Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Bonterra is a technology platform that supports democratic and progressive causes. The EA – Data Engineer role involves designing, implementing, and maintaining database infrastructure for enterprise analytics systems, ensuring reliable and secure access to data used in reporting and analytics.
Responsibilities
- Develop, maintain, and optimize databases supporting enterprise analytics workloads across cloud and on-premise environments
- Implement data storage solutions that align with data modeling and AI integration needs, including relational and non-relational structures
- Monitor database performance, execute tuning procedures, and resolve bottlenecks or failures proactively
- Design and maintain database schemas, indexes, and partitioning strategies to support query efficiency and AI-driven analytics
- Support data access, backup, and recovery strategies in accordance with organizational standards and compliance requirements
- Ensure data integrity and security by applying role-based access controls, encryption standards, and audit logging
- Collaborate with analytics engineers and platform teams to streamline data ingestion and integration into analytics environments
- Participate in capacity planning and forecast database infrastructure needs based on product roadmaps
- Document database configurations, operational procedures, and change management logs
- Conduct root cause analysis and propose structural changes to improve system reliability
- Support release management for changes impacting database environments across staging and production
Skills
- Proficiency in SQL and one database platform (e.g., BigQuery, PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQL Server, or Oracle)
- Experience implementing and managing relational database structures
- Experience building out ETL or ELT systems
- Familiarity with scripting for automation (e.g., Bash, Python) and database monitoring tools
- Understanding of backup, restore, and high-availability practices
- Ability to troubleshoot complex issues and implement corrective actions
- Strong documentation and configuration management habits
- 1–3 years of experience managing databases in analytics or software engineering environments
- Exposure to cloud-based databases and tools (e.g., AWS RDS, Azure SQL, Google Cloud SQL, Google BigQuery, Snowflake)
- Experience integrating databases with analytics platforms or AI models
- Familiarity with data warehousing tools (e.g., BigQuery, Snowflake, Redshift)
- Previous experience supporting union or public sector data systems
- Bachelor's degree in a technical field or equivalent work experience
Benefits
- Discretionary bonuses/incentives
- Equity
- Comprehensive benefits package
Company Overview
Bonterra is a social good software company. It was founded in 1999, and is headquartered in Austin, Texas, USA, with a workforce of 1001-5000 employees. Its website is https://www.bonterratech.com/.
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