[Hiring] Analytics Engineer @Charter School Growth Fund

Role Description

This role sits within a new public data infrastructure project that CSGF is incubating alongside its core operations. The project is designed to evolve our internal assessment data pipeline into free, open infrastructure that researchers, funders, policymakers, and school networks can use independently.

As an Analytics Engineer, you will help build and maintain the data models, validation scripts, and documentation that the platform depends on. This is a one-year contract role with the possibility of extension.

The project runs on an annual state release cycle, with the bulk of new assessment data arriving in the summer months. This role will need to be actively contributing to parser updates and dbt model changes within the first four to six weeks of starting.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience writing and maintaining dbt models in a production or near-production environment
• Solid SQL skills, including the ability to debug complex transformations and identify data quality issues
• Comfort working with messy, real-world data: inconsistent formats, missing values, undocumented quirks
• Comfort with Python for data analysis tasks: reading files, transforming data, writing validation scripts
• Ability to work independently on loosely defined problems
• Familiarity with software development practices: version control with Git, code review, and basic CI/CD workflows
• Strong written communication skills
• Strong attention to detail and a habit of verifying outputs

Requirements

• Experience as an analytics engineer, data analyst, data engineer, or similar role; or relevant undergraduate education (e.g. B.A. in Computer Science, Data Science, or a related field)
• Background in education data, public sector data, or policy-adjacent research contexts is a plus

Benefits

• Compensation is commensurate with experience and education
• Target salary range for this role is $75,000-$85,000 annually
• Health, life, disability, and dental insurance coverage
• Vacation/holidays and parental leave
• Participation in CSGF’s 403(b) plan

Company Description

The Charter School Growth Fund (CSGF) is a leading nonprofit venture philanthropy fund that has spent 20+ years identifying high-quality public charter schools and investing in their growth. Today the portfolio spans 200+ networks, 1,700+ schools, and more than 840,000 students.