Offer summary

Qualifications:

Proven experience in leading engineering teams and technical vision., Strong background in software and data engineering, particularly with open-source and cloud-based tools., Familiarity with programming languages and frameworks such as Django, React, and NodeJS., Excellent coaching and mentoring skills to support a diverse team of engineers..

Key responsibilities:

Lead and manage the engineering team to achieve technical goals.

Collaborate with executive, product, and partnerships teams to align on strategic initiatives.

Foster a creative and organized environment for a fast-moving team.

Empower social-good organization partners by developing accessible data engineering applications.

Job description

About us
CTA is a not-for-profit group of progressive technologists and strategists that provide innovative data and technology tools to the progressive movement. CTA seeks to uplevel program impact by unlocking the potential of data, using software and data engineering, and removing barriers to entry. We are a growing team of engineers, data practitioners, product managers, and strategists looking to craft technolgy for progressive change.

Job Description

In this role, you’ll lead our engineering team and technical vision. You’ll partner closely with leaders in our executive, product, and partnerships teams as well as our strategic consulting and engineering team. You’ll foster a creative environment, adding order to a fast-moving team. You’ll provide coaching and mentoring to our diverse team of engineers. Our infrastructure leverages powerful open-source and cloud-based tools, including Google BigQuery, Cloud Composer, Airbyte (ELT/ETL), and dbt. We also build applications in Django, React, and NodeJS to help make data engineering workloads more accessible to users. This tooling enables us to empower our social-good organization partners to run effective campaigns and bring clarity to pressing analytics and targeting problems in the movement space.

Community Tech Alliance believes strongly that:

Inclusive teams are strongest, and supportive work environments take investment, intentionality, and openness
Empathy is the cornerstone of building smart technology solutions
All team members should take ownership of the project and the team’s development
Iteration is key, and smart solutions require action, not perfection
Nothing great has been built without making mistakes and learning from them

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