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ReadWorks is a nonprofit that provides free, research-based reading comprehension resources to 11M+ K–12 students and teachers — focused on under-resourced communities.
We're looking for a Senior Data Engineer to help us design and build a scalable, event-driven data pipeline. You'll be a key technical voice in shaping our data infrastructure — evaluating tradeoffs, establishing patterns, and guiding migration from our legacy system to a modern data architecture.
Stack: Python, AWS Lambda, DynamoDB, S3, SQS, Redshift, EventBridge, AWS CDK
You're a good fit if you have:
- Experience designing event-driven ETL pipelines at scale - Data warehouse experience (Redshift or similar) - Comfort working with and debugging distributed data systems - Nice to have: Ruby (to read the legacy jobs you're replacing)
Apply: Email your details (CV/Resume, Cover Letter, or any other info we should know about you) to engineering at readworks.org
More details about ReadWorks: https://about.readworks.org/ More about the role: https://about.readworks.org/careers.html
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
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!
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 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!