Technical Analyst

Who We Are

At Murmuration, we believe that America’s promise is shaped and reshaped by the best ideas and ideals of its communities and the dreams of the people who believe in a better life for themselves, their families, and each other.

We help organizations build power in their communities in four key ways: we organize a network of values-aligned partners; we provide deep, data-driven insights into people, places, and perspectives; we develop tools that make organizing and engagement easy and more effective; and we offer services that strengthen our partners’ capacity to build power and lead change in their communities.

We envision an America where every community has what it needs to help people lead healthy, free, and dignified lives. We work to redesign the systems and structures we all depend on — how we learn, live, govern, and solve problems — so that they are just, equitable, resilient, and rooted in shared responsibility. By strengthening the ties that hold communities together, we aim for civic life defined by collective action and care, with effective leadership that truly represents everyone.

We are a collaborative, curious, and creative team of organizers, scientists, teachers, technologists, campaign veterans, and more who share the unwavering belief that we can use our gifts in service of transforming America — together. We’ve built our team guided by the belief that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. And so we support each other relentlessly — rallying together to face challenges the same way we celebrate each other’s wins.

About the Position

You're a technologist who values independence and constantly looks for ways to improve how complex civic data is collected, maintained, and trusted. You apply strong technical judgment, care deeply about data quality and reliability, and take responsibility for delivering robust data.

At Murmuration, you'll acquire and maintain high-quality public-sector data (elected officials, judicial districts, municipal offices, and more) that powers research, analytics, and programmatic decision-making across our network. This data forms the foundation for research, analytics, and programmatic decision-making that drives real change: it enables us to publish compelling insights, reach the right voters at the right time, and build organized, effective movements. Your role is to ensure this data is accurate, timely, and reliable.

This is a new position, and you'll have a real opportunity to shape it. Emerging technologies (particularly AI-enabled tools and modern automation) create possibilities for scaling data collection in ways that weren't feasible before, but realizing that potential takes attention to detail and strong technical judgment. You'll be on the front lines of building the foundations of a new kind of system, not executing on an existing playbook.

As a technical member of the Data Acquisition Team, you’ll independently own complex acquisition tasks end-to-end. You'll identify opportunities to improve quality and efficiency, contribute to decisions around tools, sources, and implementation approaches.

You thrive in ambiguous problem spaces, are comfortable leading complex work end-to-end, and use Python, SQL, APIs, and automation to deliver reliable, maintainable solutions.

Job level: P3

What You'll Do

• Build data acquisition workflows. Design, build, and maintain Python and LLM-based workflows for civic and public-sector datasets, including API integrations, data parsing, transformation, and validation. Use SQL to investigate, validate, reconcile, and analyze datasets across multiple sources.
• Implement collection end-to-end. Tackle data acquisition work from requirements and source evaluation through implementation, monitoring, and ongoing improvement. Work with the team and cross-functional partners to design systems supporting new data types and evolving organizational needs.
• Improve continuously. Identify and prioritize opportunities to enhance data quality, efficiency, and reliability through better processes or new approaches. This includes deeply understanding the data to help design better systems.
• Get Creative. Create and leverage AI-enabled tools to accelerate development and automate repetitive tasks. Make informed judgement calls about where these tools help and where they don't. 
• Do the work that makes everything else possible. Not everything is automatable and not every dataset comes through an API. You'll track down information through web searches, government portals, and direct outreach, including calls to offices like secretaries of state, and wrangle raw files (PDFs, shapefiles, and worse) into usable formats. This kind of careful, methodical work is foundational to the team's output.
• Elevate the team. Document data sources, processes, and assumptions to support long-term maintainability. Support teammates through code reviews and informal technical guidance.

• 2+ years of experience in technical or data-focused roles (e.g., data acquisition, data management, data engineering, analytics engineering, or similar);

• Intermediate to strong proficiency in Python, including writing maintainable, well-documented code for data workflows;
• Intermediate to strong SQL skills, including complex querying for data validation, reconciliation, and analysis;
• Experience working with APIs and programmatic data ingestion;
• Demonstrated ability to work independently, manage priorities, and deliver high-quality results with minimal oversight;
• Experience documenting technical processes and explaining them clearly to others;
• Proven ability to collaborate effectively across teams and contribute to shared technical decisions; and
• Familiarity with version control systems (e.g., Git).

Nice to haves

• Experience working with civic, elections, or public-sector data;
• Experience with geographic data and shapefiles;
• Experience identifying and implementing improvements to existing data processes;
• Familiarity with cloud-based data tools or infrastructure (e.g., AWS);
• Experience supporting production data pipelines or operational data systems;
• Experience using AI-assisted tools to enhance development workflows;
• Comfort working with semi-structured or unstructured data sources; and/or
• Experience contributing to multi-project or program-level initiatives.

Talented technologists come from all walks of life and career paths. If you are passionate about civic engagement and technology, please apply, even if you do not check every box!

Location and Compensation

The Technical Analyst is a full-time, salaried position with a comprehensive benefits package (more detail below), open to candidates anywhere in the United States.

The starting salary for this position is $123,231. We set compensation using market data and apply it consistently across the organization to ensure fairness and transparency for everyone in similar roles.

Our Culture of Care

We work hard to create a culture of care to ensure that our staff are best equipped to lead happy, healthy, and balanced lives. To that end, we offer a comprehensive benefits package which includes:

• Health, vision, and dental insurance with 100% of premiums covered for you and qualifying family members;
• Retirement benefits with a 5% employer match;
• A flexible unlimited PTO plan;
• Generous paid parental leave;
• Pre-tax commuter benefits;
• A company laptop;
• A flexible remote work environment;
• A home office setup stipend for all new employees;
• Monthly reimbursement for remote work expenses;
• A yearly professional development fund;
• Mental health and wellness benefits through Calm and Better Help; 
• Yearly in-person staff retreats; and
• A welcoming culture that celebrates diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging.

At Murmuration, we believe a vibrant, representative democracy depends on the inclusion of diverse voices, lived experiences, and perspectives. The best ideas don’t come from a single person or ideology — they emerge at the intersection of different backgrounds, identities, and viewpoints. We are proud of our commitment to building an organization and culture shaped by respect, empathy, and collaboration, where our team’s diversity fuels innovation, civic engagement, and meaningful change. We welcome new colleagues who will help us nurture this collective effort. Join us.

An Equal-Opportunity Employer with a Commitment to Diversity

Murmuration is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, and as an organization committed to diversity and the perspective of all voices, we consider applicants equally of race, gender, color, sexual orientation, religion, marital status, disability, political affiliation and national origin. We reasonably accommodate staff members and/or applicants with disabilities, provided they are otherwise able to perform the essential functions of the job.

Note: Murmuration is two organizations working together to pursue our mission of amplifying the power of civic engagement: Murmuration Research Institute, a 501(c)(3) that conducts research to identify, design, and create the data, tools, and insights that build healthier and more equitable communities; and Murmuration, Inc., a 501(c)(4) that supports organizations working across the country on the nation’s most challenging issues with access to data, tools, and research that build healthier and more equitable communities.