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Savvas Learning Company is hiring a Senior Data Developer. The role involves collaborating with product management to build high-quality products, translating business requirements into technical data specifications, mentoring developers, and designing scalable database services and ELT processes primarily using cloud technologies and NoSQL platforms.

Highlights

Collaborate with product management to ensure product quality.
Translate business needs into technical data solutions.
Research, design, implement, and support database systems and ELT processes.
Mentor and share knowledge with development teams.
Use technologies such as Redshift, Big Query, mySQL, PostGres, MongoDB, and DocumentDB.
Strong experience with Git and GitHub Copilot in CI/CD environments.
Mandatory expertise in AWS cloud architecture and scalable distributed systems.
Requires at least a Bachelor’s or Master’s in Computer Science and 6+ years of relevant experience.
Experience in performance tuning, data modeling, continuous integration, and software development lifecycle.
Nice to have knowledge of DBT core and AWS services like Bedrock, Sagemaker, and Amazon Glue.

Senior Data Developer Full Description

Senior Data Developer

Chandler, AZ, USA

Job Description

Savvas Learning Company is a global education company that produces award-winning learning solutions that empower educators and engage students with the highest quality content.

Recognized as an industry leader, we serve millions of K-12 learners with innovative, student-centered educational programs that turn today’s classrooms into active learning environments. By embracing technology, personalized learning, and immersive experiences delivered across multiple platforms, we design our learning solutions to be more accessible and relevant to each student.

Our award-winning, high-quality instructional materials span every grade level and discipline, from evidence-based, standards-aligned core curricula and supplemental and intervention programs to state-of-the-art assessment tools and the industry’s most innovative portfolio of college and career readiness solutions — all designed to meet the needs of every learner.

Responsibilities:

Work closely with the product management team to ensure we're building the best products.
Ability to comprehend business requirements and be able to map them to technical data requirements.
Perform research, analysis, design and implementation and provide effective solutions for short term and long term needs
Support and migrate existing systems to new platforms
Mentor other team members and developers.
Work in a team environment and share knowledge.
Evaluate new technologies and software products to determine feasibility and desirability of incorporating their capabilities into the platform.
Contributes as a hands-on software developer.

Minimum qualifications

Master’s or Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, with strong fundamentals and problem solving skills.
6+ years of experience in architecture, design, analysis, development, testing, deployment, and maintenance of highly scalable database services and components.
4+ years experience with transactional and NOSQL platforms including Redshift, Big Query, mySQL, PostGres, Mongo and DocumentDB.
At least 2 years of experience in Senior role mentoring developers
Understanding of Object Oriented Programming / Analysis and Design concepts, Design Patterns, and Software Development Life Cycle
Experience in a continuous integration process, employing a CI server, automated unit testing and deployment
Strong experience with Git and knowledge on using Github CoPilot
Understanding of Cloud Architecture - AWS is mandatory
Design, develop, and test ELT processes per business requirements, following the development standards and best practices as well as participate in code peer reviews to ensure ELT applications and code process comply with industry best practices
Strong knowledge and experience in data modeling & design with relational and NoSQL DBs
Demonstrated expertise in performance tuning in various DB environments
Experience building and scaling distributed, highly available systems in cloud env (AWS)
Establishes database management systems, standards, guidelines and quality assurance for database deliverables, such as conceptual design, logical database, capacity planning, external data interface specification, data loading plan, data maintenance plan and security policy.

Nice to haves

Knowledge on DBT core for ELT processing
Knowledge on AWS services like Bedrock, Sagemaker, Amazon Glue

Savvas Learning Company provides access to a benefits experience created to offer our employees choice, flexibility, and the opportunity to save money for the future. Benefits include medical, dental, vision, tax-advantaged accounts, pharmacy, life insurance, disability insurance, matching 401(k), and paid time off. Our benefits are part of a total package that is carefully designed to support the total well-being of our employees.

Savvas Learning Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Savvas Learning complies with all applicable federal, state and local laws regarding recruitment and hiring. Savvas prohibits discrimination against individuals based on race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, and other protected group status. We strive to create a fair and inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued and respected. Learn more about your EEO rights as an applicant.

Savvas Learning is an affirmative action employer and participates in E-Verify. Know Your Rights

Notice to California Applicants: Information collected and processed as part of your Savvas Careers profile, and any job applications you choose to submit is subject to Savvas' California Applicant Privacy Notice.

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Job Function

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Pay Type

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Employment Indicator

Seasonal

Original Job Description

Senior Data Developer

Chandler, AZ, USA

Job Description

Savvas Learning Company is a global education company that produces award-winning learning solutions that empower educators and engage students with the highest quality content.

Responsibilities:

Work closely with the product management team to ensure we're building the best products.
Ability to comprehend business requirements and be able to map them to technical data requirements.
Perform research, analysis, design and implementation and provide effective solutions for short term and long term needs
Support and migrate existing systems to new platforms
Mentor other team members and developers.
Work in a team environment and share knowledge.
Evaluate new technologies and software products to determine feasibility and desirability of incorporating their capabilities into the platform.
Contributes as a hands-on software developer.

Minimum qualifications

Master’s or Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, with strong fundamentals and problem solving skills.
6+ years of experience in architecture, design, analysis, development, testing, deployment, and maintenance of highly scalable database services and components.
4+ years experience with transactional and NOSQL platforms including Redshift, Big Query, mySQL, PostGres, Mongo and DocumentDB.
At least 2 years of experience in Senior role mentoring developers
Understanding of Object Oriented Programming / Analysis and Design concepts, Design Patterns, and Software Development Life Cycle
Experience in a continuous integration process, employing a CI server, automated unit testing and deployment
Strong experience with Git and knowledge on using Github CoPilot
Understanding of Cloud Architecture - AWS is mandatory
Design, develop, and test ELT processes per business requirements, following the development standards and best practices as well as participate in code peer reviews to ensure ELT applications and code process comply with industry best practices
Strong knowledge and experience in data modeling & design with relational and NoSQL DBs
Demonstrated expertise in performance tuning in various DB environments
Experience building and scaling distributed, highly available systems in cloud env (AWS)
Establishes database management systems, standards, guidelines and quality assurance for database deliverables, such as conceptual design, logical database, capacity planning, external data interface specification, data loading plan, data maintenance plan and security policy.

Nice to haves

Knowledge on DBT core for ELT processing
Knowledge on AWS services like Bedrock, Sagemaker, Amazon Glue

Job Details

Job Family

AIP Eligible

Job Function

Technology

Pay Type

Salary

Employment Indicator

Seasonal

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