platform through quality code, comprehensive testing, monitoring, and effective documentation. Participate and contribute to technical discussions about new solutions and architecture. Receive support from your manager and other senior leaders to grow personally and have a greater impact within ActBlue and the progressive movement. Promote a collaborative and inclusive team culture. WHAT YOU BRING: Professional experience with a programming language such as Ruby, Python, JavaScript, or Golang. Professional experience with SQL. Experience with version control systems (Git). Some experience with AWS or cloud-native applications. A record of working with other engineers to resolve ambiguity and prioritize the most impactful work. A proven ability to write extensible, maintainable, and scalable code. The ability to practice an inclusive and empathetic work style in a remote work environment. A desire to learn and develop your skills. A passion for repeatable configuration management and ActBlue's mission to build people-powered movements. BONUS POINTS IF… You have experience administering Redshift or other columnar databases. You've worked with Terraform. You've worked with Kubernetes. WHAT YOU'LL BE WORKING WITH: Stack: Python, Terraform, Kubernetes, SQL Tooling: Looker, dbt, Jenkins, Github, PagerDuty, DataDog, Fivetran Hosting: AWS Databases: Redshift, PostgreSQL OUR ENGINEERING VALUES: We believe that ideas are more important than technologies. We understand that the tools we build have real-world consequences for millions of people and take that responsibility seriously. Security is at the centre of everything we do. We are always looking for ways to further harden our platform. We know that code isn’t just a set of instructions for machines but communication with other humans; style, elegance, and respect are important. We believe that an ability to balance paying off technical debt and rapidly completing a project contributes to the health of the codebase, engineering team, and organization. We believe that being correct isn’t enough; respect for your colleagues and users is fundamental. LOCATION AND COMPENSATION: This job is for a full-time, remote, salaried position. Travel may be required on a limited basis to attend all-staff and departmental retreats (1-2 times per year). Additional travel may be required for select positions. ATS is currently authorized to support remote work employees in Arizona, California, Connecticut, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Hampshire, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, DC and Wisconsin. Salary Range: $136,611 - $151,437 ActBlue is committed to consistent compensation practices across our organization. Final salary offers will take into account factors such as candidate experience, interview performance and current team salary parity. BENEFITS: Flexible work schedules and an unlimited time-off policy Fully paid and trans-inclusive health, dental, and vision insurance for employees and their families, along with fully-paid health reimbursement arrangement for out-of-pocket expenses and fully-paid short- and long-term disability Fully paid basic and AD&D life insurance with a voluntary supplemental life insurance option Dependent and health care flexible spending account options Employee Assistance Program (EAP) benefits for employee Automatic 2% Employer-paid 401K contribution, plus up to an additional 6% match on employee contributions A minimum of three months paid medical, family and parental leave (for all new parents, adoptions included) Commuter or home-office benefits, including a $1,000 home-office setup allowance for all new full-time remote employees Additional perks including quarterly snack deliveries and digital subscriptions to the Boston Globe & New York Times ActBlue is unable to sponsor work visas at this time. Bargaining Unit position: The terms and conditions of this position are subject to a collective bargaining agreement with the Communications Workers of America, the exclusive bargaining agent of covered ActBlue Technical Services employees. INCLUSION STATEMENT: ActBlue firmly believes in the principles of equal employment opportunity. We are committed to retain, develop, recruit and hire a diverse staff community. We respect the dignity of all and celebrate their unique qualities. We acknowledge the wide array of human differences, backgrounds, and intersectional identities that make our workspace rich and help us better fulfill our mission. If you feel a connection to our mission and see your interests reflected in this job description, we encourage you to apply even if you don't meet every requirement. ActBlue is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities throughout the interview and employment process, including using our online system to apply for a job. If you require an accommodation, please contact us at [email protected] to begin the process. ActBlue will never ask candidates to purchase equipment, nor will we email from any email addresses other than actblue.com or actbluetech.com.