Role overview

Timely is transforming school scheduling through AI-powered technology that helps educators build optimized master schedules efficiently. As a Data Integration Specialist, you will connect Student Information Systems to Timely’s platform, ensuring that student and staff data flows accurately and reliably between school districts and the application. This role bridges technical data work with direct partnership across school systems, engineering teams, and SIS vendors.

Key responsibilities

Own the complete process of ingesting, transforming, and exchanging data between school systems and Timely’s application.
Ensure the accuracy, security, and scalability of data pipelines serving your assigned customer school systems.
Collaborate with customer success teams, SIS vendors, and district IT staff to design and execute data integration workflows.
Develop and maintain documentation and institutional knowledge around data integrations, identifying opportunities to automate repetitive work and improve processes.
Build and test scripts and tools (such as Python scripts) to streamline integration tasks in partnership with the engineering team.
Lead discovery efforts for integrating with new Student Information Systems and build key relationships with customers and SIS partners.
Support the scaling of the data integrations function through process and organizational improvements, and contribute to onboarding new team members.

Requirements

Deep expertise with at least one major Student Information System such as PowerSchool, Infinite Campus, Skyward, Aeries, Frontline, Focus, Synergy, eSchoolPlus, Alma, or Aspen.
Proven experience in data integration within K-12 education, school or district data administration, data analysis, or data engineering.
Proficiency with data tools including Excel or Google Sheets, SQL, REST APIs, and SIS import/export and reporting tools.
Experience moving data between systems through SIS imports and exports, ETL pipelines, or API-based integrations.
Excellent communication and collaboration skills with a customer-centric mindset and ability to lead technical conversations across diverse stakeholder groups.
Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, remote startup environment with comfort managing ambiguity and establishing new processes.

What makes this role worth considering

You’ll join a growing, financially healthy company with proven product-market fit serving school districts across 20+ states. The role offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance, parental leave, 401(k), unlimited PTO, access to co-working, and equity in a fast-growing education technology company. You’ll work on meaningful challenges that directly impact how educators and students experience school scheduling.