Civitech is a public benefit corporation dedicated to creating a fairer and more equitable democracy by building the tools and infrastructure needed to increase civic participation, empower Democratic candidates to win, and support the success of progressive
causes.Since its founding in 2019, over 500 partners—a range of nonprofit organizations, national political committees, and individual campaigns—have utilized Civitech’s tools to reach tens of millions of voters to help create a more equitable and progressive democracy. The
Data Strategy Specialist
will leverage their database engineering, database design and data analysis skills to identify and resolve cases of problematic data, improve our data infrastructure and implement solutions to effectively store and manage civic data. This person would join a team working to build an unparalleled database on U.S. government officeholders, candidates and places. Civitech is a remote-first company hiring within our current footprint of 24 states (AK, CA, CO, DC, DE, FL, HI, IL, MA, MD, MN, ND, NH, NJ, NV, NY, OH, SD, TN, TX, VA, WA, WI, WY); Civitech does have an office in Austin, TX.It is important that our team reflects the diversity of the organizations we seek to serve.
We strongly encourage women, people of color, LGBTQIA+ people, and others otherwise underrepresented in the technology sector to apply.
What You Will Do:
- Serve as an in-house expert on the data we collect, its limitations, scope and accuracy, as well as on the design of our relational database
- Act as an external consultant for technical customers who seek to integrate our data into their tools or processes
- Identify areas of improvement in our data quality assurance processes; propose and implement improvements as appropriate
- Understand both ongoing and historical data problems, devise solutions, and transform them into software and database requirements
- Collaborate with engineers and product managers as they design software tools to ensure the database interacts appropriately with new designs
- Communicate complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders
- Act as a technical resource for staff working on the ongoing collection and ingestion of geospatial data representing districts at all levels of government
- Generate new analyses built on our data using tools such as regression and statistical analysis
- Act as a manager and technical mentor to junior team members
About You:
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Expert SQL knowledge
- Experience working with political data, maintaining complex datasets and designing novel ETL processes
- Committed to leveraging technology and data products to increase civic participation
- Experience with database design, database engineering and data analysis
Additional Qualifications (desired but not required)
- Familiarity with:
- APIs (GraphQL) and software to interact with them (Altair)
- Coding languages like Ruby, Python and JavaScript to develop applications
- GIS software (QGIS, ArcGIS)
- Randomized Controlled Trials (RCTs) and statistical inference
- Previous work experience on a political campaign
About our Data Acquisition Team:
The Data Acquisition team is focused on building processes to extract, normalize, ingest and regularly refresh large volumes of civic data. This includes data relating to current positions, officeholders and candidates for office from the federal level to local special districts. This team also collects geospatial data to power our products and direct users to useful voting resources. This role may be asked to manage others.
Additional Role Details:
Full-time - exempt, fully remote (must be within current 27 states), with a salary range commensurate with qualifications and experience.
Civitech is not able to provide visa sponsorship at this time.
Civitech provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, amnesty, or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws. No recruiters or agencies, please - we will not accept unsolicited resumes or candidates from third party vendors!
Why Work At Civitech:
- Medical, Vision, & Dental Insurance- 401(k) plan- Employee Stock Options- Employer-paid Life Insurance and Short/Long Term Disability Insurance- Flexible Time Off & Paid Company Holidays- Flexible Spending Account- Parental Leave- Flexible Schedules
*** It's important that those who join our team not only fully believe in our mission, but also will embody our core values and serve as a culture enhancer. ***
Civitech’s Values:
We act with Integrity
– At Civitech, we hold ourselves to the highest standards and value open and transparent communications with all of our stakeholders. Our rigorous approach to product design, testing, and data science leads to accurate assessments of our outcomes and challenges us to constantly improve our tools.
We are Changemakers
– As a team, Civitech seeks to make transformational change in our democracy by eliminating obstacles meant to hamper contribution from every member of the community.
We are Collaborators
- Buoyed by our mission, we look for opportunities to partner with everyone committed to making democracy easier to participate in. We seek to understand the challenges our partners face and use our skills and creativity to help them solve them.
We are Bold
– We recognize that disruptive change won’t come with doing business as usual. Civitech seeks to revolutionize civic participation by bringing innovation and creativity to politics.Apply for this job
