Response Data Engineer, 6mo Contract
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Response Data Engineer providing hands-on engineering support for WCK's frontline data tools. Maintaining and improving data infrastructure for disaster response operations with collaborative team efforts.
Responsibilities:
- Maintain and troubleshoot frontline data tools, primarily Airtable-based systems supporting Response Operations
- Build and maintain integrations between response systems using REST APIs, ensuring data flows reliably across platforms
- Provide responsive technical support during activations, including outside standard business hours when needed
- Monitor system health and proactively address issues before they impact field operations
- Refine and evolve the response data model to better reflect operational realities and reduce complexity in cooperation with key stakeholders
- Develop and improve Airtable templates and offline data tools that standardize processes while remaining flexible for diverse response contexts
- Reduce redundant data entry by connecting response unit processes and automating data flows where possible
- Build automated data QA processes to support data integrity and enable reliable real-time reporting
- Document data structures, integrations, and templates to enable knowledge transfer and long-term maintainability
- Partner with Enterprise Technology to ensure engineering work follows organizational standards and best practices
- Collaborate closely with Response Technology team members to understand operational needs and translate those into technical solutions
- Work with field teams to gather feedback and iterate on tools based on real-world usage
- Participate in code reviews and maintain clean, well-documented codejectives.
Requirements:
- 4+ years of experience in software development, data engineering, or technical operations
- Strong understanding of relational data modeling principles — normalization, entity-relationship design, and schema evolution
- Experience designing data structures that balance flexibility with maintainability
- Proficiency in JavaScript and Python
- Strong experience with SQL and relational data concepts
- Hands-on experience with Airtable (scripting, automations and Interfaces)
- Experience building and consuming REST APIs
- Ability to safely and effectively leverage AI development tools (e.g., Claude Code, GitHub Copilot)
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Proven ability to translate technical requirements from non-technical users
- Comfort working in fast-paced, ambiguous environments with shifting priorities
- Willingness to work flexible hours, including evenings and weekends during response activations
- DBT data modeling experience (Preferred)
- Experience supporting field operations or frontline teams in humanitarian, logistics, or crisis response contexts (Preferred)
- Exposure to managing schema changes in production systems (versioning, migration, backwards compatibility) (Preferred)
- Ability to facilitate workshops with operational teams to validate data models against real workflows (Preferred)
- Familiarity with offline-capable data collection tools (e.g., KoboToolbox, ODK, Fulcrum) (Preferred)
- Experience with data visualization or reporting tools (Preferred)
- Background working in distributed, remote-first teams (Preferred)
Benefits:
- Why Join WCK?World Central Kitchen uses the power of food to nourish communities and strengthen economies in times of crisis and beyond. We are first responders, mobilizing with a network of food trucks, restaurants, and community kitchens to provide chef-prepared meals to those in need.
- WCK operates with an "embrace chaos mindset", we show up when others can't or won't, and we adapt in real-time to meet the needs of the communities we serve. We're looking for team members who thrive in this environment: resourceful, resilient, and driven by the urgency of the mission.
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