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Working Families Party

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Government • Social Impact

The Working Families Party is a political organization dedicated to building a multiracial party that represents working people in the United States. The party focuses on transforming the political system by challenging bigotry, corporate bailouts, and the 'business as usual' approach in politics. By creating a political home for people across various states, the WFP aims to promote progressive policies and elect transformational leaders who work for the majority rather than the privileged few. The organization is active in states such as California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Texas, West Virginia, and Wisconsin, and offers opportunities for individuals to get involved through membership, volunteering, and endorsements.

51 - 200 employees

Founded 1998

🏛️ Government

🌍 Social Impact

📋 Description

• The Data Systems Engineer will lead the architecture, implementation, and maintenance of complex data systems that power Working Families Party’s and Working Families Power’s organizing, analytics, and automations infrastructure. • This role goes beyond traditional ETL responsibilities to encompass the full data stack— including principally data engineering, workflow automation, cloud infrastructure and web applications. • The Data Systems Engineer will partner closely with the Engineering Director to design, scope, and build robust, scalable, and secure systems that move, transform, and surface data in ways that meaningfully support campaigns and organizing work nationwide. • You’ll work on everything from ingestion (APIs / BigQuery mirrors) → transformation (dbt / Python) → pipeline orchestration (Prefect) → serving (Flask UIs). • This is a senior-level position for a systems thinker with strong independent engineering judgment, the ability to own projects end-to-end, and a desire to work at the intersection of technology and progressive electoral organizing.

🎯 Requirements

• At least 6 years of work experience in engineering or software • Expertise in Python and SQL for data engineering and systems development • Expertise in web application backends (Python/Flask/Django or Node.js) • Experience with columnar database systems like BigQuery, Redshift, DuckDB, etc • Comfortable working in a git-based team environment with collaborative development practices • Debugging skills across multiple layers of a system (source data, transformation layers, pipelines, infrastructure) • Exceptional independent judgment and project ownership • Experience in political, movement, or campaign work is a plus • Experience or familiarity with some or all of the following: orchestration tools (e.g. Prefect, Airflow), transformation layers (dbt), CICD tooling like Github Actions, Jenkins, CircleCI, etc, cloud-based infrastructure (AWS, GCP) and IaC tools like Terraform or Ansible, Python API connectors, like the Parsons library, Basic familiarity with frontend development (React or plain HTML/CSS/JS) for internal-facing tools • Strong verbal and written communication skills

🏖️ Benefits

• Robust benefit package for full time employees • Paid time off • Health, dental, vision, and life insurance • Flexible spending accounts • Retirement plan options • Professional development funding • Remote work support