Data Engineer II

About Everspring

Everspring is a leading provider of education technology and service solutions. Our advanced technology, proven marketing approach, research-based instructional design services, and robust faculty support deliver outstanding outcomes for our university partners, powering their success online. 

The Opportunity

As a Data Engineer II, you will play a key role in designing, building, and maintaining Everspring’s modern data platform. You’ll own complex data pipelines and integrations that support strategic decision-making and business operations. As a mid-level engineer, you'll collaborate closely with product, analytics, and engineering teams to improve data quality, performance, and accessibility. You’ll also lead architectural decisions and shape the future of our data infrastructure as we grow and scale. 

This position is ideal for someone who has already built robust pipelines, thrives on solving data challenges at scale, and wants to deepen their impact in a growing, mission-driven company.

This role reports to  Executive Director, Technical Strategy and Operations and is located in Chicago, offering a hybrid work environment with a minimum of 3 days required in the office every week and additional days as business needs arise.

What You’ll Do

• Serve as the primary data engineering resource, owning data pipelines, integrations, and infrastructure end to end
• Audit and assess technical debt across existing pipelines, workflows, and tooling; propose and implement remediation plans
• Lead the design and implementation of new, scalable data architecture to meet current needs and anticipate future growth
• Build and maintain robust ETL/ELT pipelines (batch & streaming) for analytics, reporting, and operational use cases
• Ensure data quality, lineage, metadata, and observability across all workflows
• Optimize pipelines for performance, scalability, and cost efficiency
• Collaborate with analysts, product managers, and engineers to gather requirements and deliver data solutions that drive business value
• Establish and champion engineering best practices (testing, CI/CD, monitoring, documentation)
• Provide technical leadership and set standards that will guide future hires as the team grows

What You Bring

Requirements:

• 4+ years of experiencein a data engineering role with significant and growing sets of responsibilities
• Strong expertise in SQL and advanced Python
• Experience building pipelines with modern frameworks (Airflow)
• Deep experience with cloud data platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure; Redshift, Snowflake, BigQuery, etc.)
• Strong data modeling skills (relational, dimensional, star/snowflake schemas)
• Proven ability to untangle legacy systems, reduce technical debt, and improve system reliability
• Experience designing and implementing data architecture from the ground up
• Hands-on experience with CI/CD, version control, infrastructure as code
• Excellent communication skills; ability to work independently while partnering effectively with cross-functional stakeholders
• Comfort operating as a team of one, with a builder’s mindset and long-term vision
• SaaS integrations and APIs (CRM, marketing systems, etc.)

Why Join Everspring?

• Meaningful mission: Help transform higher education through better digital access and data insights
• Growth-focused: Opportunities to deepen your skills, lead projects, and take on increasing responsibility
• Collaborative culture: Work cross-functionally in a team that values communication, curiosity, and initiative
• Flexible hybrid work and a supportive environment that values work-life balance

About Everspring 

Everspring is a leading provider of education technology and service solutions. Our advanced technology, proven marketing approach, research-based instructional design services, and robust faculty support deliver outstanding outcomes for our university partners, powering their success online. Everspring offers a range of full-service turnkey solutions, as well as standalone single service offerings, and innovative self-service products that enable universities to establish and maintain themselves as leaders in the digital delivery of education.  

Based in Chicago, Everspring serves a growing number of colleges and universities. Built In Chicago has named us one of the "Best Places to Work" in 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2025. We were also certified as a Great Place To Work® in 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025.

Compensation offered at Everspring will be determined by factors such as location, level, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.

Position Location: Illinois

The base salary hiring range for this position is: $120k to $150k.

This role is eligible for incentive compensation or equity. We offer benefits that include hybrid work arrangement, paid parental leave,  medical, dental and vision insurance, FSA, HSA, employer-paid short-term and optional long-term disability, 401k with an employer match vested immediately, a generous PTO plan that accrues with tenure, professional development, tuition reimbursement program, discounted onsite gym, optional pet insurance and more!

EEO Note: 

Everspring is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal, state, or local laws. This policy applies to all employment practices within our organization, including hiring, recruiting, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, leave of absence, compensation, benefits, training, and apprenticeship. Everspring makes hiring decisions based solely on qualifications, merit, and business needs at the time.