ABOUT SWING LEFT

Swing Left’s mission is simple: we make it easy for people to maximize their impact on the most competitive elections to help Democrats win. Since launching in 2017, Swing Left’s one million members have raised more than $140 million for Democratic candidates, civic organizations, and voter mobilization efforts, and engaged more than 50 million voters door-to-door, by phone, and through handwritten letters. What makes us different:

• Swing Left is singularly focused on directing grassroots time and money to help Democrats win close races that will determine the balance of power in our government, from the White House to key state houses.
• We use data and technology to increase volunteer and donor impact by driving the right resources to the right campaigns, at the right time.
• We put people first, delivering a member experience focused on strategic action, not noise—no spam emails, texts, or doomsday messaging.

ABOUT VOTE FORWARD

Vote Forward is a nonpartisan organization that helps grassroots volunteers turn out citizens from underrepresented communities and encourage active participation in our democracy through high-impact voter engagement tactics. Since 2018, more than 250,000 grassroots volunteers have used the Vote Forward platform to send handwritten letters to more than 40 million prospective voters to encourage them to register to vote and turn out for elections. Vote Forward is affiliated with Swing Left.

JOB SUMMARY

The Staff Data Engineer ensures that Swing Left and Vote Forward’s strategic and operational decisions are informed by data-driven insights by managing data infrastructure and ETL pipelines, analyzing user behavior, product performance, and program data, and leading the development and implementation of processes to set measurable goals in service of strategic priorities. This role reports to the Senior Director of Engineering.

In this role you will:

• Lead the development of ETL pipelines and Data Lake infrastructure within Swing left and Vote Forward, and usher the solutions into production
• Perform ETL and Sanitation on disparate data flows from multiple internal and external sources
• Maintain data security, quality, and performance with details documentation and decide on tradeoffs between technical designs
• Lead data governance and user attribution strategy across all products and programs
• Develop and oversee processes to ensure organization-wide creation of metrics and data-driven goals are strategic, measurable, and achievable
• Provide leadership with guidance on the resourcing requirements for data and analytics, as informed by organizational goals and roadmaps
• Collaborate with The Movement Cooperative and other external partners as a representative of Swing Left and Vote Forward
• Manage 3rd party integrations with sources like Phoenix, NGPVAN, and ActBlue, and serve as point of contact for their teams

REQUIREMENTS

We’re looking for someone with:

• A strong interest in and alignment with the distinct missions and values of Swing Left and Vote Forward
• 6+ years of experience in the technology industry
• Expertise with Python and SQL
• Familiarity with Google Cloud, DBT, PostgreSQL query optimization
• Agility navigating and developing large-scale systems
• Experience leading sprints and dev operations for small, agile teams
• Strong product sense and cross-functional communication skills
• A learning mentality and the ability to pick up new skills quickly
• Commitment to equity and belonging across all identities, including but not limited to race, gender, sexual orientation, age, and ability; ability to hear, reflect, act on, and learn from feedback related to identity and equity
• Excitement about joining and contributing to a culture rooted in impact, innovation, and ambition

LOGISTICS

Hiring Process:

• Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis
• The priority deadline to apply is February 4th, 2026, but applications will be accepted until the posting is closed
• We plan to begin interviews in February and are aiming for a March start date
• We will communicate about our expected timeline as the process progresses, and all candidates will receive communication from our team regarding their application status

Compensation:

• The pay range is $130,000 - $135,000/year

Benefits for Full-Time Employees:

• Medical, dental and vision insurance: 100% of the premium paid for employees and 50% for dependents
• Health and dependent care FSA accounts
• Employer-paid life and disability insurance
• Retirement plan
• Professional development and remote work stipends
• An unlimited time-off policy (with parameters for time off in the time leading up to Election Day) + a flexible medical and parental leave policy
• Our office is closed for approximately 25 business days each year

Location and Working Hours:

• This position is a full-time, exempt, and remote position based in the United States. We are an entirely remote team with staff located across the country
• We expect employees to be available for virtual meetings and asynchronous collaboration during normal business hours, and sometimes outside of these hours for events or other peak moments
• Some travel is expected for this position, including for occasional in-person meetings

We are happy to answer any questions you have about our benefits and policies in interviews.

We are an equal-opportunity employer and seek applications from all qualified candidates who are eligible to work in the United States. However, we are not able to sponsor visas at this time. We use E-Verify during onboarding to complete the I-9 Employment Eligibility Verification.

We welcome all applicants regardless of age, citizenship, gender identity or expression, national origin, pregnancy status, race, religion, sexual orientation, veteran status, or any other differences.