Data Engineer - Civic & Political Data, Contract

Climate Cabinet is a dynamic organization focused on climate action through political engagement. They are seeking a Contract Data Engineer to enhance and maintain their data infrastructure, support electoral analysis, and develop tools that aid in the election of pro-climate candidates.

Responsibilities:

• Enhance and maintain Climate Cabinet's vital data infrastructure and tooling
• Design and maintain robust backend systems, data pipelines, and cloud-based storage and processing to support large-scale electoral and civic data analysis
• Ensure the accuracy and completeness of data related to 500,000+ local offices, and regularly update our databases with external data sources like LegiScan and Open States for up-to-date legislative information, demographics, and climate data
• Build out the internal toolset with applications that streamline operations, such as custom database interfaces for tracking electoral data and fundraising activities
• Develop defensible, well-thought-through methodologies for calculating useful metrics
• Analyze and generate data visualizations to support Political, Policy, Comms, and Development teams, enforcing high standards for analysis quality and accurate data-driven storytelling
• Build out AI-powered tools and connect Climate Cabinet datasets to provide powerful self-serve policy analysis and data visualization tools to the broader team
• Collaborate closely with the Tech Team, managing work via Jira and Github
• Take the lead on specific projects that will be agreed with the team as well as provide code review and input on projects led by other team members

Requirements:

• Strong interest in the mission of the organization
• Experience working with, building, and maintaining civic and political datasets and infrastructure
• Strong political data acumen and analysis experience
• Proficiency in Python for data analysis and manipulation
• Experience with SQL and database management (e.g., PostgreSQL, MySQL)
• Fluency with Github for version control
• Experience building and managing data systems via Google Cloud Platform (preferred) or AWS
• Experience orchestrating ETL (Extract, Transform, Load) pipelines on cloud infrastructure (using Apache Airflow, Cloud Run, Cloud Functions, etc.)
• Ability to work with APIs and integrate various data sources
• Knowledge of data visualization tools (e.g., Tableau, Power BI, D3.js)
• Familiarity with political data sources and electoral processes (e.g. Legiscan, Open States, BillTrack50)
• Proficiency with data analysis, particularly political data
• Experience building and managing data systems via Google Cloud Platform
• Knowledge of AI tools
• Comfort with AI in workflow (Github Copilot, Claude Code, etc.)
• Knowledge of building AI applications (MCPs, LLM integrations, etc.)