Implementation Engineer

About the Role

Join Recidiviz as an Implementation Engineer to build critical data pipelines and bridge the gap between our technology and state partners, driving meaningful impact in the criminal justice system.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain state data ingest pipelines using Python and SQL.
• Own the end-to-end technical relationship for 1-2 state partners.
• Scope and deploy integration solutions in collaboration with state IT staff.
• Act as a feedback loop to product and engineering teams.
• Support the onboarding of new state partners.

Requirements

• 2+ years of experience building, maintaining, or debugging data pipelines.
• Strong proficiency in SQL and relational databases.
• Solid Python skills for scripting and pipeline development.
• Experience working cross-functionally or in a customer-facing role.
• Comfort with ambiguity and exploring undocumented systems.
• High empathy and kindness, with a genuine care for the mission.

Nice-to-Haves

• Experience with government data systems or regulated data environments.
• Familiarity with ETL frameworks, data validation patterns, or cloud data infrastructure (GCP).
• Experience scoping technical projects or translating requirements into engineering work.
• Experience building or consuming REST APIs.