We are looking for a volunteer experienced Data Engineer to help shape the data infrastructure that supports WoCl teams in delivering on their mission of making climate work mainstream.

The data infrastructure is important for our ability to understand how our programs are performing, so we can make them better. You’ll design, create and transform data pipelines, schemas and data sets from varying sources to build performant, reliable, and maintainable data products. You will play a central role in shaping and scaling Work on Climate’s data capabilities to help our teams make strategic decisions.

Time commitment

5 hours / week

Q: What’s in it for me?

• Work with an experienced, friendly, and diverse set of data engineers, data analysts, and product managers and learn from them.
• As a data engineer, you’ll gain experience constructing and scaling the foundations of a world-class data infrastructure. Additionally, we encourage you to pick up new skills and learn from your teammates (ever wanted to dabble in data viz? Now is your chance!).
• Taking a community leadership position exposes you to a ton of motivated climate folks and organizations which will help build your network and career.
• You’ll also have significant impact on the climate journey of the 15,000+ members of the Work On Climate community, as well as our larger mission of making climate work mainstream in the entire talent ecosystem!

Q: What will I do?

• Own, maintain and grow WoCl’s data pipelines
• Connect data from WoCl’s software/tools to our database, Google Cloud SQL, through JavaScript, Python, and dbt
• Optimize scripts so they run efficiently, on time, and without failure
• Review code of other data engineers
• Work on a small, creative, Agile metrics and data team
• Contribute to key decision-making as to the role of Metrics and Data team at Work on Climate, ensuring our tools, code, documentation and team scales effectively as WoCl does