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ReadWorks (YC-backed nonprofit - Imagine K12 F'14) | Senior Data Engineer | REMOTE (US Only) | Contract (up to 20hrs/week) | $70-110/hr

Building data infrastructure to support 11M+ students and teachers learning to read.

We're a nonprofit education platform providing free, research-based literacy resources to K-12 classrooms nationwide, with deep focus on under-resourced communities.

The role: Design and maintain ETL pipelines, ensure data quality across our warehouse and reporting stack, build data infrastructure that powers educational insights for millions.

Stack: SQL, Redshift, AWS (S3, DynamoDB, EC2, Firehose), Python, Linux. Bonus: Django, Elasticsearch, Kibana, Redis, Ruby, Node.js

We value: Mandatory testing, maintainable code, operational consistency (CI/CD, infrastructure as code, rigorous monitoring)

Impact: Your work directly supports teachers and students in under-resourced communities. 20+ years of proven results in engaging students and strengthening literacy instruction.

Apply: Email your details (CV/Resume, Cover Letter, or any other info we should know about you) to engineering at readworks.org

Full posting here: https://about.readworks.org/careers.html


   Qualified and interested candidates should email their cover letter, resume, and compensation requirements to engineering@readworks.org.
looks like your inbox is flooded and not accepting mail anymore.

always feel silly writing coverletters and then email doesn't go through :)


Thank you for doing what you're doing!


ReadWorks | Senior Full Stack Engineer (JavaScript) | $100K - $160K | REMOTE from US | Full-time

ReadWorks is an education technology nonprofit and is looking for a Senior Full Stack Engineer (JavaScript) with a passion for education and literacy to join our engineering team. This is a unique opportunity to contribute to an established education platform that serves nearly thirteen million active students and teachers. What you'll be doing: ReadWorks is looking for an engineer to help us build the next generation of literacy technology. This person will work mainly on our user facing web platform (everything under readworks.org). They will work closely with our Teaching, Learning, & Content (TLC) and Product teams to build features and support our users.

Technology we use: JavaScript, Node.js, AWS (DynamoDB, Lambda, EC2, CloudFront, S3, etc.), SCSS, Vue.js

More info here: https://about.readworks.org/careers.html

Contact us: engineering at readworks dot org Please include a resume or CV and mention you read the post on Hacker News!


ReadWorks | Senior Full Stack Engineer (JavaScript) | $100K - $160K | REMOTE from US | Full-time ReadWorks is an education technology nonprofit and is looking for a Senior Full Stack Engineer (JavaScript) with a passion for education and literacy to join our engineering team. This is a unique opportunity to contribute to an established education platform that serves nearly thirteen million active students and teachers.

What you'll be doing: ReadWorks is looking for an engineer to help us build the next generation of literacy technology. This person will work mainly on our user facing web platform (everything under readworks.org). They will work closely with our Teaching, Learning, & Content (TLC) and Product teams to build features and support our users.

Technology we use: JavaScript, Node.js, AWS (DynamoDB, Lambda, EC2, CloudFront, S3, etc.), SCSS, Vue.js

More info here: https://about.readworks.org/careers.html

Contact us: engineering at readworks dot org and mention you read the post on Hacker News!


ReadWorks | Senior Back End Engineer (Python) | REMOTE from US | Full-time or Part-time

ReadWorks is an education technology nonprofit and is looking for a Senior Back End Engineer (Python) with a passion for education and literacy to join our engineering team. This is a unique opportunity to contribute to an established education platform that serves nearly thirteen million active students and teachers.

What you'll be doing: ReadWorks is looking for an engineer to help us build the next generation of literacy technology. This person will work across all the areas of our platform - Content Publishing, Web, and Data Analytics - to ensure that all our systems are communicating effectively and are well-maintained. They will work closely with our Teaching, Learning, & Content (TLC) and Product teams to build features and support our users.

Technology we use: Python, SQL (Postgres), Django, Linux, AWS (EC2, RDS, Lambda)

More info here: https://about.readworks.org/careers.html

Contact us: jobs at readworks dot org and mention you read the post on Hacker News!


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