Data Engineer

Interplay Learning, the leader in immersive learning for the skilled trades, now includes Industrial Training International (ITI), the global leader in specialized industrial learning solutions.

Leveraging instructor-led training, online simulations, AI, and VR, Interplay helps organizations and educational institutions upskill faster, reduce risk, and increase operational readiness. With nearly 600,000 people trained, Interplay is shaping the future of workforce development, building better careers and better lives. Visit www.interplaylearning.com to learn more.

Awards & Recognition: 

• 2024 Facilitiesnet Readers' Choice Award Winners for Software
• Forbes 2024, America's Best Startup Employers
• 2024 Fast Company Most Innovative Companies
• 2024 AHR Expo Innovation Awards Winners for Software
• Built-In, Best Midsize Places to Work In Austin 2023 & 2024 

Interplay Learning Ethos:

At Interplay, we love what we do. We embrace our daily challenge to push technological limits to invent better ways to make learning easier and training more powerful. We attract passionate people and invite spirited discourse. We celebrate that our jobs fit our lives, not the inverse. We are uncompromising in our belief that together: we can build better training, build better careers and build better lives for customers and our team.

Position: Data Engineer

The Data Engineer will be a foundational member of our data team, responsible for designing, building, and maintaining robust and scalable data pipelines and infrastructure. This role is essential for ensuring that our data is accurate, accessible, and reliable, enabling data analysts and other stakeholders to derive timely insights and support critical business operations.

This role sits on a small & scrappy Data team and reports to a Director of Data under the Technology org.

Why this position:

• Meaningful, impactful work
• Mission-driven company
• Innovative product - EdTech, VR

Interplay Learning is an innovative impact-driven EdTech company that uses the power of VR and simulations to teach the trades. Our customers range from large enterprises to mom & pop shops, technical high schools and higher education institutions to correctional facilities helping create better opportunities for incarcerated individuals re-entering society.

We truly believe in our motto - Better Careers, Better Lives - for our customers and our employees. We hire intentionally, and responsibly.  We prioritize being a healthy business, and that means we get scrappy and creative to delight our customers. 

What you’ll do:

• Design and build data pipelines: Develop, construct, test, and maintain scalable data pipelines for ingesting, transforming, and loading data from various sources into our data warehouse.
• Manage data infrastructure: Oversee and optimize our data warehouse (BigQuery) and our Dagster instance, ensuring data quality, integrity, performance, and cost-effectiveness.
• Ensure data reliability and accessibility: Implement processes for data validation, error handling, and monitoring to ensure data accuracy and availability for analytical and operational needs 
• Support data consumers: Collaborate with data analysts and analytics engineers to understand their data requirements and provide efficient data solutions.
• Automate data processes: Identify opportunities to automate manual data processes, improving efficiency and reducing operational overhead.
• Implement data governance: Work to establish and enforce data governance best prac