[Hiring] Senior Data Engineer @Movement Labs

Role Description

We are looking for 2 roles, Senior and Mid-level Data Engineers to join the Tech department. You will be a part of an 8-person data engineering team, and will have a lot of ownership and ability to make an impact. You’ll work cross-functionally in a collaborative, startup-like environment.

• Design and implement scalable data architecture for targeting and engagement
• Serve as technical partner to program teams
• Extend our foundational datasets to facilitate new outreach strategies
• Load-test our systems to prepare for elections
• Maintain key datasets for polling images and precinct cross-matching
• Develop standardized experimental frameworks for testing campaign effectiveness
• Build AI tooling that makes our own team faster — QC agents for data deliveries, the evals to trust them, and context systems that keep our repos self-documenting

Our data team’s work mixes greenfield builds, pragmatic plumbing, incident response, and operational work. The relative mix shifts with the political calendar.

This role is fully remote. This position has an initial term of six (6) months beginning on the employee's start date.

Qualifications

• 3-6+ years of experience (Senior or Mid-level) in designing, building, and operating production data pipelines and integrations
• Strong proficiency in SQL and Python
• Experience building production software across a modern data stack — cloud data warehouses (BigQuery or similar), a transformation framework like dbt, and an orchestrator like Dagster or Airflow
• A track record of leading technical work across multiple systems or teams, and scoping ambiguous problems end-to-end
• Sound judgment about when to refactor, when to ship pragmatically, and how to leave systems better than you found them
• Strong written communication — you document what you build and can explain complex systems to non-engineers
• Genuine commitment to the mission of stopping fascism and building progressive power, and comfort operating on a political calendar

Requirements

• Passionate about progressive politics and leveraging data, technology, organizing and research to build political power

Nice to Have

• Experience in the progressive, political, advocacy, or nonprofit sector — including awareness of c3/c4/PAC boundaries and the sensitivities of political and voter data
• Familiarity with election results, voter file data, and the tools campaigns use to organize, text, and contact voters
• Experience on Google Cloud Platform
• Experience in on-call rotations and mentoring less-experienced engineers

Benefits

• Base salary of $90,000-$150,000
• Excellent health, dental, and vision benefits, 401(k) matching, and unlimited Paid Time Off
• Remote first culture with teammates all around the country.

Application Process

Applications may be reviewed earlier on a rolling basis so it benefits candidates to apply as soon as possible. The application process includes a phone screen, an exercise, and a full interview with the hiring manager. Due to the nature of our work, the process is moving quickly, and we hope candidates will start as soon as possible. Applicants must be legally eligible to work in the United States. We are not able to provide sponsorship at this time.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Movement Labs is an equal opportunity employer with a commitment to economic and social justice. Women, people of color, LGBTQ people, people with disabilities, and members of other historically disenfranchised populations are strongly encouraged to apply. If you require accommodations as part of the hiring process, please contact [email protected].

Applications are reviewed by our hiring team—not automated systems. Our hiring process may include AI-assisted analysis of candidate materials, however, hiring decisions are made by human reviewers.